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Iraq detainees get Wisconsin National Guard’s goat over Favre on Nov 20, 2009 in Blog War Brett Favre Iraq “Crafty” detainees in Iraq have taken to taunting members of the Wisconsin National Guard about the successes of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre. As if Iraq weren’t already riven enough with its own internecine antagonisms...
Coloradans face wait before commission rules on Xcel execs’ excesses on Nov 20, 2009 in Economy Energy Slot 1 St. Paul Colorado Xcel Energy With St. Paul–based Xcel Energy on pace to disconnect power to some 70,000 Coloradans this year for nonpayment, energy activists there are openly questioning why ratepayers should pick up the tab for lavish executive board-member dinners, hotel and...
Renters ‘lost in the shuffle’ in anti-foreclosure efforts on Nov 20, 2009 in Economy Housing Slot 1 As the foreclosure crisis worsens, renters increasingly have become caught as innocent bystanders, evicted often without notice when their landlord faces foreclosure.
AM.MN: Like Oprah, Pawlenty will quit his show in 2011 on Nov 20, 2009 in Blog am.mn Al Franken Garrison Keillor Kathleen Gearin mary pawlenty oprah Tim Pawlenty The year 2011 will be the end of an era in broadcasting. That’s when Oprah will leave her long-running show — and, by coincidence, when Gov. Tim Pawlenty will leave his, Minnesota Public Radio confirms. Today, his “hot” wife M...
Greater Minnesota AFSCME to back Kelliher for guv on Nov 20, 2009 in 2010 Blog Campaigns Labor Minnesota Legislature Politics Afscme David Schultz margaret a House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher is getting her second union endorsement for governor in as many days (and her third so far), this one from the 43,000-member Greater Minnesota American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFS...
Catholics, evangelicals pledge to ignore LGBT and abortion rights laws on Nov 20, 2009 in Blog GLBT GLBT Issues RH Reality Check Religion Religious Right Watch Reproductive Health Religious right leaders announced Friday that they won’t abide by laws that support gay marriage or abortion. One hundred and twenty-five members of the religious right and leaders from the Catholic church signed the Manhattan Declaration. Only...
