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Post-NFL visit, Vikes stadium picks up speed
Next time your pet legislative project is stalled in St. Paul, get NFL executives to fly in and light a fire under those people. Tim Nelson of MPR reports: “The Minnesota Vikings appear to be gaining...
View ArticleHere's the Minneapolis City Council's pro-Vikings-stadium resolution
The grinding realpolitik of the Vikings stadium debate may take another lurch forward Tuesday afternoon, as the Minneapolis City Council's Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee plans a test vote.In...
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Old cross-town rivalries surface as St. Paul makes ‘fairness’ pitch at...
A rivalry older than any in pro sports broke out Tuesday as the Vikings stadium bill continued to move through the legislative process.St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and members of the St. Paul...
View ArticleU.S. House passes bill freeing up land in Cook County
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a bill Tuesday allowing land around the airport in Cook County, Minn. to be used for a highway development project.The bill, sponsored by Rep. Chip Cravaack, would...
View ArticleMinneapolis' contribution to Vikes stadium: $675 million
It appears Minneapolis has its City Council ducks in a row for a pro-stadium vote. Eric Roper of the Strib reports: “Mayor R.T. Rybak delivered seven ‘yes’ votes for his Vikings stadium plan from the...
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Taking in the unannotated sights of downtown St. Paul
The city around you is largely unannotated, and that’s one of the best parts of walking through it each day. Where did that graffiti come from? It wasn’t there yesterday, and it’ll be gone next week....
View ArticleDams threaten pristine corner of India
PASIGHAT, Arunachal Pradesh — From the middle of a hanging bamboo bridge over the Siang River, the distant village of Pongging is barely visible. A light rain has been falling all morning, shrouding...
View ArticleInvestigators probing collapsed futures brokerage MF Global find missing $1.6...
The trustee liquidating MF Global told a US Senate Banking Committee today that investigators had found $1.6 billion in customer money missing since the futures brokerage collapsed last year.Now they...
View ArticleArgentina's move to nationalize oil firm YPF highlights Spain's decline
Spanish and European leaders directed fresh threats towards Argentina yesterday over the nationalization of Spanish-controlled oil producer YPF. But in a clear sign of Spain’s withering might in South...
View ArticleFatal accident rate for US children and teens plunges since 2000
Fewer of America’s youths are dying by accident.The rate of unintentional injury — the No. 1 cause of death for children and adolescents ages 1 to 19 in the United States — plunged nearly 30 percent in...
View ArticleOn trip to China, South Sudan's leader warns of war with Sudan
Sudan had “declared war” on South Sudan, that country’s president said Tuesday, after days of aerial bombing that killed two people, wounded dozens, and destroyed both civilian markets and state oil...
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AG report: Fairview embedded debt collectors in hospital
Checking into a hospital, particularly during a medical emergency, can be a confusing and intimidating process.But should patients who go to the hospital for medical care expect to encounter a debt...
View ArticleAuthor of Arizona immigration law defends it in Senate hearing
Sen. Charles Schumer confronted the author of Arizona’s tough immigration enforcement law on Tuesday, demanding to know how state and local officials could enforce the measure without engaging in...
View ArticleFirst BP oil spill arrest: Why put the squeeze on a mid-level engineer?
The arrest of former BP engineer Kurt Mix two years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the biggest offshore oil disaster in the US, suggests that the federal...
View ArticleFrancisco Liriano is a pitching problem, but not Twins' only one
Last year after 18 games, the Twins were 6-12 and had been outscored 88-54. This year, they're 5-13 and have been outscored 102-65 for MLB's worst run differential. And dating to the final 10 games of...
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All eyes on Dayton in fate of teacher-layoffs bill
As a matter of policy, Gov. Mark Dayton’s office does not comment on communications with constituents. And so it is impossible to know whom he is hearing from in the final days of the legislative...
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St. Paul Library debuts 3M's Cloud Library for e-book lending
3M Cloud LibrarySt. Paul library patrons are among the first to crack open a new e-book lending technology created by 3M.The 3M Cloud Library lets patrons borrow thousands of books electronically to be...
View ArticleMinneapolis’ $150 million Vikings stadium contribution costs $675 million
The Deets While the Vikings, Governor Dayton, and even Mayor Rybak often refer to Minneapolis’ proposed contribution to Zygi Wilf’s bottom line as a $150 million deal, the city’s CFO, Kevin Carpenter,...
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Kurt Bills gains advantage for GOP Senate endorsement
In the contest to be the Republican challenger to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a last-place presidential contender may decide the outcome. Based on the strength and organization of Ron Paul’s Minnesota...
View ArticleMinnesota's election system after two recounts
After Minnesota took eight excruciating months to decide that Al Franken had beaten Norm Coleman in the 2008 U.S. Senate race, followed by the close (but not nearly as close as Coleman-Franken) 2010...
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