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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 09:06 pm

Minnesota News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

8 hrs ago | Post-Bulletin

Minnesota-based boat retailer closing half of stores

A Minneapolis-based boat retailer says it will close six of its 12 stores in Minnesota and Iowa and lay off 100 workers.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis, MN, Pierz, MN, St. Cloud Metro, Duluth (University of Minnesota System)

12 hrs ago | Wcco.com

Tornado Reported In Minnesota, Watch Issued

The National Weather Service says a brief tornado touchdown was reported east of Becker Saturday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Weather

17 hrs ago | Insight News

With spies and cellphones, Ethiopian terror touches Minnesota

The four men sitting at a downtown coffee shop here recently told me a story that sounded too far-fetched to be true.

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Related Topix: Darfur, MN, World News, Sudan, Minnesota Government

Yesterday | The Age

Obama heads abroad as US election campaign heats up

US Democrat Barack Obama is set this weekend to tout his foreign policy expertise on a trip to the Middle East and Europe, while his rival for the White House John McCain campaigns in America's heartland to ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, John McCain, Travel, Israel Travel, Middle East, Israel Travel

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Twincities.com

Minnesota / Official will get $101,000 raise

A legislative panel approved a plan Friday that boosts the salary for the head of Minnesota's State Board of Investment by $101,000, or 70 percent.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

Wcco.com

Minn. Judicial Council Cuts Juror Pay In Half

Jurors in Minnesota will soon be paid half of what they get now for a day of duty.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

TwinCities

Minnesota officials report no cases of West Nile virus

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito as she was in the process of acquiring a blood meal from its human host Minnesota health officials say West Nile virus has stayed away so far this summer.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Minnesota Government, West Nile Virus, Health

WXOW

Fire kills 1,200 pigs in south-central Minn.

A hog farm fire has killed about 1,200 pigs in south-central Minnesota. The blaze broke out Tuesday night and consumed 2 of 3 barns about four miles southeast of Waldorf, in Waseca County.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Minnesota Government, Life, Food, Pork, Meat

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Post-Bulletin

Stones keyboardist Leavell jams with House members

The congressman-lead singer had a question for the guest keyboardist at the all-congressional band gig Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Collin Peterson, Jon Porter, Republican

The Post Chronicle

Daily Almanac - July 15

Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 197th day of 2008 with 169 to follow. The moon is waxing.

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Related Topix: Cabrini College, Sweden, World News, Offbeat

WQOW

Minn. lags in bridge spending, report finds

A U.S. House report says Minnesota was tied for last in the percentage of federal bridge funds it actually spent on bridges over a 5-year period.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Arizona Government, Arizona, Minneapolis College of Art & Design

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Minn. AG sues Ill. debt collector

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has sued a central Illinois debt-collection agency for allegedly attempting to collect invalid debts from Minnesotans.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Illinois, Illinois Government

WAVY-TV Portsmouth

New subs to be named Minnesota, North Dakota

The U.S. Navy says its next two fast-attack submarines will be named Minnesota and North Dakota.

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Related Topix: Minnesota State University, Moorhead (Minnesota State College & University System), Minnesota State University, Mankato (Minnesota State College & University System), North Dakota State University, Minnesota State College & University System

KXMA-TV Dickinson

U of M has bright hopes in solarpowered car race

U of M has bright hopes in solar-powered car race Eds: APNewsNow. MINNEAPOLIS The University of Minnesota has sunny expectations for its solar-powered car.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Canada,

Tue Jul 15, 2008

KXMD-TV Williston

Despite gas tax hike, money slows MnDOT

Even though lawmakers pushed through a state gas tax hike this year, transportation officials say there isn't enough money for some expansion projects in central Minnesota.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

WDIO

Plymouth Voted Best Small City America

Plymouth, Minnesota, gets bragging rights as the best small city to live in America.

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Related Topix: Plymouth, MN, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN

American Motorcyclist

Don't forget: Ride to Work Day is this Wednesday, July 16

The AMA reminds motorcyclists that Ride to Work Day is this Wednesday, July 16, and encourages all riders to put some extra fun in their daily commutes, save a little gas--and then take the long way home.

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Related Topix: Motorcycles, Minnesota Government

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Navy names new attack submarine 'USS Minnesota'

The third ship in the history of the U.S. Navy to be named the USS Minnesota will be a new nuclear attack submarine.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy

CBS News

Jesse Ventura Not Running For Senate

The former, colorful Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura announced that he will not be running for the Senate as an independent on CNN's "Larry King Live," deciding to stay out of an already-entertaining Senate ...

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Norm Coleman

Mon Jul 14, 2008

NewsChannel 8

Immigration rally planned in Iowa meatp

Immigration reform advocates and religious leaders hope hundreds of people will descend on a small Iowa town this month for a rally in support of workers arrested in a large raid at a meatpacking plant.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Illinois, Minnesota Government

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