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Dec 2008
- Wednesday, December 24, 2008
  - Outsource 911 calls? No thanks, say Wabasha County police officials | Joe Kimball
  - Franken-Coleman recount: Supremes order process to count absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Koochiching commissioners push back - with success | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty seeks aid for Wilkin County farmers | Joe Kimball
  - Back in town: The Bad Plus still defy easy definition | Pamela Espeland
  - Daily Glean: Read Ritchie's lips: no new senator | David Brauer
  - The impatient patient, Part 3: TBI yields St. Nick in cyberspace | Casey Selix
  - Tale of a lost wallet: Good turn leads to another | Delma J. Francis
- Tuesday, December 23, 2008
  - As always, Mom got the last word, this time in her battle with Alzheimer's | Doug Grow
  - McFarlin appointed to Met Council | Joe Kimball
  - Bloomington City Council member gets National League of Cities post | Joe Kimball
  - Canvassing Board takes one-hour recess to re-examine challenged ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Ag choice Vilsack's record is more complicated than sometimes thought | Mark Neuzil
  - Heart of the Beast: Not your traditional Nativity story (video) | Steve Date
  - Minnesota Monthly profiles Attorney General Lori Swanson | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Canvass report: Al can count | David Brauer
- Monday, December 22, 2008
  - DFL Sen. John Marty exploring another run for governor | Joe Kimball
  - 'Mussina effect' already may skew Hall of Fame chances for Blyleven and Morris | Steve Aschburner
  - Two suspended Duluth city officials remain in limbo | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount: Franken margin ‘all speculation,’ Coleman side says | Jay Weiner
  - Man on fire: Solstice in Minneapolis | Jim Walsh
  - Fund drive raises $40,000 to help stock 17 northern food shelves | Joe Kimball
  - All-thumbs Vikings will be applauding for Green Bay tonight | Pat Borzi
  - Red Wing officials deny police targeting members of Prairie Island Indian Community | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Bad news by the bushel | Doug Grow
  - Network to strengthen nonprofits' entrepreneurial programs | Scott Russell
  - How cold is it? It's so cold… | Al Sicherman
- Friday, December 19, 2008
  - State budget cuts -- Round 1 | Joe Kimball
  - Linda Cullen's 50 Lanterns nonprofit lets solar lights brighten Third World life | Joe Kimball
  - Franken-Coleman recount: Board recesses for the weekend | Jay Weiner
  - New LRT maintenance building site identified in St. Paul; will Kling really move MPR? | Joe Kimball
  - After 10 seasons, underappreciated Winfield finally makes Pro Bowl | Pat Borzi
  - Video report: Is all this snow normal? | Dave Dahl
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Another trip to the Supreme Court for Coleman campaign | Jay Weiner
  - Bell rings on 32-year school board career in Stillwater | Joe Kimball
  - City to pay down debt, just like residents, says Rybak | Joe Kimball
  - Canvassing Board sets aside ‘duplicate ballots’ issue in recount | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: Recount: Unhappy New Year | David Brauer
  - Karin Winegar's book on rescued animals: hard to read, hard to put down | Amy Goetzman
  - 'Frost/Nixon': The tricky business of marketing the play vs. the film | Casey Selix
- Thursday, December 18, 2008
  - Marge Anderson elected as Mille Lacs Band leader, again | Joe Kimball
  - Mourning Nate's -- and the hoary concept of looking sharp | Ron Way
  - Mischke, Part Two: What's next for me, and radio | David Brauer
  - Ellison, religious leaders rally in support of workers held on immigration charges | Joe Kimball
  - Mischke speaks: Why I was fired | David Brauer
  - State's unemployment report: It's tough to keep a job | Sharon Schmickle
  - Minneapolis attorney/GLBT activist named new head of OutFront Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Numbed by pig brains, screwed on workers' comp | David Brauer
  - United Way's Give5Now effort has short- and long-term goals | Scott Russell
  - Can happiness be transmitted, and if so, how far? | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - A good gift for any budding journalists out there: 2008 children's book on crusader Ida B. Wells | Jim Walsh
- Wednesday, December 17, 2008
  - Canvassing Board ducks duplicate ballot issue for now | Eric Black
  - Klobuchar to present 'Carbon Buster Awards' | Joe Kimball
  - Fed's outlook for Upper Midwest: grim | Sharon Schmickle
