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Oct 2008
- Friday, October 31, 2008
  - Saints score big with award for Larry Craig 'bobblefoot' promotion | Jay Weiner
  - Vikings still working on stadium proposal to bring to Legislature | Jay Weiner
  - St. Paul panel reviewing police conduct at RNC to meet Thursday | Joe Kimball
  - Some unanswered questions about alleged payments to Norm Coleman's wife | Eric Black
  - What to make of my political hero opposing the union-backed 'Employee Free Choice Act' | Doug Grow
  - Pawlenty announces state aid for state's livestock producers | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Why was the '91 Halloween blizzard so unique? | Dave Dahl
  - NFL craves its supplements to avoid that tired, run-down feeling | Steve Aschburner
  - Art exhibit looks life -- and age -- 'in the face' | Kay Harvey
  - Library events Nov. 13 to commemorate historic 1963 civil rights march | Joe Kimball
  - Activists to screen new film 'Terrorizing Dissent,' about protests during GOP convention | Joe Kimball
  - Correction on Target Center green roof | Jay Weiner
  - Dennis Prager: It's anti-American to be for change | Eric Black
  - MPR: Coleman will respond to donor-lawsuit allegations -- in Moorhead | David Brauer
  - Daily Glean: Coleman-donor lawsuit: refiled, and on the Strib's Metro front page | David Brauer
  - Another new poll gives Franken U.S. Senate lead | David Brauer
  - Boz Scaggs' Rat Pack-era redux | Britt Robson
  - Down on the nonpartisan 'Animal Farm' | Ed Huyck
  - Catching up with Clay Moore: The jazz guitarist returns for one night only | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, October 30, 2008
  - Dean Barkley unveils Senate campaign TV commercial | Joe Kimball
  - Update: Speculation swirls around lawsuit alleging indirect payments to Coleman | Eric Black
  - With five days to go, Senate race gets curiouser and curiouser | Doug Grow
  - Even the Strib circulation folks hate Al Franken? | David Brauer
  - Al Franken has a very 'full plate' today | Joe Kimball
  - Looking for a nonpartisan election party? Two Ramsey County libraries fill the bill | Joe Kimball
  - MPR's fascinating 'money-tracker' details candidates' ad spending | Joe Kimball
  - Fans flock to Vince Flynn book signing for latest political thriller | Joe Kimball
  - 'Shadowlands': An exercise in staying true to the love story of C.S. Lewis and a poet | David Hawley
  - Ballet of the Dolls does disco | Camille LeFevre
  - What Barkley, Franken and Coleman should tell you | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: On Coleman 'corruption' claim, fact-checking the fact-checker | David Brauer
  - Testing for mutated genes shows promise in detecting colon cancer | Craig Bowron
  - Bemidji considers restrictions on wood-burning stoves | Chuck Haga
- Wednesday, October 29, 2008
  - Rasmussen: Coleman back in Senate lead | David Brauer
  - Season-opening question: How many will the Wolves win? A: Does it really matter? | Steve Aschburner
  - Will Obama win by a landslide? | Eric Black
  - St. Paul breaks ground for new fire station that will replace two old ones | Joe Kimball
  - Senate candidate Dean Barkley preparing first TV ad | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: The Petters-Schiek's connection? | David Brauer
  - America isn't 'experimenting' with socialism, it's immersed in it | Ron Way
  - MinnPost's election contest | Eric Black
  - Local Greens weigh in on Obama, Nader and...Cynthia McKinney? | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Another election, another economic crisis: 1932 | Iric Nathanson
- Tuesday, October 28, 2008
  - Bill Clinton rally for Obama and Franken to be at Minneapolis Convention Center | Joe Kimball
  - New Pew poll: Obama 52, McCain 36 | Eric Black
  - Hennepin County debunks voter scare-tactic: Residents going through foreclosure still eligible to vote | Joe Kimball
  - Sunday concert of political songs a good way to get ready for election night | Joe Kimball
