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Nov 2008
- Friday, November 28, 2008
  - State’s first lady on hand for tree lighting while the governor’s in Philadelphia | Joe Kimball
  - Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis named national “Marvel of Modernism’ | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, November 26, 2008
  - Former MnDOT official among finalists for Met Council opening | Joe Kimball
  - Gopher women's hockey program lands its first European recruits | Pat Borzi
  - Despite speculation over Cabinet post, Oberstar seems happy with his 'dream job' | Doug Grow
  - Recount update: Canvassing Board ends meeting, awaits AG opinion later this week on rejected absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Recount news flash: Canvassing Board rejects Franken effort on rejected absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - St. Paul to launch its imitation Saturday of NYC’s Rockefeller Center | Joe Kimball
  - Telling stories with Leo Kottke and Los Lobos | Britt Robson
  - Smart-guy alert | Jay Weiner
  - Franken-Coleman recount sunrise event: Wake up, get out of bed, go to a Coleman news conference | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: It's Canvass Board Absentee Ballot Day! | David Brauer
  - Music in the Park: Since '79, intrepid founder has found top-notch performers | David Hawley
  - Hennepin County sentencing program using offenders to build park cabins | Joe Kimball
  - In Minnesota, the renewable answer blows with the breeze | Mark Neuzil
  - Choreographers' Evening: A cornucopia of Twin Cities dance | Camille LeFevre
- Tuesday, November 25, 2008
  - WCCO Radio asks big names to take a pay cut | David Brauer
  - Governor names four to new Outdoor Heritage Council advisory group | Joe Kimball
  - Legislative forum to focus on issues affecting people with disabilities | Joe Kimball
  - Long-delayed Wakota Bridge project making progress, legislators told | Joe Kimball
  - The enduring honesty of Mint Condition | Britt Robson
  - New book tells harrowing tale of 'forgotten' Lake Superior storm of 1905 | Joe Kimball
  - Collin Peterson telling folks he doesn’t want to be Agriculture secretary, paper says | Joe Kimball
  - Not everyone’s pleased with Duluth’s latest fundraising idea: selling lakeshore lots | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Strib editorialists: Bring on recount lawsuit! | David Brauer
  - Not Minnesota Nice: Keeping drivers in the dark about which airlines are at which terminal | Steve Berg
- Monday, November 24, 2008
  - Sign of the season: Mayors joining (mitten-covered) hands to review snow rules | Joe Kimball
  - Twins' '09 season to commemorate dawning of the Dome era, despite a dreadful 1982 | Jay Weiner
  - Michele Bachmann wants to stop the bailout spending and hang onto remaining $350B | Joe Kimball
  - A Nordeast Saturday night: Benefit at the 331 Club | Jim Walsh
  - International Falls mayor rips emails between county officials, MnDOT | Joe Kimball
  - Pre-holiday calm settles in at Capitol before Dec. 4 ‘storm’ hits | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Recount redo: The coming U.S. Senate vacancy? | David Brauer
  - State Farm Bureau Federation president touts renewable fuels | Joe Kimball
  - Enjoy it, because Vikings victory was the only weekend sports highlight | Pat Borzi
  - Too often, the sport of hunting seems to lack both sport and the hunt | Ron Way
  - Budget fix in health and human services: Cut rates or cut eligibility | Scott Russell
- Friday, November 21, 2008
  - St. Paul survey finds residents love their river | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: A warning about ice | Dave Dahl
  - Governor’s Mansion all spruced up for holiday tours | Joe Kimball
  - Rybak talks up Obama plan for urban policy office | Joe Kimball
  - RIP, Irv Anderson, Minnesota's classic rough-and-tough legislator | Doug Grow
  - Garnett gone from the Wolves without a trace | Steve Aschburner
  - Daily Glean: Whose recount challenges are more bogus? | David Brauer
  - Faulty memories the only possible reason Vikings ex-coach Tice might seem enticing | Pat Borzi
  - What past Minnesota vote tallies can tell us about the Senate recount | Eric Black
  - AC/DC: The Peter Pans of filthy rock | Britt Robson
  - Ahmad Jamal: A national treasure speaks | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, November 20, 2008
  - Promo-savvy Saints introduce Coleman-Franken Count 'Re'Count souvenir | Jay Weiner
