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Pre-Halloween required viewing: Candy and your dental health
Just in time for Halloween, Dr. Dan Shaw of the University of Minnesota's Pediatric Dental Clinics explains the effect that eating candy has on teeth and offers some tips for reducing the...
View ArticleUK brings drone command operations home from US
LONDON — It seems the sun never sets on the proliferation of drones.A purpose-built command and control center for Britain's growing fleet of Reaper drones is opening Friday at RAF Waddington in...
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Elizabeth Larsen and Joshua Glenn want to entertain your kid
unbored.net"Unbored" is packed with ideas of things to make, watch, read and do.You might leave a job behind, but don’t sever those old co-worker connections — you just never know.Elizabeth Larsen and...
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Political 'Pick Me' photo exhibit a timely escape from all those candidate ads
Just what we need: a politics-themed photography exhibit. No, seriously – it’s just what we need: images that aren’t ads. Opening Saturday, Oct. 27, at King Studios in St. Paul, “Pick Me,” with...
View ArticleFix the Debt: CEOs launch drive for 'grand bargain.' Is Washington listening?
A dozen CEOs and business leaders rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning with a message for lawmakers in Washington: Come November, you’re going to be hearing a lot more...
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Why not some fiscal therapy and go over the cliff?
brookings.eduWilliam G. GaleWilliam G. Gale, the Arjay and Frances Miller chair in federal economic policy in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, recently delivered the annual...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy could hit as monster hybrid storm
Hurricane Sandy, currently a dangerous category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour moving north through the Bahamas, could impact the Northeast and even New Englandearly next week, the...
View ArticleMembers of Congress give big donations to Cravaack and Nolan
Interest groups, campaign committees and super PACs aren't the only ones pumping Washington money into Minnesota's 8th District congressional race. Through the colorfully named political action...
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Imagining growing old in the suburbs
The world is becoming very, very old.I'm not talking about the rock on which we perch — about 4.5 billion years old by some estimates — but about us, the people. In practically every country, the...
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St. Cloud State poll shows slender lead for opponents of marriage amendment
A poll giving a slender lead to opponents of the proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution banning same-sex marriage was released Thursday by a team of faculty members and students from St....
View ArticleBusinessWeek looks at Pawlenty's 'about-face' on Wall Street lobbying job
BusinessWeek profiles Tim Pawlenty and says: "[A]s a candidate seeking populist credibility, Pawlenty beat up on big bankers. Today he works for them."Blogger Blois Olson noticed the piece, which has...
View Article'Trailblazing' Vikings defy the odds of a near-guaranteed home win
Exhaustive research at the highest levels of learning proves that it’s almost impossible for a home team to lose a “Thursday Night” game in the National Football League.Enter the Minnesota Vikings, a...
View ArticleLowry Avenue Bridge grand opening to feature bands and politicians
Many levels of politicians will gather and speak Saturday at the grand opening of the new Lowry Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, connecting North and Northeast Minneapolis.The bridge was...
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Report reveals disturbing details of Medtronic’s role in shaping InFuse articles
The Senate Finance Committee released on Thursday the findings of a 16-month investigation into the actions of Medtronic regarding a bone-graft product, InFuse, which the Minnesota-based company has...
View ArticleGov. Dayton to rally St. Cloud students for DFL legislative candidates
Gov. Mark Dayton, who attended a political rally at Bemidji State University Wednesday, is headed to St. Cloud State Friday to support area DFL legislative candidates.The governor is working for a DFL...
View ArticleNolan, Cravaack and the politics of place in MN-8
Minnesota Brown Last year, Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) moved his family to New Hampshire so that his wife could be closer to her job in Boston. This was highly unusual for a freshmen member of Congress...
View ArticleMarriage ad unfairly links amendment to school curriculum issue
The Minnesota for Marriage spot features Massachusetts couple David and Tonia Parker.On Thursday, Minnesota for Marriage, the group campaigning in favor of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex...
View ArticleGov. Dayton and Arne Carlson team up on voting amendment 'Vote No' ad
A new ad from a group opposing the voting amendment features Gov. Mark Dayton and former Gov. Arne Carlson, who urge Democrats, Republicans and Independents to vote no.In a split-screen shot, Carlson...
View ArticleSt. Paul Pastor Oliver White makes The Atlantic's 'brave thinkers' list
Oliver White, pastor of a now-foreclosed church in St. Paul, is among a list of The Atlantic magazine’s "brave thinkers of 2012."The list — which includes a huge cross section of people ranging from...
View Article1969 graduate leaves $1.1 million to Central Lakes College in Brainerd
A Massachusetts doctor who died in 2010 has left $1.145 million to Central Lakes College in northern Minnesota. The bequest will be used to provide scholarships for women students.Dr. Jean Marie...
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