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Ben Welter

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Posted on 10/29/09 at 03:59 pm in response to Sid Hartman's Star Tribune career qualifies for a gold watch

Here's a link to his first column, published Sept. 11, 1945, in the Minneapolis Daily Times:

http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/150

Posted on 09/15/09 at 04:44 pm in response to Post-bankruptcy: Did a Star Tribune-Pioneer Press merger just get easier?

The last time the two papers tried this, in 1876, the merged daily was called The Dual City Pioneer Press and Tribune:

http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/286

Posted on 08/21/09 at 04:52 pm in response to My Volt gets 40,000 miles per gallon

You made me laugh -- and made my head hurt.

Posted on 08/04/09 at 05:56 pm in response to Who else got 'Cash for Clunkers' besides me?

My prep was similar to yours:

I pored over the available documentation in early July. Two weeks ago, I visited a Honda dealership and put a deposit on a car. I reviewed the official rules on the day they were posted.

On July 29, I brought in the necessary paperwork (along with a 7-year-old minivan), wrote a check, filled out a dozen or so forms -- some required by the government, some by Walser -- and picked up my car.

As of today, Walser is still waiting for the rebate...

Posted on 06/03/09 at 07:02 pm in response to An unlikely merger? Daily newspapers come together on billboard at Saints stadium

The papers merged briefly more than 125 years ago:

http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/286