Tag: minnesota
member name: Kat Eldred
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June 05, 2007 03:54 PM EDT --
If you are a Rummage Sale enthusiast you will not want to miss the 26th Annual Park Point Rummage Sale this week-end if you are within driving distance of Duluth, MN. I love rummage sales (or “tag . . . more
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December 30, 2006 03:43 PM EST --
We were sitting in the living room when the news anchor announced: Saddam Hussein was put to death. I had heard rumblings that it was “imminent”, “soon to happen”, . . . more
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September 20, 2006 06:07 PM EDT --
A few years ago my husband's sister gave him the book Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter for his birthday. We read aloud, to each other, . . . more
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November 02, 2006 11:01 AM EST --
MPR's Stephanie Hemphill reports on The Border Patrol and Grand Marais:
Some people in the Grand Marais area are upset about plans to build a new office for the Border Patrol. The Patrol says it . . . more
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December 12, 2006 10:43 AM EST --
This is something I would appreciate having access to. I have often lamented about the lack of rail passage in the United States, after having lived in Europe and never needing a car to get . . . more
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April 17, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
I couldn’t resist, after I had heard about this short quiz on the Pew Research Center’s Web site last night on NPR’s All Things Considered – I knew I had to take it. . . . more
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August 22, 2006 03:45 PM EDT --
MPR's Bob Kelleher, recently reported a potential environmental concern over Excelsior Energy's plan to build a coal digasification plant in northern Minnesota's Iron Range region.
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August 28, 2006 04:06 PM EDT --
At the University of Minnesota back in the 1980's a comment one lecturer made really stuck with me throughout the years. His comment:
"Overall American's . . . more
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November 08, 2006 11:34 AM EST --
The pendulum of politics always swings in the U.S. It's one thing I have always had faith in. Sometimes it takes a while; but through this mid-term election the "pulse of the . . . more
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January 30, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
In the past few years, I find myself getting into a “focus of the month” mode. It is an interesting exercise. I’m not sure how it started. . . . more
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March 19, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
I benefited from universal health care when I was a student living and working in England back in the 1980’s. I walked into the free clinic and within an hour I had been treated . . . more
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January 02, 2007 12:33 PM EST --
The thesaurus in my Microsoft Word program defines “enlightened” with the following words: "progressive, free-thinking, liberal, open-minded, and tolerant."
But, if someone . . . more
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December 04, 2006 11:51 AM EST --
Do you remember the $300 tax rebate checks you got from President Bush? Sure $300 in the mail is nice, but I also remember that this was a time that most of the social services in our town . . . more
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October 11, 2006 05:20 PM EDT --
It's getting to be that season again, well at least in Minnesota. With temperatures in the high 30's today, we know that colder weather is just around the corner. There are times, . . . more
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November 18, 2006 03:36 PM EST --
It might seem "corny" to some, but I started this tradition at our family Thanksgiving dinner last year (I say "tradition", but that doesn't mean they'll let me do it again . . . more
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August 17, 2006 11:05 AM EDT --
MPR's Stephanie Hemphill reports on Building bridges for ATVs
It's that time of year, when we scramble to do all the chores we meant to do earlier in the summer. Paint the porch, edge the sidewalk . . . more
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September 26, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
MPR's Bob Kelleher reports that the China boom continues on the Range - but for how long?
Town leaders in Eveleth will tell you that business is great. It's not just civic boasting. Three years . . . more
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October 17, 2006 03:22 PM EDT --
The Coast Guard wants to establish 34 permanent live-fire training zones across the Great Lakes.
On Lake Superior, the critical training would be conducted five miles into the lake in roughly 300 feet . . . more
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November 10, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
MPR's Bob Kelleher, reports on Andy Saur's Viking quest:
A Duluth man is on a quest to change the music the Minnesota Vikings play in the Metrodome before kicking the football. Andy Saur says . . . more
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November 27, 2006 04:29 PM EST --
I rarely read fiction. So, I find myself strangely attracted to books about human behaviors, demographics, psychology and biographies of human beings who have made significant . . . more
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