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Message discipline rules inside the Republican convention hall. On the free-speech stage just outside Xcel Energy Center, it's anything but.

The House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Personnel held hearings on the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on Tuesday.

When word got out at the end of last month that the Chicago-based firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal had laid off 37 lawyers and 87 other employees in response to the receding economy, the natural ...

The Calumet Players are in rehearsal for "The Wizard of Oz" to open June 20 at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center.

' An inter-county transit system is still a number of years out, but the wheels are spinning between Martin and Faribault counties.

“Gary's a very good choice for this job”

Gary Hansen is charged with limiting the collateral damage to North Minneapolis from Waconia properties. via Minnesota Lawyer

“Janel Goff became unreasonably angry and stated that she did not 'have time to be bothered with this stupid package anymore,'”

A wine-flavored photo shoot for a glossy magazine, tailor-made designer duds, $5,000 to spend at JB Hudson Jewelers and a glittery weekend in the Big Apple with dinner at a Soho hot spot. via Star Tribune

“It's been six months of winter, so it's been unbelievable”

A late April snowstorm dumped a foot of snow or more across parts of western and northern Minnesota, forcing authorities to close a major freeway and St. via Post-Bulletin

Vehicles travel on U.S. Highway 71 near Bemidji, Minn., as heavy snow falls on Friday. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

“Wisconsin gneiss"? 3. Some pop-culture pundits have observed that Minnesota celebrities can be "eccentric”

Photo by John Kachik If you don't have may 11 circled on your calendar - 'preferably with heavy black Sharpie, with hearts and exclamation points and smiley faces lovingly inked all around the date - 'then you ... via Minnesota Monthly

Heavy snow that fell across central and southeastern Minnesota on Friday left as much as 11 inches on the ground in some regions. via Minnesota Public Radio

“We do our best to help producers make the most informed decisions regarding all areas of crop production”

Six weeks from now area farmers hopefully will be in their fields planting corn, soybeans and other crops. via Daily Journal

PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris . via Pharyngula

A lawsuit filed by Fitger's On-The-Lake, LLC played out in federal court in Minneapolis Tuesday. via WDIO

Hunt Adkins, Minneapolis, promoted Rob Franks from senior copy writer to group creative director. via Star Tribune

U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery appointed a receiver Thursday to take control of the remaining assets of the Parish Marketing & Development Corp. via Star Tribune

“We turn those grasslands into ethanol and corn acres - 'poof, there goes the pheasants. Poof, there goes the water quality. It's unavoidable”

Photo by Brian Stauffer FOR NEARLY THREE decades, Tom Kalahar, a conservation technician for the Renville County Soil and Water Conservation District, has driven the dirt roads and blue highways of Renville ... via Minnesota Monthly

“It sounded like there was at least five across the state”

A levy vote recount will happen two weeks after District 192 voters stepped into voting booths in a special operating levy referendum. via Farmington