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6 hrs ago | Home Accents Today

Groovystuff by Design student contest winners announced

Dallas - Home furnishings manufacturer Groovystuff announced the names of the four student winners of its "Groovystuff by Design: Connecting Education with Industry Challenge." Students Ian O'Hare , Ami Seuki , Malachi Payne and Bethany DeLine placed first from their respective schools in the popular vote, conducted at the spring High Point Market, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Appalachian State University, North Carolina State University, University of Idaho, Interior Design, Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design)

Tue May 21, 2013

Patch.com

U of M Law Prof on MN Gay Marriage: David FitzSimmons Is 'Hero' for Religious Freedom

Minnesota state Rep. David FitzSimmons "made himself a hero for the cause [of] religious freedom" with his " civil marriage" amendment to what is now the state's new law permitting same-sex marriages .

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Related Topix: Wedding, Minnesota, Minnesota Government, Gay/Lesbian, Albertville, MN

KAAL-TV Austin

Planting Conditions Much Improved in Minnesota

A miserable start to spring planting for Minnesota farmers has greatly improved with a stretch of better weather.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

Lateral hires with tenure, 2012-13

Margaret Barry from Catholic University Columbus School of Law to Vermont Law School June Carbone from the University of Missouri, Kansas City to the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul.

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Related Topix: Vermont Law School, University of Missouri Kansas City, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, University of Louisville

TwinCities

Roseville man's conviction upheld in fatal hit-run in Dinkytown

An appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of Timothy Bakdash of Roseville, who is serving 40 years for the booze-fueled hit-and-run killing of a Wisconsin man.

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Related Topix: Roseville, MN, Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN

Star Tribune

Push for gender-neutral language continues

Washington state's Legislature recently decreed that all statutes be rewritten to incorporate gender-neutral language.

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Star Tribune

What's in, what's out as 2013 session closes

Income tax, cigarette tax increases are in, along with $585 million for Mayo/Rochester and all-day kindergarten.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Mon May 20, 2013

Medical News Today

Sensors For Heart Devices, Consumer Electronics, Vulnerable To Certain Security Risks

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology ; Public Health Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled laboratory ... (more)

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Related Topix: University of South Carolina, Bluetooth, Health

Insurance Journal West

Maguire Agency's Sundeen Named Minnesota Agent of the Year

Matt Sundeen, vice president of sales and commercial lines producer at Maguire Agency, has been named Agent of the Year for 2013 by the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers .

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Related Topix: Roseville, MN

World Magazine

Ball State investigating intelligent design class

Ball State University is looking into complaints by evolutionists that a science and religion class using material on intelligent design material is promoting Christianity to its students.

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Related Topix: Evolution Debate, Ball State University, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, University of Chicago

The Atlantic

The Tyra Banks Matriarchy: A Scholar's Take on America's Next Top Model

In honor of the beloved reality show's 10th birthday, a conversation with Rhonda Loverude, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on hegemonic heterosexuality in ANTM Over the course of its run, the dramatic Tyra Banks-hosted modeling competition-in which contestants try to out-fierce one another on the runway and in photo shoots to win a contract at ... (more)

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Related Topix: America's Next Top Model, Reality TV, Entertainment

Business Journal

Top 10 tips for grads from Steve Blank

The decision to be an entrepreneur came when he chose to "Do" rather than to "Be." That bit of advice and nine other insights grabbed us from the speech he gave to University of Minnesota engineering graduates last week.

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The Modesto Bee

Polygraph device can easily produce errors

Police departments and federal agencies across the country are using a certain type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem, McClatchy Newspapers has found.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Psychology, Science

Sun May 19, 2013

Star Tribune

The Markingson Case: A Tragedy But Not A Scandal?

Bill Gleason is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.

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Patch.com

Eastview High School Student Receives Scholarship to Study in China

Katerina Wong, an Eastview High School student, is one of two Minnesotans to have received a prestigious National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship-which will enable her to study in China for a single year.

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Related Topix: Apple Valley, MN, Lakeville, MN, Education Etc.

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

About Jack Gulati

Born Ashok Kumar Gulati on Sept. 20, 1942, in Gujranwala, India. Son of Jagjit Lal and Leela Wanti Gulati.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Berks County, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

KAAL-TV Austin

UMR's First Graduation

Four years ago, the University of Minnesota-Rochester started their first program.

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Northfield.org

Teresa Jensen, new Director of Library and Information Technology Services

The Friends of the Northfield Public Library welcomed Teresa Jensen, our new Director of the library and IT, with a gathering at the library.

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Related Topix: Hennepin County, MN, Northfield, MN

Patch.com

St. Louis Park Ranks 67th in Speeding Tickets Per Capita

Legend Green pins: 0 to 500 tickets Yellow pins: 500 to 1,500 tickets Red pins: 1,500 or more tickets Police departments that cover multiple cities have a pin in each of the cities they cover.

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Related Topix: St. Louis Park, MN, Minnetonka, MN, Golden Valley, MN, Richfield, MN, Minneapolis, MN

Monster.com

5 Questions You Should Never Ask in a Job Interview

By Catherine Conlan, Monster Contributing Writer Hiring managers and HR pros will often close out a job interview by asking an applicant if he or she has any questions themselves.

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