  - Pond scum as biofuel: a saga in process | Mark Neuzil
  - Pawlenty pushing for increased MnSCU online class credits | Joe Kimball
  - Mary Pawlenty gets new post with Children's Heartlink | Joe Kimball
  - Recount: Next major legal round is set for Wednesday | Jay Weiner
  - ‘Intermodal’ transit station pondered for downtown Minneapolis | Joe Kimball
  - Attending the inauguration: Does this sound like fun? | Adam Graham-Silverman
  - Cheap gas is a relief – but a terrible trend if it lures us back to old habits | Steve Berg
  - Why Franken will win (this is only a theory) | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Norm's Day One no fun as recount margin slips | David Brauer
  - Never-ending Marjorie Caldwell Hagen saga takes new turn with Arizona guilty plea | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, November 19, 2008
  - Pawlenty state fly-around Thursday to promote online learning plan | Joe Kimball
  - Rep. Michele Bachmann opposes Big 3 bailout | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman as RNC chair? | Eric Black
  - Ruling expected today in Franken effort for absentee ballot data | Jay Weiner
  - Ted Stevens' birthday gift | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: No recounting of prosperity preacher's pay | David Brauer
  - What if the Coleman-Franken contest ends up on the Senate floor? | Eric Black
  - Zenon and TU Dance: See them both | Camille LeFevre
- Tuesday, November 18, 2008
  - American League MVP voters got it right | Pat Borzi
  - Moore resigns as head of state Pollution Control Agency | Joe Kimball
  - Another Magnuson gets a state post | Joe Kimball
  - New Titanic exhibit coming to Science Museum | Joe Kimball
  - City’s ‘water guru’ named to national oversight board | Joe Kimball
  - A story of incongruity: Amana Colonies and today's notion of 'communism' | Ron Way
  - Author Shearn shows MFA degree can indeed lead to success | Amy Goetzman
  - Daily Glean: DFLers slap down Franken on absentee angling | David Brauer
  - Veteran political organizer Jeff Blodgett to talk about his new book | Joe Kimball
  - Are you on the right blood-pressure medication? | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Red Wing soars high in National Geographic Traveler rankings of history stewardship | Joe Kimball
- Monday, November 17, 2008
  - Latest Coleman-Franken recount numbers: Norm's lead grows to 215 | Jay Weiner
  - Will Coleman-Franken recount be delayed? Franken campaign says vote shouldn’t be certified Tuesday without absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Mayor Coleman backs auto industry bailout as way to possibly help Ford Plant | Joe Kimball
  - Women's hockey -- Olympic style -- becoming key part of Minnesota's 'State of Hockey' culture | Jay Weiner
  - Former Sen. Durenberger weighs in on Coleman-Franken recount | Jay Weiner
  - Time to '86' 2,000 in '08 for Vikings' Peterson | Steve Aschburner
  - Al Franken campaign plans afternoon ‘update’ | Joe Kimball
  - On the post-election pulse and the riches of regionalism | Jim Walsh
  - Busy R.T. Rybak gets transportation honor, takes part in national mayors’ panel | Joe Kimball
  - Even without Bob Dylan's help, Wurzer revisits Highway 61 lore in new book | Joe Kimball
  - Hey Sen. Coleman: Why not document that the allegations against you are untrue? | Eric Black
  - Pawlenty leads today’s D.C. education task force meeting | Joe Kimball
  - Will former Minnesota hockey star skate on thin ice as newly elected mayor? | Doug Grow
  - Hemp crusader is the picture of respectability -- and N. Dakota's next House Speaker | Chuck Haga
  - Daily Glean: Franken to D.C.! | David Brauer
- Friday, November 14, 2008
  - Video report: Do we really 'forget' how to drive in the winter? | Dave Dahl
  - UPDATE: Mark Ritchie: Day 10 held hostage in Franken-Coleman recount saga | Jay Weiner
  - Outsiders to observe recount, but GOP objects to one of the watchdogs | Jay Weiner
  - When Joan met the Obama-Baez girls | Jim Walsh
  - Vikings, NFL teams have to coach 'pulled punches' | Steve Aschburner
  - After delay, state finally able to sell revenue bonds | Joe Kimball
  - Bayport administrator down to last court chance in pension battle | Joe Kimball
  - High 5s and Low Blows | Britt Robson
  - One state recount over: Austin mayor re-elected with two more votes | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: The fall of the House of Hecker | David Brauer