  - Minneapolis ‘going green’ in January | Joe Kimball
  - MinnErgy puts Eyota ethanol plant on indefinite hold | Ron Way
  - Group to announce plan to help children in difficult economy | Joe Kimball
  - Koochiching doesn't like proposed wetlands law change | Joe Kimball
  - Beltrami County Commissioners: Everyone else gets a raise, so we should, too | Joe Kimball
  - Recount's next big issue: duplicate ballots | Eric Black
  - Economic briefing for nonprofits offers some optimism, plus reality checks and strategies, for 2009 | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: Local guy for nation's top spy? | David Brauer
- Tuesday, December 16, 2008
  - The Canvassing Board takes the Ballot Challenge! | Eric Black
  - Coleman-Franken recount: My reunion with NPR's Renee Montagne and some other long-lost friends | Jay Weiner
  - Bachmann to Mr. President: Sir, don't bail 'em out | Joe Kimball
  - Not all the recount action today is at the Canvassing Board | Joe Kimball
  - Finally, here we go: Canvassing Board begins reviewing challenged ballots | Eric Black
  - Sen. Klobuchar, Children’s Hospital take on drug company | Joe Kimball
  - 'Warming relations' in Mankato prompts plans for a competing hospital | Joe Kimball
  - 10 Minnesota mayors take 'Pickens Pledge' on energy | Joe Kimball
  - Ready for reinvestment? State caught in paradigm shift | Steve Berg
  - Strib stupid move: Dumping Kersten and Coleman | Eric Black
  - Survey paints worrisome picture for Minnesota nonprofits | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: Coleman, pals lawyer up -- way up | David Brauer
  - 'Parlor trick' for the holidays -- 1880s-style | Mark Neuzil
- Monday, December 15, 2008
  - Senate recount update: Coleman camp takes separate objections to Supreme Court and Canvassing Board | Eric Black
  - Congressman Ellison headlining tonight’s economic recovery forum | Joe Kimball
  - Coulter tells Fox: Minnesota Senate election being stolen | Joe Kimball
  - State's Catholic bishops declare 'Immigration Sunday' and urge warm welcome for newcomers | Joe Kimball
  - MCN revs up to clarify property-tax exemption | Scott Russell
  - Pawlenty's Israel trade mission highlights: discussions with Peres, Olmert | Joe Kimball
  - Economic conditions prompt expansion pullback for Stillwater's Lakeview Hospital | Joe Kimball
  - No Vikings QB controversy: It's T-Jack | Steve Aschburner
  - Franken-Coleman recount: Busy days today and Tuesday as campaigns jockey on challenged ballots and court review of procedures | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: AP analysis gives Franken recount lead | David Brauer
  - On 'Damage,' human connection, and those robbed of time | Jim Walsh
  - Today's historic Electoral College vote: A big day for civil rights leader Matt Little | Doug Grow
- Sunday, December 14, 2008
  - Walz decides not to run for governor | Eric Black
- Friday, December 12, 2008
  - Franken wins key -- but provisional -- victories at Canvassing Board | Eric Black
  - Mayor Coleman details dire results from massive city budget cuts | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: What's brought all the snow? | Dave Dahl
  - Franken wins big at Canvassing Board | Eric Black
  - You can bet Childress went ballistic when the Frerotte-Jackson ruse fell apart | Pat Borzi
  - Pawlentys leading four-day trade mission to Israel | Joe Kimball
  - Fame and fortune are within your reach: 'A Book of Ages' charts turning points of notables in art and history | Amy Goetzman
  - Count the missing 133, Ellison says of Franken-Coleman recount | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Money pit: Norm home, DonorGate linked? | David Brauer
  - Second Harvest: Donations are up, demand is up more | Scott Russell
- Thursday, December 11, 2008
  - Even the helpers are hurting as Neighborhood House cuts budget | Joe Kimball
  - Update: On a day of firsts, 2 Minnesotans joining first GLBT band to march in Inaugural Parade | Doug Grow
  - Millard Fillmore no more. Now it’s 'The Great River Gathering' | Joe Kimball
  - Take the Flu Quiz! It's good for you | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - ‘Ear-marks’ for public radio stations in Ely and International Falls? | Joe Kimball
  - Recount update: Franken campaign makes its case for counting 133 'lost votes' | Jay Weiner
  - Mayor Coleman for governor? There'll be no announcement under the tree | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Court: no $68K a month for Petters' girlfriend | David Brauer
  - Thrifty re-gifters boost sales at used-book stores | Amy Goetzman