  - St. Paul to announce major expansion of dental program for low-income kids | Joe Kimball
  - The latest word on Bill Clinton's Thursday visit | Joe Kimball
  - Michele Bachmann's deceptions on Social Security | Eric Black
  - John McCain's TOT moment | Susan Perry
  - Daily Glean: Michele Bachmann's latest claim: 'Tink broke the law' | David Brauer
  - Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan: A talk with the country's foremost Dylanologist | Britt Robson
  - Revolution #9: Sound Unseen's better half | Rob Nelson
- Monday, October 27, 2008
  - Bill Clinton planning Thursday visit to stump for Obama and Franken | Joe Kimball
  - Community meeting to offer input on replacement for St. Paul's Como Pool | Joe Kimball
  - Angry DFLers assail anti-Franken 'comic book'; Norm Coleman disavows independent effort | Doug Grow
  - Target Center costs go through the green roof | Jay Weiner
  - True to reputation, Minnesota ranks 'above average' -- this time, on 'good government' issues | Joe Kimball
  - Sen. Norm Coleman rejects use of anti-Franken 'rape comic book' | Joe Kimball
  - Want to check out a local candidate? Three voter's guides await you | Joe Kimball
  - Norm Coleman campaign swing includes stop at University of St. Thomas | Joe Kimball
  - Strib weekday circ falls 4 percent, Sundays down 8; PiPress up slightly (Update 2) | David Brauer
  - Latest Met Council transit plan offers major shift in state thinking | Steve Berg
  - DFLers holding news conference to attack new anti-Franken flier | Doug Grow
  - A 'Girls Say Yes' update, 'Saints and Spirits' and 'the word? Tinklenberg' | Jim Walsh
  - Daily Glean: The Petters-Bachmann nexus | David Brauer
  - Washington Post highlights Coleman-Franken Senate race; U.S. Chamber consider it pivotal in preventing 60-seat Dem majority | Doug Grow
  - The skinny on Habitat for Humanity's side business | Scott Russell
- Friday, October 24, 2008
  - Robbinsdale school superintendent stepping down in June | Joe Kimball
  - Here's where to find your political allies for election night parties | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Will the weather affect this year's election? | Dave Dahl
  - Hennepin County workshops to help homeowners facing foreclosure | Joe Kimball
  - Fittingly, funeral for baseball lover and muralist Andy Nelson to be at Saints stadium | Jay Weiner
  - Fourth Senate debate between Coleman and challengers airs tonight | Joe Kimball
  - MPR poll: Tinklenberg leads Bachmann 45-43 | David Brauer
  - With beefed-up defense, Golden Gophers ready to go Bowl-ing | Pat Borzi
  - Nikka Costa: The world's greatest redheaded soul singer | Britt Robson
  - Electoral College check-in: Obama 306, McCain 157 | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Bachmann: Behind for now, and abandoned | David Brauer
  - Congressional Quarterly's latest ratings on Minnesota races | Eric Black
  - Not your usual theater fare: the tale of Typhoid Mary | Ed Huyck
  - Jazz on Halloween: These treats should do the trick | Pamela Espeland
  - Teen Challenge's Petters investments: a wake-up call for nonprofits | Scott Russell
- Thursday, October 23, 2008
  - Strib editor to columnists: Stop being partisan starting ... now! | David Brauer
  - 'What's the word? Tinklenberg.' | David Brauer
  - St. Paul Mayor Coleman, Oberstar in Chicago conferring on high-speed rail between cities | Joe Kimball
  - Duluth city pension screw-up lowers some benefits, requires repayments | Joe Kimball
  - Sen. Norm Coleman, New York's Rudy Giuliani headline today's GOP annual dinner | Joe Kimball
  - Hockey honoree Brian Burke takes on Olympian task | Pat Borzi
  - Former GOP Gov. Arne Carlson endorses Obama, cites Michele Bachmann comments | Joe Kimball
  - Former Capitol reporter Orwall to head London bureau for Wall Street Journal | Joe Kimball
  - New SPCO president knows the neighborhood | David Hawley
  - Federal grant spurs creation of Hennepin County Cold Case Team | Joe Kimball
