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Jul 2008
- Thursday, July 31, 2008
  - Freddie Mac: no longer a GOP Convention party-giver | David Brauer
  - Minnesota Center for Photography shuttered | Michael Metzger
  - Twins notes: Casilla, Slowey, Ruiz and Morneau | Aaron Gleeman
  - Hillary to speak on Dems' second night; Republicans expect Newt, Arnold | Convention Countdown
  - What's all this fascination with our pioneer past? Two prairie narratives put things into perspective | Amy Goetzman
  - Daily Glean: Feds to disgraced MnDOT worker: Heckuva job, Sonia! | David Brauer
  - Boys just want to have fun: Owen Sartori and Small White | Michael Metzger
  - Four years after debut of award-winning 'The Forgetting,' TPT returns with update on Alzheimer's spreading impact | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Writers and business interests: How far should transparency go? | David Brauer
- Wednesday, July 30, 2008
  - Paulsen vs. Madia: Among the best-funded races in the nation | Eric Black
  - Democrat Sarvi cross-endorsed by Independence Party | Eric Black
  - How to win a day with McCain, trip to convention | Joe Kimball
  - Franken's jokes, Coleman's digs: Do voters really care? | Doug Grow
  - So very Fringe: hidden gems in 30-plus dance offerings | Camille LeFevre
  - Smokers beware: another new law | Robert Whereatt
  - Coke, Coors plan for Denver; McCain camp worries about 'kryptonite' | Convention Countdown
  - Greasy green: Coleman won't return oil-tainted cash | David Brauer
  - How to get a Jeune Lune fix at the Fringe | Christy DeSmith
  - Fringe benefits: 15 years of live theater on the edge | Ed Huyck
  - Celebrating ADA -- and looking ahead to changes | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, July 29, 2008
  - Ted Stevens indicted | Eric Black
  - With 10 days to go, a new Amnesty International report on China and the Olympics | Jay Weiner
  - Part 3: The Postville rally | Steve Date
  - A Kessler Reality Check: pairing news and analysis | David Brauer
  - A big step for jazz and the Minnesota Orchestra | Pamela Espeland
  - John McCain: ‘It’s not always up to the commanders on the ground’ | Eric Black
  - Anarchists try to deal with Dems; Sen. Dole to skip St. Paul | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: Now, it's Franken's turn for a gas-price gimmick | David Brauer
  - Do those stock market swings really mean much? | Dave Beal
- Monday, July 28, 2008
  - Ready, set: Spruce up your space | Joe Kimball
  - Bush Foundation to focus on three new funding priorities | Scott Russell
  - Olympics, our stadiums and their personal entanglements | Jay Weiner
  - See the Xcel transformation via YouTube | Joe Kimball
  - Sights and sounds of the Postville rally | Steve Date
  - VP picks: once the province of party bosses | Eric Black
  - No tent city for Denver | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: That's the way the concrete crumbles: Another bridge surprises MnDOT | David Brauer
  - Midriff to midriff: Is the low-fat diet going belly up? | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Double and nothing: two winners; that's all | Al Sicherman
- Friday, July 25, 2008
  - Franken airs new ad | Eric Black
  - City Hall-a-rama: Minneapolis tweaks policing practices, approves first black fire chief | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Is the McCain-Obama race really close in Minnesota? | Eric Black
  - Video report: Do you know why your grass looks greener after a storm? | Dave Dahl
  - St. Paul official: Businesses shouldn't worry about GOP convention | Joe Kimball
  - Dancing Matt's singer stars in a video of her own | Michael Metzger
  - CQ changes view of Kline-Sarvi race | Eric Black
  - Trades council urges Bakk to run for gov | Doug Grow
  - The Postville raid: Local group rallies to support immigrant workers | Steve Date
  - Steep learning curve ahead for new PUC commissioner | Ron Way
  - Rethinking the uke: Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles | Michael Metzger
  - Daily Glean: A bad day for the Valleyfair race-baiters | David Brauer
  - Protest groups go to court in Denver; Pawlenty to address national press | Convention Countdown
  - Favre flirtation enlivens the summer, but 'legacy' of Vikings No. 4 jersey is safe | Pat Borzi
  - How to start a church while your kids are taking a nap | Steve Scott
  - Full course: Wine flights and jazz on the menu at Cue | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
  - A little bit about a lot of media things | David Brauer
  - Gussying up the city for the GOP: Why not all the time? | Steve Berg
  - Flipping the leadoff switch | Aaron Gleeman
  - Could HMO model work for human services? | Scott Russell
  - Dirty early: Senate campaign goes negative | Eric Black
  - Quinnipiac: Coleman up 15 on Franken | David Brauer
