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11 hrs ago | TwinCities.com

Police: Mom arrested after chase with two kids in car and open bottle of rum in diaper bag

Monica Mary Margaret Say A woman had her two children in the car, ages 2 and 4, and an open bottle of rum in a diaper bag when she led police on a chase last week in western Hennepin County, police said today.

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17 hrs ago | Star Tribune

Charges: Drunk Twin Cities mom with 2 kids in car leads cops on 4-mile chase

With an uncapped bottle of rum in the diaper bag and her two little ones in the car with her, a drunken driver led police on a 4-mile-plus chase through traffic in western Hennepin County before she pulled over and was arrested, authorities said this afternoon.

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Yesterday | HometownSource

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Republican representative Jim Ramstad easily won re-election to the U.S. Congress in Minnesota 3rd District.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

MinnPost.com

All DFL guv candidates back gay marriage: A wedge issue in the making?

Will Minnesota's 2010 race for governor be the next referendum on gay marriage? That's an oversimplification, because there will be many very clear issue differences in that race, especially in the general election.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Somewhere, the next Jesse Ventura might be waiting

While a large pack of Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates has roamed across Minnesota for months clamoring for attention, the state's third and smallest "major party," the Independence Party, has yet to field a single credible contender.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Star Tribune

Rybak, Kolstad debate property taxes, city regulation

Minnesota bridges rated: An interactive map of bridges that are "structurally deficient," "functionally obsolete" or have gusset plates like those on the I-35W bridge.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Minnesota State University, Mankato, ...

Exploring the world through film

Casella is on sabbatical in Northern Ireland studying films from the silent era and attending various film festivals.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Star Tribune

Fundraising numbers in the 6th District

The Democrats trying to win their party's endorsement to run against Republican U.S. Rep.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

Star Tribune

GAO report poses tough questions for ethanol

Ethonel another goverment boondoogle forced down out throats Lowers mileage, lower performance, highly corrosive, raises food prices , read more puts more land into production that was not farmed in the past, Raises price of fuel overall What a wondrful deal and I am forced to pay higher taxes for this great benefit Minnesota business by the ...

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Mon Sep 28, 2009

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Independent candidates taking aim at governor races a " could Minnesota be one of them?

Fomer Independence Party candidate Tim Penny concedes the gubernatorial race at the Mall of America in 2002.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

On not taking democracy, and those who guard it, for granted

Even here in the Capital City, publication of the new edition of Minnesota's "Blue Book" doesn't exactly rank up there with the latest from, say, John Grisham or Patricia Cornwell or John Sanford.

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Sun Sep 20, 2009

Star Tribune

Keeping lid on levies to smooth way in bumpy times

Plymouth, Cottage Grove, Ramsey and Rosemount are in the vanguard of municipal frugality in a down economy.

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Fri Sep 18, 2009

Post-Bulletin

Penny: Southern Minnesota could face work force crunch

The statistics came quickly, but they add up to one thing -- southern Minnesota could see a work force crunch as larger generations age and smaller ones move into the work force.

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Wed Sep 09, 2009

Star Tribune

Productivity growth should be priority

Without it, Minnesota risks economic decline, two Toms warn. Last update: September 9, 2009 - 5:58 PM SLOWER GROWTH AHEAD Minnesotans became used to rapidly growing state government in the 1990s, state economist Tom Stinson notes.

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Fri Sep 04, 2009

Post-Bulletin

Randy Demmer at state fair

Amid a sea of fair-goers noshing on Sweet Martha's cookies and Pronto Pups, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haas is busy trying to win over potential supporters.

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Wed Sep 02, 2009

Star Tribune

Minneapolis mayoral ballot dispute may go to court

A Republican candidate for mayor of Minneapolis who says he was denied a chance to file both his party and his political principle below his name on the city ballot is seeking a judge's ruling that would force the city to accept both.

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Sat Aug 15, 2009

St. Cloud Times Online

Your turn: Look at candidates, not their cash flow

I find it a sad state of affairs that we tend to judge candidates for elected office on how much donor gifts they cash and spend rather than the candidate's vision and character.

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Mon Aug 10, 2009

St. Cloud Times Online

Feld column: Empty threats still catapult nuclear fears

Having ruthless dictators controlling the launch sequence for intercontinental ballistic missiles tipped with nuclear weapons is the world's worst nightmare.

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Sat Aug 08, 2009

St. Cloud Times

Tinklenberg ends 2010 run

Elwyn Tinklenberg, the DFL Party's 6th Congressional District candidate in 2008, announced Tuesday that he was ending his campaign to run in 2010.

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Thu Aug 06, 2009

Insight News

Transformation: Time to move beyond change

Beverley Anderson Manley, former First Lady of Jamaica will deliver the keynote address for the Jamaica Minnesota Organizationa s Annual Independence Gala 7 pm Sat., August 8, 2009, at the Radisson Plaza Hotel Ballroom, 35 S. 7th Street, in downtown Minneapolis.

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