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1 min ago | ENR-Engineering News-Record

Minnesota Indemnification Case Typifies Problems Between Primes and Subs

They can be difficult enough to understand if one is not well versed in legal or insurance issues, but sometimes they even stump lawyers.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

4 hrs ago | Marshall Independent

An affair to savor

The American Legion hall in Minneota was crowded on Saturday night, both with area residents and a staggering variety of sweet treats laid out on buffet tables for the annual Chocolate Affair.

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5 hrs ago | Patch.com

Snow Coming to Southern Minnesota, Northfield

The National Weather Service predicts snow to fall inA Northfield after noon. But before you get your much-neglected snow blower out of the garage, less than an inchA of snow is expected to fall.

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Related Topix: Weather

8 hrs ago | Patch.com

On-Screen Romance-Minnesota Style

It's nearlyA the fourteenth of February and Eternal Love approacheth on gossamerA wings gilded by advertising dollars.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, The Faculty, Science Fiction Movies, Josh Hartnett, Comedy Movies, Edward Scissorhands, Drama Movies, Swingers

12 hrs ago | TwinCities

Minnesota: Ravages of diabetes spur hunt for a cure

The worldwide diabetes epidemic is taking a huge toll in Minnesota. One-third of all adults in the state either have diabetes or are pre-diabetic, with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Minnesota Government, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Heart Failure, University of Minnesota

Sun Feb 12, 2012

KAAL-TV Austin

Grant Helps Parent, Pregnant Students Stay in School

The federal money was given to colleges across Minnesota. Riverland Community College is one of 11 schools to receive money from the Minnesota Department of Health to help pregnant and parent students in school.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Parenting, Family

Star Tribune

Editorial: A positive grade for integration aid plan

Third-graders Curtis Hatcher, left, and Kashawn Pierce read Tuesday at the FAIR school, operated by the West Metro Education Program, in Minneapolis.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Opinion

Star Tribune

Editorial: Scrap seniority-only teacher tenure law

Licensed resource teacher Olivia Stewart read a story, "Ron's Big Mission," to second grade students at Earle Brown Elementary School in Brooklyn Center last September.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn Center, MN, Minnesota Government, Education Etc., Family, Kids, Opinion

All About Jazz

Marty Ehrlich: Knows No Bounds

Terms [like jazz or classical] have a certain use for identifying general areas of style, and then we have to start dealing with the individual approaches.

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Related Topix: Marty Ehrlich, Jazz, Mark Dresser, Julius Hemphill

Shakopee Valley News Newspaper

Let's Go: Last chance to explore the year of 1968

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking against the war in Vietnam at the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota.

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Related Topix: Martin Luther King, Jr., University of Minnesota

TwinCities

Minnesota companies aim for greener living through chemistry

Liana Palaikis, EarthClean's director of product development, demonstrates how the company mixes its powdery TetraKO product with water to form a gel that snuffs out fires.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, South St. Paul, MN, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Golden Valley, MN

Sat Feb 11, 2012

TwinCities

Minnesota GOP wants to cut business property taxes

Property taxes on Minnesota businesses would be slashed by about 30 percent over the next six to 12 years under legislation the Republican-controlled Legislature is almost certain to pass this year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Minnesota Government, Tax, US Governors, Dayton, MN

KEYC Television, Mankato, MN

Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota To Extended Hours

MANKATO, Minn - After a successful first week in the new interim location, the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota will now have extended hours of operation.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Daily Journal

DNR issues citation for cougar shooting in Jackson County

DNR Staff Report Charges were filed earlier by the Jackson County attorney's office against a Jackson County man in southwestern Minnesota for allegedly shooting a cougar on Nov.

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Related Topix: Jackson County, MN, Minnesota Government

Wall Street Journal

Minnesota Mulls Right-to-Work Bill

Republicans in St. Paul are pushing for Minnesota to become the newest right-to-work state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Minnesota Government, US Governors, Wedding

TwinCities

Attempted firing of Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources boss leads to tense meeting

The executive committee of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources pushed back today, asserting its authority in a dispute involving the attempted firing of its executive director.

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HometownSource

Conflict of interest legal opinions on Sviggum ordered

University of Minnesota Board of Regents Chairwoman Linda Cohen in a statement today detailed her approach regarding former Republican House Speaker Steve Sviggum, now a university regent, who recently accepted a position with the Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus as its communication director and executive assistant.

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Related Topix: University of Minnesota, US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Ramsey County, MN, US Governors, Opinion

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Post-Bulletin

Minnesota panel OKs provisional discharge for sex offender

A panel of judges has approved the discharge of a 64-year-old pedophile from Minnesota's Sex Offender program.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

The Guardian

Running the numbers on same-sex marriage amendment ballots | Harry J Enten

Referendums in Minnesota and North Carolina both look likely to ban gay marriage.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, North Carolina, North Carolina Government, Gay/Lesbian, Publishing, Media, Star Tribune

Post-Bulletin

Minnesota gets waiver from No Child Left Behind

A decade after the No Child Left Behind law rewrote the nation's education policies, President Obama freed 10 states from some of its crucial provisions Thursday, including a deadline for bringing all students to proficiency in reading and math by 2014.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Kline, Minnesota Government

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