January 2012
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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“I’m not sure what it would serve to talk openly about what happened, not...”
– Former Senate majority leader Amy Koch, on trying to put the past behind her
Jan 24th
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Appeals court sends lawsuit on Minnesota's gay... →
A lawsuit over Minnesota’s ban on same-sex marriage should not have been thrown out by a judge, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The court sent the case back to the district court for further analysis of the constitutional issues.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 10th
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“It’s not about new rules or more memos going out to stop checking from...”
– Hal Tearse, Minnesota Hockey’s Coach-in-Chief and boys’ coach at Providence Academy in Plymouth. Divided youth hockey community has to do better job teaching — and protecting — its players
Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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“The news that matters most to people is the news that affects them the most...”
– Charles W. Bailey II, in a speech in Minneapolis in 1982. Bailey, a Minneapolis Tribune reporter and editor and later editor of the combined Minneapolis Star Tribune, died Tuesday at the age of of 82.
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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December 2011
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Dec 30th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Sources: Amy Koch Had Inappropriate Relationship... →
Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned her post Thursday after she was confronted by GOP Senate leaders about allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a Senate staffer, according to high level State Capitol sources. If allegations are true, the GOP has some big hurdles ahead.
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Minneapolis chooses Dome as preferred site for new... →
Mayor R.T. Rybak told a joint state Senate committee today that building a Vikings stadium on the old stadium site would cost $215 million less than any other proposed site. Additionally, he spoke of the infrastructure already is in place.
Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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“[T]hese myths are emotionally harmful — “nasty,” in Mukherjee’s...”
– Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee is debunking some myths about mental attitude, stress, ‘miracle cures’ and cancer.
Dec 5th
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
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“We know how to house these folks. We just lack the political will.”
– Liz Kuoppala in Homeless, desperate and living out of cars. There has been an unprecedented level of demand for housing assistance in Ramsey County and elsewhere in the Twin Cities. Now advocates are calling for solutions.
Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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The health hazards of pepper spray →
Anybody who is wondering why such a fuss is being made about the close-range use of pepper spray on University of California-Davis protesters last weekend should read some of the research. Any compound that can influence nerve function is, by definition, risky, and pepper spray has been suspected over the years of causing a number of deaths of people in police custody.
Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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DFL redistricting map pits McCollum against... →
A redesigned congressional district map proposed by the Minnesota DFL Party on Friday would put Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum and Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann in one district beginning next election. McCollum’s chief of staff called the map “hyper partisan and bizarre.”
Nov 21st
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Minnesota Independent is shutting down →
American Independent CEO David Bennahum has confirmed Minnesota Independent’s closure.
Nov 16th
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