  - Sarah Palin goes to town (Minneapolis) for some fancy clothes shopping | Marisa Helms
  - Film series features Minnesota's Greatest Generation | Cynthia Boyd
  - Daily Glean: Norm Coleman subtly links 'Psalm 2' vandals to Franken | David Brauer
  - Islam class for older adults is a big draw at St. Thomas | Kay Harvey
  - A Minnesotan in Norway: Eric Dregni heads to the motherland to become a father and write 'In Cod We Trust' | Amy Goetzman
- Wednesday, October 22, 2008
  - Michele Bachmann campaign says it knows nothing about report that national GOP is abandoning ad support | Doug Grow
  - Vitamin D nears superstar status, as few get enough | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Homes of six Minnesota members of Congress targeted by vandals | MinnPost
  - Senate candidates' softer sides: KTCA's '3 Moments' special | David Brauer
  - Al Franken condemns vandalism at homes of Norm Coleman, other GOP office-holders | Joe Kimball
  - McCollum seeking fifth term against Matthews in low-key 4th District race | Joe Kimball
  - Sen. Norm Coleman's home hit by graffiti vandals | Joe Kimball
  - Twin Cities Amnesty International holding vigil today protesting Georgia execution | Joe Kimball
  - LWV forum highlights presidential campaigns for undecided voters | Joe Kimball
  - Here we go again: My experiences covering Michele Bachmann's statements | Eric Black
  - Arena Dances collaborates with string quartet | Camille LeFevre
  - Daily Glean: Michele Bachmann keeps bringing the bamboozling: 'regret' edition | David Brauer
  - McCain advertising experiment in Minnesota fades | Eric Black
  - Sounds and the mind: Josh McDermott on the science of music perception | Jim Walsh
  - Old-time innovator runs successful Polyface Farm | Mark Neuzil
- Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  - National GOP group stepping up support for Paulsen in hot 3rd District race | Eric Black
  - New Pew poll has Obama up 14 points | Eric Black
  - How the Strib got scooped on KFAN host Dubay's arrest | David Brauer
  - Michele Bachmann now denying she questioned Obama's patriotism | Doug Grow
  - Tinklenberg unveils new TV ad, courtesy of Michele Bachmann | Doug Grow
  - Bachmann doesn't talk to PiPress; paper rewards her | David Brauer
  - Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin addressing today's annual Planned Parenthood event | Joe Kimball
  - From a whisper to a scream: Dakota late night with Harrison and Howes | Britt Robson
  - 'Doonesbury' cartoonist in town for Franken fundraiser | Joe Kimball
  - Ramstad speaking today on impact of mental health equity law | Joe Kimball
  - Bachmann race now considered a toss-up | Joe Kimball
  - Campaign cornucopia: Local political scientists' insights on the election | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Michele Bachmann's Dubious Achievement Award | David Brauer
  - A political house(hold) divided: Politico Tim Penny and his son agree to disagree | Doug Grow
  - Walk around the world helps her come full circle; now film tells her story | Chuck Haga
- Monday, October 20, 2008
  - Fox9 in the chicken coop: Bachmann’s latest dissembling | David Brauer
  - St. Paul's parks director wins national honor | Joe Kimball
  - Clinton stumping for Franken and Obama during separate state visits | Joe Kimball
  - Who'da thunk Da Bears would solve their QB problem before the Vikings? | Steve Aschburner
  - On portraits of survivors, Madonna as director, and the search for love | Jim Walsh
  - Why Norm Coleman won't say the war was a mistake | Eric Black
  - With a safe seat, Ellison targeting his new ads at labor issue | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Michele Bachmann gets Colin-oscopy | David Brauer
  - Maria Schneider comes home -- for the SPCO | Pamela Espeland
  - Humane Society takes a flier with a for-profit pet-boarding center near airport | Scott Russell
- Friday, October 17, 2008
  - Congressman Joe the Plumber? | Eric Black
