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Al Sicherman's Verse or Worse

July 2008
- Tuesday, July 1, 2008
  - Despite Minneapolis' 'weak mayor' system, Rybak emerging strongly as national spokesman | Doug Grow
  - Katahdin is cut loose by county, may have to close | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: Strib defaults on payment -- and clear headlines | David Brauer
  - Swimming's big splash proves Twin Cities should bid for some Olympic trials | Jay Weiner
  - St. Paul Mayor Coleman still backing retooled Penfield project for downtown | Joe Kimball
  - Personal and cultural narratives drive McKnight fellows | Marisa Helms
  - Rushing the Christmas season? St. Paul doesn't think so | Joe Kimball
  - D.C. group asks Senate ethics panel to review Coleman's housing arrangement | Doug Grow
- Wednesday, July 2, 2008
  - Recipe for the RNC: Kill 'em with kindness | Jim Walsh
  - Daily Glean: Wal-Mart: Always screwed workers | David Brauer
  - Video report: Home for sale: $25,000 | 612 Authentic
  - Hatch attack: His allegations don't fit the facts | Eric Black
  - U of M music professor's up-close assessment of North Korea | Sharon Schmickle
  - Despite debt default, Strib labor talks might preserve newsroom | David Brauer
  - Atomic Flea's 'silly, surfy' look at the apocalypse | Michael Metzger
  - Mayors made a dent in recruiting GOP convention volunteers — now it's time for the big guns | Joe Kimball
  - Federal judge allows Minneapolis Police discrimination suit to go forward | Doug Grow
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
  - Jazz on the 4th of July: reasons to stay in town | Pamela Espeland
  - Daily Glean: It's back to the '70s -- clever gas thieves, vinyl records | David Brauer
  - Market watcher looks past the storm that's pummeled many Minnesota stocks | Dave Beal
  - Former 'CCOer Paul Douglas still living the dream with WeatherNation | Roxane Battle
  - Ellison among frustrated Muslim Obama supporters | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - So what's 'state-sponsored terrorism'? | Eric Black
  - Twins Notes: Missions, progress and strikeouts | Aaron Gleeman
  - Video report: Despite rainy start, we're now behind on rain | Dave Dahl
  - Out of many we are one, despite the odds | Steve Berg
- Monday, July 7, 2008
  - A drive in the country: drinking, speeding and no seat belts | Sharon Schmickle
  - Pick the verse that wins the purse | Al Sicherman
  - Daily Glean: Fox9 revels in the voices of anarchy | David Brauer
  - The Fourth of July party pooper strikes again | Eric Black
  - Dems deny 'cost overrun' reports; GOP bracing for platform fight | Convention Countdown
  - Step aside, Bartlett, for high-tech queen of quotations | Kay Harvey
  - Missed by 'that much'! For some Olympic hopefuls, four years of hard work ends in heartbreak | Jay Weiner
  - Dems take Obama acceptance speech to Denver's football stadium | Joe Kimball
  - GOP convention has NO plans for McCain to duplicate Obama's stadium speech | Doug Grow
  - St. Paul chooses veteran state budget official as new finance director | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, July 8, 2008
  - Wetland, lake restoration among actions urged in new report | Mark Neuzil
  - Strib's offshore-drilling editorial boosts owner's interests | David Brauer
  - Land of surprising stats on chemical-dependency treatment | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: Win a date with Obama: illegal in Minnesota? | David Brauer
  - Dems won't escape protester-filled streets; area businesses ready to take GOP dollars | Convention Countdown
  - Lessons in airing dirty laundry | Eric Black
  - Italy-based candidate Shepard challenging Coleman in GOP Senate primary | Doug Grow
  - From Coleman to Obama, senators feel pressure on wiretapping bill | Sharon Schmickle
  - Amnesty International frames China's human rights issues for Olympics | Jay Weiner
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008
  - Ten Thousand Things knows a thing or two about captive audiences | David Hawley
  - New Franken ad released | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Prophetess's husband accused of bilking local faithful, friends for $30 million | David Brauer
  - Obama's outdoor speech a go, rain or shine; GOP planning to move Bush out of spotlight as fast as it can | Convention Countdown
  - Abe Lincoln and the war in Iraq | Eric Black
  - Lifting drilling ban wouldn't do much for gas prices, report says | Ron Way
  - Going 'Solo': McKnight dance fellows to perform in world premieres choreographed just for them | Camille LeFevre
  - When it comes to party affiliation, Paulsen is GOP's 'stealth candidate' for congressional seat | Doug Grow
  - St. Paul parks get high marks in national report | Joe Kimball
  - Besides the GOP convention, St. Paul will host return visit of special Declaration print | Joe Kimball
  - City's 'magicians' working to fix foul-tasting water | Doug Grow
- Thursday, July 10, 2008
  - Wy Spano's cartoon | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Minneapolis, St. Paul: now the cool kids on metro block | David Brauer
  - McCain's Twin Cities visit today will keep him busy | Doug Grow
  - Dems wonder what to do with Clinton at gathering; new book 'Grand New Party' focuses on GOP future | Convention Countdown
  - Two losses, no Nathan | Aaron Gleeman
  - Updated: State's senators split over wiretapping bill | Sharon Schmickle
  - Jagged Spiral's bone-chilling descent into 'Northern Rock' | Michael Metzger