  - TPT to air documentary highlighting 'Minnesota's progressive GOP tradition' | Joe Kimball
  - Improvement district would target downtown's snowbank menace | Steve Berg
- Wednesday, December 10, 2008
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Election watchdog groups back counting rejected absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Michele Bachmann wants a bailout for the rest of us: a two-month tax holiday | Joe Kimball
  - Lessons from the recount: Officials look for silver lining | Sharon Schmickle
  - A pleasantly surprising Minneapolis choice for nation's top high schools -- here's why | Beth Hawkins
  - St. Cloud is ready to build, if Congress approves Obama stimulus plan | Joe Kimball
  - St. Ben's coach going for landmark win tonight with women's basketball team | Pat Borzi
  - With no more room, library adopts 'in with the new, out with the old' policy | Joe Kimball
  - A modest proposal: How to take partisan loyalties out of recount | Eric Black
  - Tracy City Council decides not to 'downsize' itself | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Norm asks for it, gets FBI probe | David Brauer
  - Hear old-fashioned church standards on psalmodikons | Chuck Haga
- Tuesday, December 9, 2008
  - Will they see red at State Investment Board meeting? | Joe Kimball
  - Rybak: Minneapolis can be a mean, green, job-growing machine | Joe Kimball
  - Citizens League property tax report ranks Minnesota communities | Joe Kimball
  - Franken-Coleman recount: Quick updates and more ballot withdrawals | Jay Weiner
  - Michele Bachmann makes another list, and it's not Santa's | Joe Kimball
  - Sen. Larry Craig loses another legal round in ‘bathroom battles’ | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Ramsey's policy monkeywrenches recount | David Brauer
  - Urban grocery: an important step in neighborhood revival | Steve Berg
  - The impatient patient: brain injury, part 2 | Casey Selix
  - George Family Foundation, new director share values, passions | Scott Russell
- Monday, December 8, 2008
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Here’s what the numbers look like, before and after the missing 133 | Jay Weiner
  - Bottom line: T'wolves need an extreme makeover, not just a coaching switch | Steve Aschburner
  - Robbinsdale district to weigh future of three schools | Joe Kimball
  - Governor details results of 2003 transportation spending package | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken Recount: The missing 133 will stay missing | Jay Weiner
  - Freddie Mac lobbying payments to Vin Weber detailed | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Franken withdraws more challenges, expresses concern on ‘fifth pile’ | Jay Weiner
  - With giant budget shortfall, Legislature's Health and Human Services advocates are girding for tough session | Joe Kimball
  - On Curtiss A (tonight!), the silencing of Mischke, and more | Jim Walsh
  - Le Sueur County approves 'snowbird' telecommuting arrangement | Joe Kimball
  - Today’s Homeless Connect event could aid 3,000 with basic help, services | Joe Kimball
  - Loaded guns OK'd for Voyageurs, other national parks | Mark Neuzil
  - Daily Glean: Minnesotans favor Coleman's recount tactics | David Brauer
  - Obama's winks, nods and word games on Iraq | Eric Black
  - Vikings game and all the NFL controversies pale on anniversary of 'Day of Infamy' | Pat Borzi
  - Willmar Model brings kids local foods | Mark Neuzil
- Friday, December 5, 2008
  - Williams Wall will be in place Sunday as top N.Y. lawyer quarterbacks Vikings legal victory | Jay Weiner
  - Video report: Will Minnesota get hit with big storms this winter? | Dave Dahl
  - Mayor Coleman throws hat in ring for re-election, but does he have another one close at hand? | Joe Kimball
  - The weekend in dance: emerging talent and familiar talent | Camille LeFevre
  - State flags at half-staff Sunday, in memory of Pearl Harbor | Joe Kimball
  - Led Zeppelin fanatics: Author sees stairway to obsession | Jim Walsh
  - Duluth leaders go after Pawlenty | Joe Kimball
  - Walker's British TV awards: Why do people pay to watch ads? | David Hawley
  - Daily Glean: Even the recount goes into OT | David Brauer
  - Greiling to nonprofits: Act like auto execs and ask for more | Scott Russell
  - Actor-director-legend Bruce Campbell makes 'Name' for himself | Rob Nelson
  - Deliciously impure bluegrass of the Infamous Stringdusters | Britt Robson
  - Virtuoso James Carter: Jazz in the present tense | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, December 4, 2008