  - Minneapolis doctor honored for safety work on food supply | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: What's that ring around the moon? | Dave Dahl
  - Loft Literary Center event lets those too young to vote talk politics | Joe Kimball
  - The next act: Jeune Lune vet takes part in Pinter play | Ed Huyck
  - Underwater world: Tom Dickson's great big fish book | Amy Goetzman
  - Daily Glean: McCain's Minnesota calls link Obama to terrorism | David Brauer
  - Hillary Clinton to campaign for Franken | Joe Kimball
  - 'Fritz' celebrates the greatest living Minnesotan | Eric Black
  - Vikings' Childress joins a long list of NFL coaches on the fans' firing line | Pat Borzi
  - Beaten up, down, all around: Global Drum Project | Britt Robson
  - Dance (and theater) at the 'Lab' and the 'Gym' | Camille LeFevre
  - Bring on the beignets: Orchestra announces jazz lineup | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, October 16, 2008
  - Hartman alert: a spectacular bit of Sid silliness on Vikings | Jay Weiner
  - Presidential debate: The answer you didn't hear | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Tom Petters: The Prequel | David Brauer
  - Imminent MPCA ethanol-plant announcement already drawing protest | Ron Way
  - Panhandling on Wall Street | Casey Selix
  - As the election nears, nonprofits seek voter outreach, civic engagement | Scott Russell
- Wednesday, October 15, 2008
  - Political scientists analyze election at U event | Eric Black
  - Two Franken ads make debut statewide today | Joe Kimball
  - Exit pollers, please proceed to the polling places' front doors | David Brauer
  - Ron K. Brown: Faith and fusion | Camille LeFevre
  - My Twins MVP ballot | Aaron Gleeman
  - Erik Paulsen on tax cuts: inflammatory and misleading | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: An ACORN falls, but far from the fraud tree | David Brauer
  - What to do when cities face tough times? Economist suggests they spend more money | Steve Berg
- Tuesday, October 14, 2008
  - Civility, issues dominate Walz-Davis debate | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Hennepin County Attorney Freeman to announce ACORN probe of alleged voter fraud | Joe Kimball
  - Latest poll on Obama-McCain, U.S. Senate races in Minnesota | Eric Black
  - Franken, Sen. Dorgan to tout ways to ease credit for small businesses | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: N-word hurler questions Obama's integrity at local press conference | David Brauer
  - Ashwin Madia on green energy issues | Erik Black
  - Alejandro Escovedo's animal instincts | Britt Robson
- Monday, October 13, 2008
  - Michelle Obama leads Macalester ‘pep rally’ as state campaign tops 15,000 volunteers | Doug Grow
  - Franken rallies, Coleman tanks in Iowa futures market | Jeff Severns Guntzel
  - In second state stop today, Michelle Obama speaking at Macalester | MinnPost
  - Allan Spear's legacies: Civil rights advocate for all, landmark protection for gays | Doug Grow
  - In a downbeat week, addicting videos, the Dollys -- and a tribute to FM deejays | Jim Walsh
  - Hopping on Vikings bandwagon can help drive economy, profs say — that is, if they win | Jay Weiner
  - A return to anonymity? Vikings punter Kluwe can't kick about that | Steve Aschburner
  - News brightens for Democrats in nation's Senate races | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: 'I am the God of Hellfire and I bring you ... smoke?' | David Brauer
  - Blaming sprawl for part of the economic crisis | Steve Berg
  - Volunteer drivers miss bailout bonus, and other tidbits | Scott Russell
- Friday, October 10, 2008
  - Petters scandal kills local magazine group | David Brauer
  - Saturday's college 'battle of the unbeatens' an MIAC surprise | Pat Borzi
  - With notable exception here, Obama dominating ad spending in battleground states | Eric Black
  - Video report: My 2008 winter prediction | Dave Dahl
  - More bad press coming for the Coleman campaign | David Brauer
