Noting that the sale of young girls for sex often begins with online ads and ends in suburban hotels, a coalition of officials from law enforcement and the hospitality industry launched an initiative to put hotel and motel workers on the front lines of the fight against prostitution.

The new owners of the downtown Lowry Hotel building, St. Paul-based Madison Equities, plans to open a street-level restaurant and bar by year's end, the Pioneer Press reports. A dining area on the 11th-floor roof will open next spring.

Josh and Emily Wood were married Saturday, and the next day they discovered all their wedding gifts had been stolen from an SUV parked at a Blaine hotel. "They can't take our memories, it was the best day of our lives," Emily Wood says.

Lisa and Brian Finnvik were married Saturday at the Profile Event Center on the University of Minnesota campus, and their cards and gifts were left in a parked car at a Holiday Inn. The next morning, they discovered roughly $3,000 worth of gift cards and checks had been stolen. They say it should serve as a warning to other newlyweds. A similar crime happened in July.