  - Double overtime for Coleman-Franken recount? | Jay Weiner
  - Minneapolis officials get extra time to find 133 missing ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Beltrami County starts on long road toward possible veterans home | Joe Kimball
  - U coaches know that devising a college basketball schedule is a thankless, complicated job | Pat Borzi
  - Pawlenty announces immediate cuts in state spending and calls for shrinking state government | MinnPost staff
  - Franken campaign calls for 'intensive search' to find missing Minneapolis ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Mayor Coleman says budget shortfall should be 'opportunity' to restructure government operations | Joe Kimball
  - Olmsted County election officials went extra mile to avoid rejected absentee ballots | Joe Kimball
  - Want to see for yourself how bad state’s finances are? Check here | Joe Kimball
  - North Dakota neighbors basking in budget surplus, while we face deficit bigger than its whole budget | Joe Kimball
  - Enthusiastic Mayor Rybak pushed hard for Obama's victory, but he's content now to watch events from afar | Doug Grow
  - Red Cross announces another round of staff cuts as revenues drop | Scott Russell
  - Just announced: State facing combined budget deficit of nearly $5.3 billion | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman side withdraws 650 ballot challenges | Jay Weiner
  - Vikings' diet policies help produce amazing results: a loss of 628 pounds! | Steve Aschburner
  - Trees: an important emblem for urban transformation | Steve Berg
  - Daily Glean: A $6 billion state deficit? | David Brauer
  - Why former U.S. attorney Rachel Paulose is guilty as charged | Eric Black
  - 'Paris Photos/Paris Walks' shows the city we dreamed about | David Hawley
- Wednesday, December 3, 2008
  - A $30 million problem: What's next for the Strib? | David Brauer
  - Lake Elmo gaining reputation for its ‘lively’ City Council meetings | Joe Kimball
  - House Republicans fill more leadership posts | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota operations for 2010 Census launched with opening of first office | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: heavy politics, a light moment | Jay Weiner
  - Connecting the purple dots of stadium politics and the Viking suspensions | Jay Weiner
  - Michele Bachmann receives ‘Worker Freedom’ award from ‘open labor’ group | Joe Kimball
  - Franken campaign withdraws 633 ballot challenges, claims it’s now ahead in recount | Jay Weiner
  - Free legal clinics offer help to homeowners worried about foreclosure | Joe Kimball
  - Citizens, state officials named to new Early Childhood advisory council | Joe Kimball
  - Senate runoff in Georgia: Over-hyped, and here's why | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Pawlenty to Obama: Thanks but no thanks? | David Brauer
  - Ag folks winced at Obama's 'millionaire farmers' remark | Chuck Haga
- Tuesday, December 2, 2008
  - Oberstar readying job creation plan for infrastructure | Joe Kimball
  - Franken behind by only 50 votes in recount, his lawyer says | Jay Weiner
  - St. Cloud phasing in surveillance cameras with help from business community | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty among governors meeting this morning with Obama | Joe Kimball
  - Southern Discomfort: After flying Delta, I miss Northwest | Sharon Schmickle
  - Daily Glean: Campaigns fiddle as recount challenges soar | David Brauer
  - Nonprofit: Come for the tax help, stay for the savings account | Scott Russell
  - Is education at a 'tipping point'? | Cynthia Boyd
  - Putting USDA loophole on 'organic' out to pasture -- maybe | Mark Neuzil
- Monday, December 1, 2008
  - Lac Qui Parle and nearby counties get agricultural aid | Joe Kimball
  - Latest plans for former St. Paul downtown police and fire station | Joe Kimball
  - Met Council opening | Joe Kimball
  - Franken-Coleman recount: Franken to unilaterally withdraw some challenges | Jay Weiner
  - Thune holds fundraiser to fight recall | Joe Kimball
  - How Vikes could miss playoffs: no Williamses | Steve Aschburner
  - On going out -- 'That's my brother up there' -- and staying in | Jim Walsh
  - Coleman could make history | Joe Kimball
  - Forum on redistricting at HHH Institute today | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: No hajj for you, feds tell local Somalis | David Brauer
  - The ghost's side of 'A Christmas Carol' | Ed Huyck
  - Somali refugees describe a country in chaos | Steve Date

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