text: McFadden's donors are sparser. Donations for the Sunfish Lake businessman appear strongest in the southwest metro suburbs and stretching eastward to the border, with large barren pockets in southwestern and northern Minnesota, and the Interstate Highway 35 corridor stretching north from the Twin Cities to Duluth. McFadden got sizable donations in the Duluth area.
  Among Franken's top contributors were Garrison Keillor, author and host of "A Prairie Home Companion," and "MacGyver" star Richard Dean Anderson. McFadden's top contributors were largely in business, including Slumberland CEO Ken Larson and Best Buy founder and chairman emeritus Richard Schulze.
  McFadden spokesman Tom Erickson said the donations are indicative that memories linger of Franken's 312-vote victory over former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman.
  "A lot of people across the country remember that this was a close race last time, and a lot of Republicans felt that Sen. Franken won only through legal means," Erickson said. "There's a lot of support for someone who's running against Sen. Franken and is not afraid to put his own ideas forward."
  Franken credited his wider reach of nationwide donations compared to in-state donations to his history as a satirist, and pointed out that 97 percent of his donors give less than $100.
  "And that's not a great number for me to bring up necessarily," he joked, referring to McFadden's criticisms that he votes with President Obama 97 percent of the time.
  
  ST. PAUL – Minnesota authorities issued about 41,000 permits to carry guns last year, down more than 30 percent from the year before.
  The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says there are about 189,075 valid permits in Minnesota as of Monday. That number has more than doubled in the past five years.
  Permits must be renewed every five years. Anyone who wants one must prove they've been trained and pass a background check.
  Permit holders committed 1,320 crimes in 2014, a 29 percent increase from the year before. Most of last year's crimes were DUIs or other traffic offenses.
  
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