  - Why (and which) strings should be attached to any automaker bailout | Steve Berg
  - Dean Magraw, musical explorer | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, November 13, 2008
  - Pawlenty faults those who ‘leapt to premature conclusions’ on cause of bridge collapse | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman pulls out of bid to become NRSC chairman | Catharine Richert
  - David Brooks' talk in Minneapolis: very smart, very funny | Eric Black
  - Delta planning to dump Northwest’s Eagan HQ, House committee told | Joe Kimball
  - Road to 2009 Fringe Festival starts with entry tips and a benefit | Ed Huyck
  - Franken campaign taking recount to court | Jay Weiner
  - After 60 seasons and most coaching victories, St. John's legendary John Gagliardi still stressed by title game | Pat Borzi
  - Democrat Begich pulls ahead in Alaska Senate race | Eric Black
  - Pawlenty quotable at Republican governors’ meeting | Joe Kimball
  - Bostrom, who headed St. Paul police efforts for GOP convention, to address prayer breakfast | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Judging the recount judges | David Brauer
  - Feds helping to fund sprinkler systems to slow forest fires | Joe Kimball
  - Another day, another volley in the Coleman-Franken recount | Joe Kimball
  - On art(s) and artists: a conversation with Chris Mars | Jim Walsh
  - Update: Norm Coleman's other election | Catharine Richert
- Wednesday, November 12, 2008
  - Today's installment of 'As the Recount Turns': More Coleman-Franken twists and turns | Jay Weiner
  - State inspections of truss bridges find no repeat of I-35W gusset problem | Joe Kimball
  - Minneapolis election director speaks: 'Ballots in my car' story false | David Brauer
  - Preliminary LRT prep work for key Washington Avenue Bridge nears | Joe Kimball
  - Obama's Cabinet: Guessing game reaches fever pitch | Susan Albright
  - Duluth readies its legislative wish list, despite state’s budget shortfall | Joe Kimball
  - Mankato officials plan Vermont visit to scope out good ideas | Joe Kimball
  - MinnPost election contest: You may already be a winner | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: The recount's finely honed outrage | David Brauer
  - A 'city kid' in the White House? Seeing a stimulus package through metropolitan eyes | Steve Berg
  - Reviewing the (still) woeful state of classical-music criticism | David Hawley
- Tuesday, November 11, 2008
  - Coleman-Franken Senate race was bad, but the recount process will be worse | Doug Grow
  - Mitt Romney to Coleman’s side | Eric Black
  - Madia ‘Running’ ad: High praise -- low results? | Joe Kimball
  - More details on Capitol connection for Central Corridor LRT | Joe Kimball
  - Perfect Veterans Day reading: National Guard author's new book about serving in Iraq | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota Sierra Club honoring 'Override Six' legislators | Joe Kimball
  - Former state auditor Pat Anderson succeeds Strom at Minnesota Free Market Institute | Joe Kimball
  - Looking back to another protracted Minnesota race: 1962 | Iric Nathanson
  - Twins off to impressive start with Target Field design and features | Pat Borzi
  - Daily Glean: Hitting the canvass: Norm's margin falls again | David Brauer
  - Kittson County: So many crosses, but once-fading veterans' stories have been revived | Chuck Haga
  - New allegation surfaces in Coleman case | Eric Black
  - Smithies gather to celebrate their history | Steve Date
  - Minnesota Orchestra goes to church: Cathedral of St. Paul | Britt Robson
- Monday, November 10, 2008
  - A Viking referendum: Would you vote yes for this language? | Jay Weiner
  - St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman leading delegation to China and Japan | Joe Kimball
  - For a change, Hennepin canvass meeting may draw a crowd | Joe Kimball
  - Rodney King on gays, John Strohm's 'Waiting …' – and a few favorite websites | Jim Walsh
  - Happy -- and relieved -- Vikes fans survived a genuine thriller | Pat Borzi
  - Two Twin Cities artists among those chosen for LRT station art | Joe Kimball
  - Twin Cities mayors jokingly offer to do their part for the cause | Joe Kimball
  - The impatient patient | Casey Selix
  - Daily Glean: The perv of the Minneapolis lakes | David Brauer
  - Hennepin County to auction 17 tax-forfeited Minneapolis properties | Joe Kimball
  - State awards $3 million for energy and biofuel projects | Joe Kimball
  - Anti-smoking strategy: a new 'story' for gays | Kay Harvey
