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Good skiing close to home in Minnesota
Whenever I drive along Minnesota's North Shore during the winter months, I get an almost overwhelming urge to ...
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Super hype makes game hardly worth waiting for
Unless you cheer for the Patriots, the Steelers or one of those other perennial NFL powerhouse franchises, watching ...
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Why all that LGA stuff really is a big deal
If you have owned, do own or know someone who owns a home in one of the Twin ...
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Professional sports need to hear ‘no’ for a change
Vikings fans may wonder who their quarterback will be next year and Packers fans may hope for a ...
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Old edition illustrates attitudes of the times
Most of the rest of the headlines ran true to the pattern we all know, either from our ...
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Tweener week a mystery
Something needs to be done about this week, this confusing half-holiday period between Christmas and New Year’s. Are ...
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Storm shows how poorly prepared many are
Last weekend’s blizzard and this week’s little follow-up snowstorm provided an opportunity for people to test out their ...
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End to race, start of battle
By all accounts, incoming Gov. Mark Dayton looked and sounded rather somber during his public appearances on Wednesday ...
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Seeing the beginning of Austin growth phase
How many times does a dollar circulate around a community before its ripples fade away or spend themselves ...
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Minnesota is entering a season of change
A couple of times a year the Chamber of Commerce invites members to a lunchtime briefing on legislative ...
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Fighting the good fight against squirrels
There was nearly a half-inch of ice in the birdbath outside our house on Thursday morning.
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No need to accelerate the tradition
Either the squirrels or the deer — or maybe both — have eaten the faces off our Halloween ...
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Telling people how to eat not the answer
New York has been the epicenter of food rules during the past decade or so, ranging from the ...
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Rules taking the fun out of NFL game
Sometimes it seems like the National Football League’s rules committee and owners must be Congressional wannabes. They have ...