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Hann-McKendry Senate matchup is another close race in a GOP stronghold
With a sense of destiny, the DFL is missing no opportunity to make gains in the Republican-dominated western suburbs.Sen. David HannThe DFL is moving aggressively to capitalize on concerns about a...
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To be a Jew during election time
TC Jewfolk CC/Flickr/League of Women Voters of CaliforniaWhen I first began to think about what it means to be a Jew during election time, all I though about was Israel. This campaign season has been...
View ArticleStudy of Minneapolis homeless students reveals academic problems — and offers...
A new, long-term study of Minneapolis school children demonstrates that homelessness and the stresses of moving from place to place several times a year means their learning suffers. They have...
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Images of Hurricane Sandy's destruction
Hurricane Sandy battered the mid-Atlantic region beginning Monday afternoon and continuing through the night, leaving more than 6 million people without power and a death toll as of Tuesday morning of...
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Oberstar criticizes Romney and Obama for transportation views
Congestion, run-down bridges and worn out highways are only a few of the problems facing the nation's cities. But the word "transportation" hasn't come up either in the presidential debates or in...
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Audrey Arner of Moonstone Farm on raising cattle on the prairie
In this video by Anne Queenan, Montevideo farmer Audrey Arneson, who operates Moonstone Farm with her partner Richard Handeen, discusses the process of converting their farm from annual crops like...
View ArticleTrick-or-treat fun at Governor's Residence on Halloween
There will be treats on Halloween evening at the Governor's Residence, 1006 Summit Ave., in St. Paul.The lights will be on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., and Gov. Mark Dayton is scheduled to personally...
View ArticleYour opening-day National Basketball Association preview
Welcome to MinnPost’s 2012-13 NBA Preview. Although my column for the site will be devoted to the hometown Timberwolves this season, I couldn’t let the previous two years of compiling a weekly NBA...
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Digital boosts Pioneer Press, Star Tribune circulation — but local web use mixed
Each Twin Cities daily could take good news from Tuesday’s Audit Bureau of Circulations reports. Pioneer Press total circulation rose 8 percent on Sunday and 4 percent weekdays, while the Star Tribune...
View ArticleState pension funds respond to KSTP story on high payouts
A KSTP-TV news story on Sunday about high pension payouts to some retired state employees was criticized today by the three major state pension funds.Says a statement from the Retirement Systems of...
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First, Bill Clinton; then, Paul Ryan visits
At Slate, David Weigel applies the word “faux” to the notion of Romney momentum in Minnesota: “Is Romney massaging that narrative. Sure. Is it bogus? Not really. In swing states, Romney is polling only...
View ArticleBill Clinton rallies youth vote for Obama at U of M rally
Former President Bill Clinton stumped for Barack Obama Tuesday in a move that for the first time this election cycle really brought presidential politics to Minnesota, a state long considered safe in...
View ArticleSt. Cloud woman with multiple sclerosis and broken ankle pulls man from...
When Kathy Maloney and Connie Burczyk heard splashing and cries for help while walking in Hester Park along the Mississippi River, they investigated and saw a man struggling in the water, writes Ben...
View ArticleFord plant demolition to start in late winter or early spring
The landscape of St. Paul's Highland Park will change dramatically in a few months, as demolition teams begin knocking down the buildings at the old Ford plant that produced millions of vehicles since...
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Voter ID? Get the facts across with a story
Jocelyn HaleI recently heard a pundit say after a political debate, “People don’t care about the facts. They want to hear a story they can relate to.” In my role as executive director of the Loft, I am...
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Michele Bachmann in debate: 'I don't do political speech'
Any public appearance by Our Favorite Congresswoman comes with a guarantee of good copy. But put her in a face-to-face debate with someone other than Sean Hannity … . Conrad Wilson of MPR reports: “The...
View ArticleIranian warships dock in Sudan after alleged Israeli airstrikes
Sudan’s links to Iran came under scrutiny Tuesday as it welcomed two Iranian warships less than a week after an explosion at a Khartoum weapons warehouse that Sudanese officials blamed on an Israeli...
View ArticleSupreme Court to consider how and when police can use drug-sniffing dogs
The US Supreme Court is going to the dogs on Wednesday in a pair of important cases that ask the justices to decide how and when police are able to use dogs specially trained to detect narcotics.Both...
View ArticleAbdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, Syria general, killed by rebels: Report
Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, a senior officer in Syria's air force, has been killed by rebels in Damascus, according to Syrian state media.Khalidi, whose full title is given as "Pilot Major General,"...
View ArticleGerman jobless rate grows for first time in 3 years
German unemployment in October turned out to be twice as high as analysts had predicted, with the jobless rate growing for the first time since 2009, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.The Associated Press...
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