  - Daily Glean: The state's budget deficit: How far above $1 billion? | David Brauer
  - David Byrne and Brian Eno: The Best Talking Heads | Britt Robson
  - Roberta Gambarini: Jazz as destiny | Pamela Espeland
- 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
  - Rare chance to see two great actors at work together | Ed Huyck
  - Daily Glean: Norm Coleman: stonewalling on gifts, denying infidelity | David Brauer
  - Upcoming heating costs are anyone's guess | Ron Way
- Wednesday, October 8, 2008
  - Eiko and Koma in 'Hunger'; reaching a verdict on 'The Jury' | Camille LeFevre
  - Why don't candidates answer the question? | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Petters' lament: I'd 'just rather gamble, drink and die' | David Brauer
  - 'Ashes Into Light': a meditation on Nagasaki bombing | David Hawley
- Tuesday, October 7, 2008
  - With Raspberry Island nearly complete, St. Paul showing off its Great River Park | Joe Kimball
  - Boehlke to take break from Jungle | Ed Huyck
  - Daily Glean: The identity of Tom Petters' mole -- revealed? | David Brauer
  - Obama dominates latest Electoral College map | Eric Black
  - Real estate pro warns nonprofits: Beware Trojan House | Scott Russell
  - Taj Mahal: Four decades of Blues with a smile | Britt Robson
- 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
  - Strib workers buy a better mousetrap | David Brauer
  - Club-hopping one way to gauge nation's nervous mood | Jim Walsh
  - Coleman vs. Franken vs. Barkley: Red hot debate for red hot U.S. Senate race | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: The Senate debate TV wouldn't show you: the roundup | David Brauer
  - Should a mileage tax replace the gas tax? | Steve Berg
  - Author learns when not to yield in matters of race | Amy Goetzman
- Saturday, October 4, 2008
  - Strib poll shocker: Franken leading Coleman by 9 | Eric Black and David Brauer
- Friday, October 3, 2008
  - Video report: Are your trees and shrubs in trouble? | Dave Dahl
  - St. Paul names interim human rights director | Joe Kimball
  - Adm. Stockdale was a great man, and other post-debate thoughts | Eric Black
  - Palin quotes Reagan: What's that about? | Eric Black
  - Strawberry Fields Forever '08: a bid for president | Jim Walsh
  - Daily Glean: Stuart saves his family -- but not the bailout bill | David Brauer
  - The strange sex appeal of Ray LaMontagne | Britt Robson
  - Coleman leads Franken by 10 points in latest poll | Eric Black
  - Amid business troubles, Strib nabs a PiPress star | David Brauer
  - Mose Allison: Where jazz meets blues | Pamela Espeland
  - Guthrie architect no longer upstaged in 'Tyrone and Ralph' | Ed Huyck
- Thursday, October 2, 2008
  - Palin's self-described feminism turns off some conservative women | Christina Capecchi
  - New polls in battleground states | Eric Black
  - The 163-game marathon: successful disappointment | Aaron Gleeman
  - As Minnesota's demographics change, Twins reach out to minority markets | Jay Weiner
  - 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
  - Shubert takes it to the streets, and 'copperhead' strikes | Camille LeFevre
- Wednesday, October 1, 2008
  - So how much is the Strib worth anyway? | David Brauer
  - No consolation prize for surprising Twins, but Gardenhire and staff deserve accolades -- and new contracts | Pat Borzi
  - Bank donating foreclosed house to neighborhood nonprofits | Joe Kimball
  - Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux donate defibrillators to local governments, agencies | Joe Kimball
  - October surprise | Eric Black
  - 'Broadway's Legendary Ladies' fights soft economy to find audience | Ed Huyck
  - Daily Glean: The Petters payback: When 24 percent interest is too good to be true | David Brauer
  - Minnesota Women's Press makes a surprise endorsement | Kay Harvey
  - Strib: Bankruptcy filing is 'on the table' | David Brauer
  - Vermilion park deal on hold over land price | Ron Way

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