- Friday, November 7, 2008
  - Kim Motes resigns as executive director of Shubert center | Camille LeFevre
  - Transcript of remarks prepared for Obama's conference | MinnPost
  - With no home and a leadership change, art museum in St. Paul temporarily closing | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Will it be another turbulent November? | Dave Dahl
  - Central Corridor group to work on LRT route near Capitol | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty ready to unveil legislative priorities | Joe Kimball
  - The big jump in turnout that wasn't | Eric Black
  - Twin Cities mayors unlikely to follow predecessors' path to D.C. | Joe Kimball
  - Tim Walz predicts a more moderate Obama presidency than some GOP members expect | Joe Kimball
  - Collin Peterson burnishing ag credentials these days | Joe Kimball
  - The magical strings of Toumani Diabate and Martin Taylor at the Cedar | Britt Robson
  - Daily Glean: Recount Thursday: Al crows while Norm burns | David Brauer
  - Packers QB Rodgers handles off-field Favre furor -- and on-field pressure -- with pure poise | Pat Borzi
  - Northwest counties didn't take to Franken | Chuck Haga
  - Poncho Sanchez: Latin jazz con soul | Pamela Espeland
  - Hardcover Theater travels back for 'Absolute Pulp' | Ed Huyck
- Thursday, November 6, 2008
  - St. Paul schools superintendent calls for change to help close achievement gap | Joe Kimball
  - 'Overcommitted' Heffelfinger leaving Coleman recount team to focus on GOP convention review group | Joe Kimball
  - Big-time college football obviously didn't get the message on 'diversity hiring' | Jay Weiner
  - Pawlenty and staff wangle federal concession that saves health funds | Joe Kimball
  - Two state House perspectives: serious Sertich, sullen Seifert | Joe Kimball
  - Update on the four uncalled Senate races | Eric Black
  - Want to weigh in on public art for Central Corridor LRT? | Joe Kimball
  - Latest word from London: America's 'a little bit cool again' | Joe Kimball
  - State disability council to honor two legislators today | Joe Kimball
  - What can be done to narrow the achievement gap? | Cynthia Boyd
  - Update: The Obama landslide that wasn't | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Editorials on Coleman-Franken recount: Pipe down, Norm | David Brauer
  - Cult music and corsets: Royal Winnipeg Ballet returns with 'Carmina Burana' | Camille LeFevre
- Wednesday, November 5, 2008
  - Mike Hahm: St. Paul's new director of Parks and Recreation | Joe Kimball
  - How did Erik Paulsen win the 'Ramstad seat'? | Eric Black
  - Bob Dylan on election night: 'Things are going to change' | Rob Nelson
  - Jubilation at Arnellia's: 'A new beginning for everybody' | Jim Walsh
  - Daily Glean: Coleman-Franken: our own little Bush-Gore? | David Brauer
  - The meaning of Obama | Eric Black
  - State Council on Disability notes progress -- and 35th anniversary | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
  - Ill-timed Franken bus stop at U encounters nappers, the unaware -- and those who already had voted | Doug Grow
  - Polling problem roundup: 11 a.m. edition | David Brauer
  - Daily Glean: Election-eve timing: Fox9 features felon voting-registration problems | David Brauer
  - New rule allows factory farms to sidestep discharge requirements | Mark Neuzil
  - Minnesota the purple? Outcome of today's election contests will be a window into national narrative | Eric Black
  - The Soul Attraction: Martin Sexton hits town as a solo performer | Britt Robson
- Monday, November 3, 2008
  - Norm Coleman pulling an all-nighter on eve of election | Joe Kimball
  - League of Women Voters offers advice -- and help -- for Election Day | Joe Kimball
  - Coffee (but no nearby doughnuts) among freebies awaiting voters | Joe Kimball
  - Sacks starting to pile up for single-minded Jared Allen | Pat Borzi
  - On Springsteen and Obama, Little Man, and a great listener, Studs Terkel | Jim Walsh
  - Africans following U.S. election with pride | Roxane Battle
  - Daily Glean: Call it the 'DonorGate' debate | David Brauer
  - 'McCain Blogette' shows family life with political Dad | Christina Capecchi
  - Rheumatoid arthritis on the rise among women | Susan Perry
  - Today's Senate race theme is 'New York, New York' | Joe Kimball
  - No teacher left behind? Bush Foundation looks at how to improve preparation programs | Scott Russell
  - My memorable Obama moments in Kenya | Sharon Schmickle

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