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    Just about any way you look at it, Twins paid too much for new closer Matt Capps

    By Aaron Gleeman | Saturday, July 31, 2010

    Now, don't get me wrong: Capps is a quality reliever and represents a clear upgrade to the Twins' bullpen. What he's not is an elite reliever or enough of an upgrade to part with catcher Wilson Ramos.

    Trapeze vets come out of retirement to work with young performers at Circus Juventas



    By Joe Kimball | Saturday, July 31, 2010

    Willie Edelston, 87, and Tony Steele, 74, came up from Florida for the production of “Sawdust,” which starts this weekend at the youth performing circus in St. Paul.




    Judge Richard Hopper's alternative court getting results with combination of 'firmness and fairness'

    By Beth Hawkins | Friday, July 30, 2010

    Welcome to mental health court, a seven-year-old experiment in delivering criminal defendants with persistent mental illnesses the services they need to stay out of jail. One of the first of its kind, the court has garnered national attention for its success.

    Latest oil spill lesson for Minnesotans: If it can happen in Michigan, it can happen here, too



    By Derek Wallbank | Friday, July 30, 2010

    WASHINGTON — Enbridge pipelines also run through northern Minnesota, prompting Sen. Al Franken, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Jim Oberstar to seek answers — and action to increase safety.

    Related: Text of Franken letter seeking investigation of oil spill (PDF) 

    What's worse for Lake Michigan — Kalamazoo River spill or Asian carp?

    The distance between us

    By David Gillette | Friday, July 30, 2010

    What's the furthest any human being has ever been from any other human being? I think I have the answer.

    Hop in the car: Two Greater Minnesota art events this weekend are well worth a day trip

    By Susannah Schouweiler
    Friday, July 30, 2010

    On Saturday, 'Iron Performance' near Taylor's Falls and 'A Guild of One' in New London provide ample reason to hit the road.


    Two recent U of M graduates launch start-up company, licensing U's atrazine treatment technology

    By Brad Allen | Friday, July 30, 2010

    As undergraduates, Joe Mullenbach and Alex Johansson took on a herbicide-eating microbe patented by the University of Minnesota and caught the entrepreneurial bug — in the process turning a class project into a start-up company.

    Friday P.M. Report

    Twin Cities airfares up in Q1, MoneyGram loss narrows in Q2, Northwest to pay $38M fine for price fixing, and Delta ending service to Thunder Bay.

    Friday A.M. Report

    Microsoft opening MOA retail store, federal suit filed over ADC sale, Xcel Q2 profits rise on rate hikes and weather, and Medtronic to study device for treating heart failure.



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    Pollen newsletter Vol. 16

    By Lars Leafblad | Friday, July 30, 2010

    Pollen is a community comprised of civic-minded connectors who share ideas, career and civic engagement opportunities and peer-to-peer recognition to create positive impact and personal and professional growth for its members.

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    'Tall Ships' sail into Duluth harbor


    By Joe Kimball | Thursday, July 29, 2010

    The sailing vessels, which will be in port until Aug. 3, will be available for on-board tours and sail-aways.

    DFL primary countdown: After lengthy air war, can Kelliher's ground assault change the game?

    By Jay Weiner | Thursday, July 29, 2010

    After months of a shock-and-awe air war waged on TV screens by the DFL-endorsed candidate's challengers, Mark Dayton and Matt Entenza, the ground game of all three is now kicking in.



    The Tea Party as a wedge issue

    By Max Sparber | Fri., July 30

    ALSO: Bachmann declared a "visionary leader'; activist responds to Project CeaseFire; Emmer responds to Target complaints; Anne Rice driven away from Christianity by a local band?

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