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New to the zoo: Amur leopard cubs
New to the Minnesota Zoo: Amur leopard cubs. The cubs were born back in May, but had their public debut at the zoo last week.
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Romney adviser Vin Weber worries about GOP turnout in Minnesota races
hhh.umn.eduVin WeberThere was a worry in Vin Weber’s generally upbeat assessment of Republican chances for victory in November.The former congressman and GOP consultant was asked at a Humphrey...
View ArticleGauthier's name stays on absentee ballot because of deadline
State Rep. Kerry Gauthier, who tried to withdraw from his re-election bid after he was stopped by police at a rest stop after a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old boy, remains on the absentee ballot...
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Fact check: Coalition of Minnesota Businesses ads thanking legislators for...
politics.mn The Coalition of Minnesota Businesses has been placing web ads thanking legislators for their work during past two sessions at the Minnesota State Capitol – click here to view their latest...
View ArticleForty Minnesota school districts hold levy referendums in November election
Voters in 40 school districts around the state will see levy questions on the ballot Nov. 6, as school officials seek more money.The biggest is in St. Paul: KARE-TV reports that the more than $30...
View ArticleNew Star Tribune poll: two cheers for Vote No on Minnesota Photo ID and gay...
The third straight September poll shows Minnesota’s anti-gay-marriage amendment leading — but for the second straight time, with a constitutionally insufficient plurality.This time, the Star Tribune’s...
View ArticleRochester viewers get extra campaign TV ads, thanks to Iowa battleground
Rochester television viewers are seeing tons of campaign ads this election season, thanks to an emphasis on Iowa by the presidential contenders.The Rochester Post-Bulletin analyzed ads in its area and...
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Obama up by 8% on Romney in Minnesota
President Obama has a solid 8 percent lead among Minnesota voters. Rachel Stassen-Berger of the Strib says: “President Obama has established a substantial lead against Republican challenger Mitt Romney...
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Chalk Talk: Teachers Take on Education Policy
10/04/2012 7:30pm - 9:00pm Plymouth Congregational Church1900 Nicollet Ave. S., MinneapolisMinnPost is a media sponsor.The League put together this forum because during the perennial election-year...
View ArticleCongressman Walz to help launch veterans group opposed to marriage amendment
Congressman Tim Walz, a military veteran whose re-election bid in the 1st District appears safe, is jumping into the marriage amendment fray by helping launch a Veterans United group that opposes the...
View ArticlePoll: 57 percent of Millennials oppose racial preferences for college, hiring
Fifty-seven percent of Americans ages 18 to 25 are opposed to racial preferences playing a role in college admissions or hiring decisions, according to a recent poll of members of the Millennial...
View ArticleSwing voters the presidential debate forgot: veterans
There were no mentions of America’s veterans during Wednesday night’s presidential debate, a point that frustrates former US troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.“It was seriously...
View ArticleTurkish villagers thrust into center of Syria-Turkey tensions
Residents in the Turkish border town at the center of rising military tensions between Turkey and Syria blamed their government in Ankara for not acting to forestall a fatal mortar strike that killed...
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Closing the books on the fall 2012 sustaining member drive
We’d like to offer a very special thank you to all who donated to MinnPost during our fall sustaining member drive which ended yesterday. We’ll be closing the books on the drive and reporting the final...
View ArticleBringing back West Broadway in North Minneapolis
West Broadway in North Minneapolis has never been a place of haunting beauty where you'd send out-of-town visitors to gasp at the sights. Even in its 1950s heyday, it was a fairly standard midwestern...
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Pocketbook issues dominating many key Minnesota legislative races
Pocketbook issues — not the political blame game, or even the two controversial constitutional amendments — are dominating the debate so far in many key Minnesota legislative races.The intertwined...
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Just take the partisan out of the secretary of state office
mnpACT! Progressive Political Blog I am going to veer off standard left rhetoric here and try to make some out of the ordinary commentary about issues involving the job of the Secretary of State.The...
View ArticleU alum Bill Burton plays lead attack dog for Obama campaign
WASHINGTON — It was early in the 2004 presidential campaign and Bill Burton, the press secretary for Democratic candidate Dick Gephardt, was in Minnesota to visit his friends from college.He opened the...
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Voting amendment debate produces familiar questions — but no agreement on the...
Folks walking away Thursday from Minnesota’s first public debate on the voting amendment likely left with as many questions — and entrenched opinions — as when they walked in.That’s because they heard...
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Minneapolis celebrates Open Streets and Harvest Fest on Lowry Ave north
Last weekend, residents, business and visitors along Lowry Ave North in Minneapolis gathered on the street — closed to automobiles for six hours — to celebrate a combined Open Streets and Harvest...
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