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In ’87 the Twins turned the towns upside down
After the last two miserable seasons of Twins baseball, fans can be forgiven for waxing nostalgic for years gone past. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Twins’ Game Seven victory over the St....
View ArticleSheila Wellstone: 'driven by principle and passion' on domestic-abuse issue
It was no surprise that Sheila Wellstone was with her husband at the end. She so often was. Except at times when she was working solo on the cause about which she was most passionate: promoting an end...
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Ten years later: We still need the ‘Wellstone way’
Oct. 25 marks 10 years since the shocking day we lost Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, Sheila, and daughter Marcia — along with beloved campaign staffers Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy and Will McLaughlin and...
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Is Northfield truly becoming 'Music City, Minnesota'?
Courtesy of Jessica Johnson PaxtonJessica Johnson PaxtonNORTHFIELD, Minn. — Ten years ago, Jessica Johnson Paxton returned to Northfield. The lifelong music lover had briefly attended St. Olaf College...
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Independent groups spending record sums to win control of Legislature
Alliance for a Better Minnesota is airing an advertisement attacking the GOP Legislature.It’s a high-stakes poker game to determine who will control the 2013 Minnesota Legislature, and independent...
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My Elections: Explore 2012 races for your address
MinnPost has compiled data from the MN Secretary of State for all state-wide and multiple-county level elections happening at your address. If you are looking for your polling place, click here.
View ArticleWill Italy's L'Aquila quake verdict have a chill on science?
Finding a group of Italian scientists guilty of multiple manslaughter charges for failing to give adequate warnings of a massive earthquake in 2009 will paralyze the country’s scientific community,...
View ArticleMinnesota for Marriage ad borrows dubious claims from other states' campaigns
Minnesota for Marriage's "Not Live and Let Live" ad.Last week, Minnesota for Marriage, the group campaigning to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage, began airing a 30-second TV spot titled...
View ArticleDoes parenting style shape children's future political leanings? Study...
The political views of 18-year-olds are influenced both by the childrearing practices of their parents and by their own childhood temperaments, suggest the findings of an intriguing (and bound to be...
View ArticleWill BBC have to sacrifice its independence over Savile scandal?
Crises are nothing new at the BBC, a 90-year-old institution still regarded by many Britons as a “national treasure” even after embarking last year on a painful process to reshape itself by shedding...
View ArticleA scenario for a no-decision on Nov. 6
So if we believe the hype, the outcome in presidential election will turn on Ohio, and Ohio will be very close.According to the Cincinnati Inquirer, Ohio mailed out applications for absentee ballots to...
View ArticleConfounding expectations, global hunger is down
After famine in Somalia, extreme hunger in Sudan, and increased concern about global food security in recent years, it might have seemed inevitable that world hunger would rise. In 2009, world food...
View Article'Millennium Bomber' Ahmed Ressam sentenced to 37 years for pre-9/11 plot
“Millennium Bomber” Ahmed Ressam, an Al Qaeda operative who tried to attack the US almost two years before 9/11, received a 37-year sentence today in a Seattle courtroom.A judge had twice sentenced him...
View ArticleDoes gender pay gap exist? Right out of college, says new study
At the second debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Oct. 16, 24-year-old teacher Katherine Fenton asked the candidates for their positions on equal pay for...
View ArticleCalifornia shark attack: Why so many great white encounters this year?
A fatal shark attack off the coast of California Tuesday is raising fresh questions about an uptick in encounters between white sharks and humans along the West Coast and beyond.Officials are...
View ArticleMinnesota nonprofits probe the history of homelessness
As local emergency shelters scramble to find enough beds this winter, seven nonprofit organizations working with the homeless are offering the public an unusual class: the history of...
View ArticleHow Syria's conflict stretches beyond its borders
CAIRO, Egypt — In March 2011, a group of young students in the southern Syrian city of Daraa brazenly painted rare anti-government graffiti on the walls of their school. Few could have imagined that 19...
View ArticleAn easy choice for lawmakers: Affordable health insurance for 140,000...
Minnesota Budget Bites Everyone likes a good deal – and that’s what the Affordable Care Act is offering Minnesota. More than 140,000 Minnesotans can gain access to affordable and comprehensive health...
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Pre-Halloween required viewing: Candy and your dental health
Just in time for Halloween, Dr. Dan Shaw of the University of Minnesota's Pediatric Dental Clinics explains the effect that eating candy has on teeth and offers some tips for reducing the...
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Chris Kluwe and Bill Hillsman team up for 'lustful bleepmonster' gay-marriage ad
Minnesota’s most outspoken athlete and most outspoken ad man have teamed up for the marriage amendment’s bluntest ad.Starting today, listeners to heavily male Twin Cities radio stations will hear Chris...
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