  - Denver will need a lo-o-ong red carpet to accommodate all the celebs; GOP convention CEO Cino meets with nation's media | Convention Countdown
  - Quinnipiac: Obama's Minnesota lead just 2 points | David Brauer
  - Daily Glean: Ford's St. Paul Ranger once again escapes danger | David Brauer
  - Brave New Workshop feasts its comic chops on election | Christy DeSmith
  - St. Paul's Ford Plant to stay open until at least 2011 | Joe Kimball
  - Viral Paul Westerberg: His music is contagious | Michael Metzger
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008
  - St. Paul mayor hoping for good news Thursday on fate of Ford plant | Joe Kimball
  - Dean has busy two days checking out Denver convention sites | Joe Kimball
  - Fewer dead trees: PiPress combines early-week sections | David Brauer
  - Minnesota-born TV journalist documents the 'other 9/11' in 'The Judge and the General' | Rob Nelson
  - In race to be green, GOP unveiling bio-plastic discount cards | Joe Kimball
  - Grateful Darryl Strawberry tips hat to Saints and fans for helping him resurrect career | Pat Borzi
  - The show goes on: Second weekend of 'Momentum' comes on heels of meeting about Southern director's departure | Camille LeFevre
  - Grammar Girl assists Minnesota-nice armchair editors | Christina Capecchi
  - RNC protesters planning convention-ending event, too | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Flap over paying gas taxes sideswipes Denver host committee; Ron Paul grabs GOP's political spotlight | Convention Countdown
  - A governor for veep? It's been a long time | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: You can't keep a good black man down -- for less than $2 million | David Brauer
  - Your water: Via tap or bottle, it may well be municipal | Brian Voerding
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008
  - Finance & Commerce: Strib bankers trying to dump debt | David Brauer
  - GOP convention snub prompts Paulites to steal part of the media spotlight | Doug Grow
  - Strib contract 'NO' voters speak; are union fissures deep? | David Brauer
  - 'A safer city': Mayor Rybak, police chief hail progress in crime stats | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Coney Island: 'Girls in Their Summer Clothes' and a beating sun | Jim Walsh
  - Lake water: to drink or not? Here's the scoop ... | Mark Neuzil
  - A journey to Iraq: Where we've been and where we're going | Eric Black
  - Army, National Guard reserving 500 hotel rooms for Denver; Ron Paul supporters reportedly shifting daylong meeting to Target Center | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: Minneapolis: now 27 percent safer! | David Brauer
  - Political activism leads to self-discovery -- and teaching | Brian Voerding
  - Remembering the truckers strike of 1934 | Iric Nathanson
- Monday, July 21, 2008
  - Dueling 'hockey' ads latest political salvo between Coleman, Franken | Eric Black
  - Sex and the city (a pre-postwar love mode?) -- and the Hoot begins | Jim Walsh
  - Decide the dead-doctor derby | Al Sicherman
  - Tables are turned for recent visitors to food shelves | Scott Russell
  - CQ downgrades Franken's chances in Senate race | Eric Black
  - Collin Peterson: Farmers fear McCain | Catharine Richert
  - Meet the Dems' key convention planner; Iowa GOP snubs Sen. Grassley as convention delegate | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: Pioneer Press chronicles pain in the asphalt | David Brauer
  - Fellowship gives actor Kate Eifrig a break from day jobs | Ed Huyck
  - At this point, Tinklenberg is a lot more confident than national Dems about his chances against Bachmann | Doug Grow
- Friday, July 18, 2008
  - Happy Birthday, Minneapolis: City Hall event brings out familiar (if forgotten) faces | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - That's a wrap: Upper Mississippi Jazz Band plans final gig | Joe Kimball
  - Finance chair named for RNC host committee | Joe Kimball
  - This weather may not be as weird as you think | Dave Dahl
  - First-half review: pitchers | Aaron Gleeman
  - Lawyers offer help to DNC protesters; mortgage giants plan a party | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: Kessler-Coleman Round 3: WCCO draws blood | David Brauer
  - Electoral College snapshot II | Eric Black
  - Twins' second-half fate may rest on these five factors | Pat Borzi
  - Late-night Dakota series is a bite of the Big Apple | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, July 17, 2008
  - How the Strib, newsroom union cut $2.4 million | David Brauer
  - Minneapolis turns 150: Leaders gather to ... uh, hold a meeting | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - IP Senate candidate Uldrich wastes no time releasing 'viral' ad | Doug Grow
  - Petters buys suburban lifestyle mags, then kills several | David Brauer
  - Upheaval at Southern Theater latest in a series of blows | Camille LeFevre
