GOP lawmakers and supporters of Minnesota marriage amendment sue over title...
Supporters of Minnesota's proposed constitutional amendment that would require marriage to be between one man and one woman are suing over a change in the amendment's title.Republican lawmakers and the...
View ArticleColeman group launches Affordable Care Act repeal effort
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's American Action Network has launched a $1.2 million effort to urge the repeal of the Affordable Care Act days before the U.S. House is set to vote on such a...
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Figuring out Fringe 2012
In just a few weeks, the Twin Cities will host over 800 performances of 165 shows in 15 different venues over 11 days. This can only mean one thing. It's time for the Minnesota Fringe Festival.Best...
View ArticleNigerian military plans major operation after Jos attacks
Nigeria’s military appears ready to begin a major operation to raid suspected hideouts across the central Nigerian Plateau State, where insurgents responsible for last week’s violence are thought to be...
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With school out, feeding Minnesota’s needy children is challenging
The U.S. House will soon consider $16.5 billion in cuts to nutrition assistance programs, and I can’t help but think about hungry kids. You know those “kids eat free” signs we see from time to time at...
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Loretta Swit to portray Eleanor Roosevelt at the Fitz
Coming to the Fitz on Saturday, Sept. 8: Loretta Swit in “Eleanor: Her Secret Journey.” Best known for her Emmy-winning role as “Hot Lips” Houlihan on TV’s “M*A*S*H,” Swit has spent most of her career...
View ArticleInside Sudan's prisons: Sudanese protesters speak out
The last time Gamal Abdelrahim saw his wife was on July 3, the day that Sudanese government security agents arrested her in her office for her alleged role in street protests against the government...
View ArticleTwin Cities housing market shows signs of healing
The nation's economic recovery is still unfolding in slow motion, but the Twin Cities housing market appears to be making a faster rebound.Closed sales in the 13-county Twin Cities region rose by 17.4...
View ArticleIsrael to Clinton: Tell us what Egypt is thinking
US secretaries of state usually devote their visits to the region shuttling between the Israelis and Palestinians, but as Hillary Clinton began her one-day stopover today, the focus is on two countries...
View ArticleSyria's Plan B: An Allawite state?
BEIRUT, Lebanon — From afar, last Thursday's massacre of rebel fighters and residents in the small Sunni farming village of Tremseh, 20 miles northwest of Hama, may look like another burst of mindless...
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View ArticleLIBOR scandal: Will Feds target not just employees, but a whole bank?
For a bank, a federal indictment is the ultimate black mark.That’s why lawyers who deal in securities law say the world’s largest banks will agree to almost anything to avoid getting hit with an...
View ArticleGoogle's Marissa Mayer named Yahoo CEO
Marissa Mayer, a top executive at Google, has been named the new CEO at Yahoo, according to The New York Times.In a statement, Yahoo said, "The appointment of Ms. Mayer, a leading consumer Internet...
View ArticleAmid unusually widespread drought, warnings on food prices
Farmers from Illinois to Wyoming are watching crops and livestock wither as the most widespread drought since 1956 persists across more than half the US, and higher food prices won’t be far...
View ArticleBachmann's donors largely out of state
Michele Bachmann raised nearly $2 million for her re-election campaign last quarter, and a lopsided amount of that came from those outside her home state.The Star Tribune notes that 80 percent of...
View ArticleCharlie Cook thinks Romney is blowing it
In his weekly "Off to the Races" column, Charlie Cook is puzzled by Team Romney's passivity while Team Obama defines him as a walking Swiss bank account. Writes Cook:"The strategic decision by the...
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Northern lights and fireflies on lake in Northern Minnesota
Photographer Mark Ellis put together this compilation of still shots and video from a particularly active display of the Northern Lights in northern Minnesota over the weekend.
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Minnesota conservatives offer faint praise for Pawlenty as Romney VP
Anti-tax warrior Grover Norquist may deem Tim Pawlenty conservative enough to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, but several Minnesota conservative activists respectfully — and disrespectfully —...
View ArticleSloppy reporting on Minneapolis, St. Paul population growth
As anyone who follows me knows, I love Minneapolis and central cities in general. I still curse like a sailor every time I get lost driving the kids to the pediatrician near Eden Prairie Center....
View ArticleRehires will boost Minneapolis police ranks by 12
Twelve former community service officers laid off last year by the Minneapolis Police Department will be rehired and promoted.Community service officers are typically part-time, non-sworn staff and...
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