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Archives for November 2014
Today’s attempt to land a space probe on a comet tests whether space exploration is still capable to inspiring people on terra firma.
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There’s more to ‘living up to the hype’ than how much money business made on the deal. Read more →
There are 58,286 names on a granite wall in Washington. They’re not there to honor the policies that put them there. They’re there to honor the people who were swept up and sent to Vietnam.
By now, we should have been able to understand the distinction. Read more →
Garth Brooks, who’s in the middle of a bigger winning streak than anyone else who’s ever played at Target Center, got a chance to meet the woman for whom he stopped his Minneapolis concert last week.
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If Sal Guinta didn’t fully understand being a Medal of Honor recipient when it was given to him in 2010, he understands it now, thanks to some of the 75 other living Americans who have a medal just like his. Read more →
Last month, Zoe Galasso was shot and killed at a lunch table in the school cafeteria in Marysville, Washington.
Of the people who were shot by her classmate, Jaylen Fryberg, Zoe was the first to die. Fryberg took his own life.
Fryberg’s mother stopped by the Galasso household a few days later. Read more →
It’s a fine line that businesses walk today when offering deals to veterans. Read more →
The National Transportation Safety Board says the cause of a plane crash in Caledonia, Minn., that killed three men will remain a mystery.
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This is the first year since 1989 that high school football semifinal games have been played anywhere but the Metrodome in Minneapolis, and the Dome is having the last laugh. Read more →
Sacrifice is not shared in the United States. More than six of every 10 Americans couldn’t even be inconvenienced enough to vote last week, for instance. Read more →
Processing the death of radio icon Tom Magliozzi was easy for most of us. We got to remember the Car Talk laugh machine the way he was.
That’s not the case for his family, his son’s eulogy revealed.
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What would be a real pick-me-up for farmers? How about snow? That would prevent farmers from bringing in what remains of the harvest, pushing prices higher. Right?
Apparently not, the Associated Press reports today. Read more →
The Minnesota Court of Appeals today settled — for now — the ongoing role of school boards when it comes to campaigning for passage of levy referenda. Read more →
Take a long look at this picture of former Minnesota Viking Orlando Thomas. Read more →