  - Former council member Zimmermann comes home | Doug Grow
- Friday, July 11, 2008
  - Orchestra Hall, Dakota find common ground in jazz | Pamela Espeland
  - A local media deal that's worse than the Strib's | David Brauer
  - Journalist Julie Kramer trades truth for fiction in thriller | Amy Goetzman
  - Daily Glean: Minneapolis water: stinky drinky | David Brauer
  - Finally, after all these years, some offense! | Aaron Gleeman
  - Senate race: What if Jesse jumps in? | Eric Black
  - Dems trying to go green in Denver; Minnesota corporations paying big bills for GOP convention | Convention Countdown
  - Pawlenty falls on VEEP list | Eric Black
  - 'Panic' author can't kick about all he learned about pro football during tryout as placekicker | Pat Borzi
  - How CQ rates key Senate races -- including our own | Eric Black
  - Pedal power: Bike ridership up as grants improve trails | Ron Way
  - Video report: Be prepared for severe weather season | Dave Dahl
  - Agencies may just have to hold their noses to spin this water campaign | Steve Berg
- Monday, July 14, 2008
  - New rules proposed to curb motorboat emissions | Mark Neuzil
  - One Frosting licks the others; onto the next contest | Al Sicherman
  - Daily Glean: In U.S. Senate race, it's the Day of the Jackals | David Brauer
  - Dems turn to political insider to boost fundraising; comedians gearing up for political critiques during GOP event | Convention Countdown
  - Lin Enger's frozen hamlet hits home | Amy Goetzman
  - Lawyer Priscilla Lord Faris to challenge Franken in Senate primary | Doug Grow
  - Madia slightly bests Paulsen in 3rd Congressional District fundraising | Eric Black
  - Minnesota businesses step up as sponsors of nonpartisan CivicFest | Joe Kimball
  - GOP convention Host Committee reaches goals for volunteers, fundraising | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
  - Shower curtains emit toxic potpourri, report warns | Ron Way
  - Daily Glean: Jesse the Diva gives way to bravado-lite Barkley | David Brauer
  - Senate race: Two polls, different results, many cautions | Eric Black
  - Democratic Party really ready to 'party' with the stars; courts ready for late nights, too, during GOP gathering | Convention Countdown
  - Strib labor talks: Thursday, to the mattresses? | David Brauer
  - 'Momentum' explores fantasy and identity | Camille LeFevre
  - Media stakeout at filing HQ awaited word from Ventura, God, assorted politicos | Doug Grow
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
  - Daily Glean: Filings close, primaries bust out all over | David Brauer
  - A new beast in the Jungle: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' | Ed Huyck
  - Denver debating what to do with homeless during convention; Twin Citians ready to cash in on GOP event | Convention Countdown
  - Police and protesters at RNC: Minneapolis struggles with plan | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Redo for two streets: First the mess, then maybe the magic | Steve Berg
  - Bus hailing Bush's legacy to stop in St. Paul today (hint: it's an ironic tribute) | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Secretary of State Ritchie foresees massive Election Day turnout | Doug Grow
  - This might interest Pawlenty: VP nominees who later run for president | Eric Black
  - Ex-pitcher brings Negro League exhibit -- and some controversy -- to town this week | Pat Borzi
  - Strib, newsroom union strike tentative three-year deal | David Brauer
- Thursday, July 17, 2008
  - Nonprofits learning how to measure costs and benefits | Scott Russell
  - Dave Hage, Klobuchar communications director, leaving post | Doug Grow
  - Daily Glean: DFL calls Norm a 'liar' -- and WCCO pulls a punch | David Brauer
  - Put on those steel-toe stompin' boots for Rockford Mules | Michael Metzger
  - Zoo's IMAX projectionist shines light on dark 'Knight' | Rob Nelson
  - New surveillance cameras will keep watch on Dem events; calculating economic impact of GOP gathering far from easy | Convention Countdown
  - A new home for Vikings? How about $853 million retractable-roof stadium that re-uses part of Metrodome? | Jay Weiner
  - First-half review: Hitters | Aaron Gleeman
  - Vikings stadium debate takes a decidedly new turn | Jay Weiner
  - Upheaval at Southern Theater latest in a series of blows | Camille LeFevre
  - Petters buys suburban lifestyle mags, then kills several | David Brauer
  - IP Senate candidate Uldrich wastes no time releasing 'viral' ad | Doug Grow
  - Minneapolis turns 150: Leaders gather to ... uh, hold a meeting | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - How the Strib, newsroom union cut $2.4 million | David Brauer
- Friday, July 18, 2008
  - Late-night Dakota series is a bite of the Big Apple | Pamela Espeland
  - Twins' second-half fate may rest on these five factors | Pat Borzi
  - Electoral College snapshot II | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Kessler-Coleman Round 3: WCCO draws blood | David Brauer
  - Lawyers offer help to DNC protesters; mortgage giants plan a party | Convention Countdown
  - First-half review: pitchers | Aaron Gleeman
  - This weather may not be as weird as you think | Dave Dahl
  - Finance chair named for RNC host committee | Joe Kimball
  - That's a wrap: Upper Mississippi Jazz Band plans final gig | Joe Kimball
  - Happy Birthday, Minneapolis: City Hall event brings out familiar (if forgotten) faces | G.R. Anderson Jr.

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