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Impatient patient, part 4: My $25,929.60 head injury
By Casey Selix | Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
On his biggest stage Favre delivers -- again
By Jim Klobuchar | Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
With demise of Big Stone II, the days of King Coal are over for now
By Ron Way | Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
Is 'Internet addiction' for real?
By Susan Perry | Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
With Minneapolis IRV debut, Rybak easily triumphs, but system complicates council races like Samuels'
By Doug Grow | Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Stolz's 'Old Log Theater & Me': 7 decades in stories and photos
By David Hawley | Wednesday, Nov. 4 2009
Just how much do MPR's top national hosts make?
By David Brauer | Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Community Voices: The solution to 'too big to fail'
By E. Thomas Sullivan | Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Most MN's stimulus jobs in education, but school officials worried
By Cynthia Boyd | Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
Wedge issue? All DFL guv candidates back gay marriage
By Eric Black | Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Jim Oberstar remains undecided about the health care bill because of a number of separate concerns — including a newly added measure that could hurt Minnesota's paper industry.
Related: Hoyer: 'Delaying tactics' could stall vote on health reform

Nearly $7 million in leftover funds raised by the Minneapolis/St. Paul 2008 Host Committee for last year's national gathering will soon be headed to three local foundations: the St. Paul Foundation, the Minneapolis Foundation and the Minnesota Community Foundation.
Nov. 9 is the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. Politicians and pundits are wrapping themselves in the mantle of the heroes of 1989, but who really deserves credit for ending the Cold War?
Swapping erratic outfielder Carlos Gomez for Brewers shortstop J.J. Hardy solves the team's outfield logjam, means Orlando Cabrera will be gone and holds out the possibility that the newest Twin could become effective hitting in the No. 2 slot.
While attention has focused on a limited H1N1 flu vaccine supply, a shortage of approved virus-filtering respirators has federal and state public health officials across the country scrambling to ensure numbers. 3M Co. is running manufacturing operations 24/7.
International Tongue Twister Day is as good an occasion as any to revisit some of the most memorable examples of tongue-tied political remarks. Two of them, by the way, involve Minnesotans.
MinnPost fans are invited to celebrate our 2nd birthday this Sunday. The Trivia Battle will start at 2:45 p.m. Party is free to all 2009 donors/members, $10 for non-members. More info here.



Less than 48 hours after the polls closed in his victorious Minneapolis mayoral race, R.T. Rybak announced to his supporters today that he has filed paperwork with the state to create an R.T. Rybak for Governor Committee.
It was, in effect, a showdown of "charts versus hearts" today. Gov. Tim Pawlenty called for reining in state spending with a constitutional amendment. Sen. Tom Bakk, one of many DFL candidates for governor, emphasized getting Minnesotans back to work.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Days before an expected vote on health care reform in the U.S. House, thousands of protesters descended on the Capitol Thursday to rally around Rep. Michele Bachmann and other GOP lawmakers who have denounced the legislation.
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ALSO: Pawlenty ends a bad week by proposing a constitutional amendment; Rybak runs for governor; Ponzi scheme-mania!
MinnPost | 11/5/09 8:30 am
The Nation’s Maureen Tkacik offers “Gladwell for Dummies,” a look at Malcolm Gladwell’s fascinating best-sellers “The Tipping Point” and “Blink.” (via)
National Geographic has published a series of striking photos by Stephen Alvarez of caves and cavers of the Deep South.
The Bonddad Blog finds something for both bears and bulls to like in the latest national unemployment figures, which show the rate at 10.2 percent, the first time since 1983 that it’s hit double digits.