  - Vikings stadium debate takes a decidedly new turn | Jay Weiner
  - First-half review: Hitters | Aaron Gleeman
  - A new home for Vikings? How about $853 million retractable-roof stadium that re-uses part of Metrodome? | Jay Weiner
  - New surveillance cameras will keep watch on Dem events; calculating economic impact of GOP gathering far from easy | Convention Countdown
  - Zoo's IMAX projectionist shines light on dark 'Knight' | Rob Nelson
  - Put on those steel-toe stompin' boots for Rockford Mules | Michael Metzger
  - Daily Glean: DFL calls Norm a 'liar' -- and WCCO pulls a punch | David Brauer
  - Dave Hage, Klobuchar communications director, leaving post | Doug Grow
  - Nonprofits learning how to measure costs and benefits | Scott Russell
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
  - Strib, newsroom union strike tentative three-year deal | David Brauer
  - Ex-pitcher brings Negro League exhibit -- and some controversy -- to town this week | Pat Borzi
  - This might interest Pawlenty: VP nominees who later run for president | Eric Black
  - Secretary of State Ritchie foresees massive Election Day turnout | Doug Grow
  - Bus hailing Bush's legacy to stop in St. Paul today (hint: it's an ironic tribute) | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Redo for two streets: First the mess, then maybe the magic | Steve Berg
  - Police and protesters at RNC: Minneapolis struggles with plan | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Denver debating what to do with homeless during convention; Twin Citians ready to cash in on GOP event | Convention Countdown
  - A new beast in the Jungle: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' | Ed Huyck
  - Daily Glean: Filings close, primaries bust out all over | David Brauer
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
  - Media stakeout at filing HQ awaited word from Ventura, God, assorted politicos | Doug Grow
  - 'Momentum' explores fantasy and identity | Camille LeFevre
  - Strib labor talks: Thursday, to the mattresses? | David Brauer
  - Democratic Party really ready to 'party' with the stars; courts ready for late nights, too, during GOP gathering | Convention Countdown
  - Senate race: Two polls, different results, many cautions | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Jesse the Diva gives way to bravado-lite Barkley | David Brauer
  - Shower curtains emit toxic potpourri, report warns | Ron Way
- Monday, July 14, 2008
  - GOP convention Host Committee reaches goals for volunteers, fundraising | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota businesses step up as sponsors of nonpartisan CivicFest | Joe Kimball
  - Madia slightly bests Paulsen in 3rd Congressional District fundraising | Eric Black
  - Lawyer Priscilla Lord Faris to challenge Franken in Senate primary | Doug Grow
  - Lin Enger's frozen hamlet hits home | Amy Goetzman
  - Dems turn to political insider to boost fundraising; comedians gearing up for political critiques during GOP event | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: In U.S. Senate race, it's the Day of the Jackals | David Brauer
  - One Frosting licks the others; onto the next contest | Al Sicherman
  - New rules proposed to curb motorboat emissions | Mark Neuzil
- Friday, July 11, 2008
  - Agencies may just have to hold their noses to spin this water campaign | Steve Berg
  - Video report: Be prepared for severe weather season | Dave Dahl
  - Pedal power: Bike ridership up as grants improve trails | Ron Way
  - How CQ rates key Senate races -- including our own | Eric Black
  - 'Panic' author can't kick about all he learned about pro football during tryout as placekicker | Pat Borzi
  - Pawlenty falls on VEEP list | Eric Black
  - Dems trying to go green in Denver; Minnesota corporations paying big bills for GOP convention | Convention Countdown
  - Senate race: What if Jesse jumps in? | Eric Black
  - Finally, after all these years, some offense! | Aaron Gleeman
  - Daily Glean: Minneapolis water: stinky drinky | David Brauer
  - Journalist Julie Kramer trades truth for fiction in thriller | Amy Goetzman
  - A local media deal that's worse than the Strib's | David Brauer
  - Orchestra Hall, Dakota find common ground in jazz | Pamela Espeland
- Thursday, July 10, 2008
  - Former council member Zimmermann comes home | Doug Grow
  - Jagged Spiral's bone-chilling descent into 'Northern Rock' | Michael Metzger
  - Updated: State's senators split over wiretapping bill | Sharon Schmickle
  - Two losses, no Nathan | Aaron Gleeman
  - Dems wonder what to do with Clinton at gathering; new book 'Grand New Party' focuses on GOP future | Convention Countdown
  - McCain's Twin Cities visit today will keep him busy | Doug Grow
  - Daily Glean: Minneapolis, St. Paul: now the cool kids on metro block | David Brauer
  - Wy Spano's cartoon | Eric Black
