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    Names of health-reform bills stress affordability but costs still unaffordable for some families

    By Casey Selix | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    While both the Senate and House health-care bills guarantee access to health insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions, neither one will do much to improve the affordability of health coverage for moderate to middle-income Americans in the individual market, according to wonks and critics across the political spectrum.

    Collin Peterson: Health-care legislation moving in right direction



    By Derek Wallbank and Cynthia Dizikes
    Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The lone Minnesota Democrat to oppose the House health-care overhaul bill said he's open to supporting health-care reform, so long as the final bill looks more like the middle-of-the-road Senate plan currently under consideration.

    Actors put focus on homelessness by telling their own stories

    By Cynthia Boyd | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    Shawna and Rick and Marvin and Caroline: they're just like me. Only they can act and sing and — oh, yes — some of them have known firsthand what it's like to be homeless. I haven't.

    QUITE RIGHT

    Katherine Kersten on conservatism and religion

    By Michael J. Bonafield | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    Here's the second installment of my interview with columnist Katherine Kersten. I asked her about where conservatism is headed, President Obama and the role religion plays in her world view. Second of two articles.

    Part One: Katherine Kersten on liberals, same-sex marriage and life at the Star Tribune

    St. Thomas kick returner casts his spell with 'magical' runbacks

    By Pat Borzi | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    St. Thomas Coach Glenn Caruso proudly shows off video highlights that help explain how sophomore Fritz Waldvogel has scored six TD returns this season, the second-highest total in NCAA history at any level.

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    Remembering JFK, the nation's first pop-culture president

    By Don Effenberger | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    Sunday marks the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a transitional political figure who captured the imagination of a nation and, in the process, became an iconic pop-culture symbol.

    ARTS ARENA

    "We Live in Public" is about you and me and the dark side of social networking

    By Jim Walsh | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    Ondi Timoner's film "We Live in Public" is as important a piece of cultural history as has come down the pike in the last 10 years.



    Spinoff Custom Fab Solutions learns new tricks to survive the recession

    By Brad Allen | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

    “Diversify or die!” was the mantra in 2001, when the Chanhassen company was created as a spinoff from semiconductor equipment manufacturer FSI International, so it did. When the recession hit, though, it had to learn some new tricks.

    Friday P.M. Report

    Ryan wins Fort Snelling job, Petters says he was “set up,” FICO loses credit score fight, and leadership list issued.

    Friday A.M. Report

    Shubert renovation begins, Café Brenda closing, property taxes rising, ADC sales down.

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    Civilian panel reviews police complaints, but gets little response

    By Doug Grow | Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

    Members of a civilian board that reviews police complaints says of the last 21 cases they have forwarded to the Minneapolis police chief, only two have resulted in discipline.

    QUITE RIGHT

    Katherine Kersten on liberals, same-sex marriage and life at the Star Tribune

    By Michael J. Bonafield | Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

    Perhaps no columnist in town raises a liberal's blood pressure more than Katherine Kersten. I talked with Kersten about liberal rage and other topics. First of two articles.

    David Brauer: The Star Tribune op-ed page's war on Kersten

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    Free Darwin on U of M campus comes with a catch

    By Max Sparber | Fri., Nov. 20, 2009

    ALSO: Bad news for the economy; racial tensions are either rising or falling in Owatonna; and lutes.


    Check out more Book Club Club posts here.


    Former University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof, who now heads the University of California, is in the middle of controversy there over steep hikes in student tuition.


    Overthinking It has an interesting chart that pits the declining quality of rock music against the declining amount of oil production in the lower 48 states. (via)


    Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic’s Daily Dish continues his critique of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue.”

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