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October 2008
- Friday, October 10, 2008
  - Coleman caps tough week with surprise announcement in Senate race | Joe Kimball
  - With notable exception here, Obama dominating ad spending in battleground states | Eric Black
  - More bad press coming for the Coleman campaign | David Brauer
  - Daily Glean: The state's budget deficit: How far above $1 billion? | David Brauer
  - Lakeville students excited for today's McCain visit | Marisa Helms
  - Presidential candidates' visits pay multiple dividends | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, October 9, 2008
  - Advocates on both sides of gun issue weigh in on elections | Doug Grow
  - Secretary of State Mark Ritchie Wants You ... to vote | G. R. Anderson Jr.
  - The essential stupidity of the 'blogger' evasion | David Brauer
  - Does a GOP contributor buy Norm Coleman's clothes? Some perspective | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Norm Coleman: stonewalling on gifts, denying infidelity | David Brauer
- Wednesday, October 8, 2008
  - Markets, presidential candidates welcome central banks' interest rate cut | Susan Albright
  - Local experts rate presidential debate a dreary draw | Doug Stone
  - Why don't candidates answer the question? | Eric Black
  - Financial rescue legislation: Is the Constitution irrelevant? | Craig Westover
  - Daily Glean: Petters' lament: I'd 'just rather gamble, drink and die' | David Brauer
- Tuesday, October 7, 2008
  - With Raspberry Island nearly complete, St. Paul showing off its Great River Park | Joe Kimball
  - Europeans scramble, alone and together, to stem spreading crisis | Susan Albright
  - Wellstone's landmark mental-health parity: What's ahead for the law | Marisa Helms
  - Financial meltdown: Psychology of the crisis and what we should do | Doug Stone
  - Daily Glean: The identity of Tom Petters' mole -- revealed? | David Brauer
  - Obama dominates latest Electoral College map | Eric Black
- Monday, October 6, 2008
  - A little more on the Strib's wild U.S. Senate poll | David Brauer
  - Harper's report says businessman paid for Coleman's clothing | Roger Buoen
  - What they're saying: Dow, global markets plunge | MinnPost
  - McCain and Obama launch into personal attack mode | Doug Stone
  - Coleman vs. Franken vs. Barkley: Red hot debate for red hot U.S. Senate race | Eric Black
  - Political dispute intensifies over potential pollution from copper-nickel mining | Ron Way
- Saturday, October 4, 2008
  - Strib poll shocker: Franken leading Coleman by 9 | Eric Black and David Brauer
- Friday, October 3, 2008
  - St. Paul names interim human rights director | Joe Kimball
  - Adm. Stockdale was a great man, and other post-debate thoughts | Eric Black
  - The VP debate: no big gaffes, some cotton candy | Doug Stone
  - What the media are saying about the debate | MinnPost
  - House -- and Ramstad -- prepare for tough vote on bailout package | Catharine Richert
  - Palin quotes Reagan: What's that about? | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Stuart saves his family -- but not the bailout bill | David Brauer
  - Coleman leads Franken by 10 points in latest poll | Eric Black
- Thursday, October 2, 2008
  - Palin's self-described feminism turns off some conservative women | Christina Capecchi
  - Political insiders and insights | Blois Olson
  - New polls in battleground states | Eric Black
  - Will Senate bailout bill turn the tide? | Roger Buoen
  - Here's what to watch for in tonight's showdown | Doug Stone
  - In busy life now, you can stop and read the poems | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Which Bailout 1.0 'no' congressperson will switch on Version 2.0? | David Brauer
  - Palin's paradox: Be tough...but not too tough | Sharon Schmickle
- Wednesday, October 1, 2008
  - Bank donating foreclosed house to neighborhood nonprofits | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota's senators plan to vote for rescue plan | Doug Stone
  - Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux donate defibrillators to local governments, agencies | Joe Kimball
  - October surprise | Eric Black
  - Senate to the rescue: Lawmakers try to save bailout plan tonight | Doug Stone
  - Daily Glean: The Petters payback: When 24 percent interest is too good to be true | David Brauer
  - Could Mr. Barkley go to Washington -- again? | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - For a struggling Main Street, Wall Street seems a long ways away | Dan Haugen
  - Minnesota Women's Press makes a surprise endorsement | Kay Harvey
  - No matter where candidates sit for Sunday's first Senate debate, Barkley will have the catbird's seat | Doug Grow
  - Vermilion park deal on hold over land price | Ron Way