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008
  - City's 'magicians' working to fix foul-tasting water | Doug Grow
  - Besides the GOP convention, St. Paul will host return visit of special Declaration print | Joe Kimball
  - St. Paul parks get high marks in national report | Joe Kimball
  - When it comes to party affiliation, Paulsen is GOP's 'stealth candidate' for congressional seat | Doug Grow
  - Going 'Solo': McKnight dance fellows to perform in world premieres choreographed just for them | Camille LeFevre
  - Lifting drilling ban wouldn't do much for gas prices, report says | Ron Way
  - Abe Lincoln and the war in Iraq | Eric Black
  - Obama's outdoor speech a go, rain or shine; GOP planning to move Bush out of spotlight as fast as it can | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: Prophetess's husband accused of bilking local faithful, friends for $30 million | David Brauer
  - New Franken ad released | Eric Black
  - Ten Thousand Things knows a thing or two about captive audiences | David Hawley
- Tuesday, July 8, 2008
  - Amnesty International frames China's human rights issues for Olympics | Jay Weiner
  - From Coleman to Obama, senators feel pressure on wiretapping bill | Sharon Schmickle
  - Italy-based candidate Shepard challenging Coleman in GOP Senate primary | Doug Grow
  - Lessons in airing dirty laundry | Eric Black
  - Dems won't escape protester-filled streets; area businesses ready to take GOP dollars | Convention Countdown
  - Daily Glean: Win a date with Obama: illegal in Minnesota? | David Brauer
  - Land of surprising stats on chemical-dependency treatment | Scott Russell
  - Strib's offshore-drilling editorial boosts owner's interests | David Brauer
  - Wetland, lake restoration among actions urged in new report | Mark Neuzil
- Monday, July 7, 2008
  - St. Paul chooses veteran state budget official as new finance director | Joe Kimball
  - GOP convention has NO plans for McCain to duplicate Obama's stadium speech | Doug Grow
  - Dems take Obama acceptance speech to Denver's football stadium | Joe Kimball
  - Missed by 'that much'! For some Olympic hopefuls, four years of hard work ends in heartbreak | Jay Weiner
  - Step aside, Bartlett, for high-tech queen of quotations | Kay Harvey
  - Dems deny 'cost overrun' reports; GOP bracing for platform fight | Convention Countdown
  - The Fourth of July party pooper strikes again | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Fox9 revels in the voices of anarchy | David Brauer
  - Pick the verse that wins the purse | Al Sicherman
  - A drive in the country: drinking, speeding and no seat belts | Sharon Schmickle
- Thursday, July 3, 2008
  - Out of many we are one, despite the odds | Steve Berg
  - Video report: Despite rainy start, we're now behind on rain | Dave Dahl
  - Twins Notes: Missions, progress and strikeouts | Aaron Gleeman
  - So what's 'state-sponsored terrorism'? | Eric Black
  - Ellison among frustrated Muslim Obama supporters | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Former 'CCOer Paul Douglas still living the dream with WeatherNation | Roxane Battle
  - Market watcher looks past the storm that's pummeled many Minnesota stocks | Dave Beal
  - Daily Glean: It's back to the '70s -- clever gas thieves, vinyl records | David Brauer
  - Jazz on the 4th of July: reasons to stay in town | Pamela Espeland
- Wednesday, July 2, 2008
  - Federal judge allows Minneapolis Police discrimination suit to go forward | Doug Grow
  - Mayors made a dent in recruiting GOP convention volunteers — now it's time for the big guns | Joe Kimball
  - Atomic Flea's 'silly, surfy' look at the apocalypse | Michael Metzger
  - Despite debt default, Strib labor talks might preserve newsroom | David Brauer
  - U of M music professor's up-close assessment of North Korea | Sharon Schmickle
  - Hatch attack: His allegations don't fit the facts | Eric Black
  - Video report: Home for sale: $25,000 | 612 Authentic
  - Daily Glean: Wal-Mart: Always screwed workers | David Brauer
  - Recipe for the RNC: Kill 'em with kindness | Jim Walsh
- Tuesday, July 1, 2008
  - D.C. group asks Senate ethics panel to review Coleman's housing arrangement | Doug Grow
  - Rushing the Christmas season? St. Paul doesn't think so | Joe Kimball
  - Personal and cultural narratives drive McKnight fellows | Marisa Helms
  - St. Paul Mayor Coleman still backing retooled Penfield project for downtown | Joe Kimball
  - Swimming's big splash proves Twin Cities should bid for some Olympic trials | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: Strib defaults on payment -- and clear headlines | David Brauer
  - Katahdin is cut loose by county, may have to close | Scott Russell
  - Despite Minneapolis' 'weak mayor' system, Rybak emerging strongly as national spokesman | Doug Grow

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