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A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA Better Music, Better Life
On two occasions music festivals were held in Zhuhai. The real awesome part was that both these events were organized by my school. I turned out, the founder of TPR English was quite the involved comm...
Posted on 3/31/12 at 8:43 AM
AMY'S RANCH SLANTS Women I Admire: #2 Amy Palmiero-Winters
I was sitting the waiting area of Rapid Diesel when I first learned who Amy Palmeiro-Winters was while waiting for our Dodge pickup to get cleared for take off so I couldgo home. I had just started t...
Posted on 1/1/12 at 8:00 PM
STAFF BLOG REPUBLIC INSIDER McGovern on war and peace
It seems to me that George McGovern would know something about war and peace. He's seen both and remains a strong advocate for the latter. I covered McGovern's speech at the 2010 McGovern Conference ...
Posted on 11/17/10 at 4:59 PM
HEALTHBEAT Linkworthy 1.1
A roundup of various postings and essays that recently grabbed my attention: - MinnPost's new health care blog, Second Opinion, takes a look at the myths that have persisted about the U.S. health care...
Posted on 6/16/09 at 10:20 AM
Obama: US keeping eye on Iran 
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday he would not hesitate to attack Iran to keep it from getting a nuclear bomb, hoping a forceful assurance will discourage Israel from launching a unilateral strike that could ignite the Middle East and drag the U.S. into war.
By BEN FELLER , March 04, 2012
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Wheat in Japan may drop most since 2009, cutting food costs
TOKYO — Wheat prices in Japan, Asia’s second-largest importer, may decline in April by the most since October 2009, putting food makers including Yamazaki Baking and Nisshin Seifun Group under pressure to cut prices.
By Aya Takada and Yasumasa Song , February 17, 2012
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Dakotas officials wary of proposed defense cuts
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Proposals to slow the growth of the nation’s defense spending could mean big changes to the military infrastructure in the Dakotas, officials say.
January 28, 2012
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Holiday treats sent to troops overseas
HOWARD — Howard farmer, Mark Gieb, along with Skies the Limit Youth Foundation and the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls, recently sent a holiday treat to South Dakota Army and Air National Guard members serving overseas.
By News release , December 24, 2011
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Aberdeen soldier among those charged in death
Attorneys for the defendants could not immediately be located. A sister of Staff Sgt. Andrew Van Bockel, Bretta Van Bockel, had no comment. Sgt. Van Bockel’s hometown is Aberdeen. Other soldiers’ relatives could not be reached.
December 22, 2011
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Slain civilians taint US legacy in Iraq
HADITHA, Iraq — In the accounting of what was won and lost in America’s Iraq war, this sleepy farming town deep in the western desert will rank as a place where almost everything was lost.
By LIZ SLY , December 12, 2011
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Price of wheat falls as harvests increase reserves
CHICAGO — The biggest slump in wheat prices in three years is expected to fall deeper as expanding harvests from Russia to Canada bolster inventories to the most in a decade.
By JEFF WILSON and WHITNEY MCFERRON , December 09, 2011
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40,000 troops to leave Afghanistan by end of 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Draw-down plans announced by the U.S. and more than a dozen other nations will shrink the foreign military footprint in Afghanistan by 40,000 troops at the close of next year, leaving Afghan forces increasingly on the frontlines of the decade-long war.
November 29, 2011
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Iranian students storm British Embassy in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hard-line Iranian students stormed British diplomatic sites in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag, burning an embassy vehicle and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the seizing of the U.S. compound in 1979.
November 29, 2011
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TEST Black Friday travel on sale from hotels to cruises
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November 22, 2011
Egypt government offers to resign as violence grows
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's army-appointed government handed in its resignation Monday, trying to stem a spiraling crisis as thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square clashed for the third straight day with security forces in violence that has killed at least 24 people and posed the most sustained challenge yet to the rule of the military.
November 21, 2011
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Damaged corn crop curbs global food supply
CHICAGO — U.S. farmers are reaping their smallest corn harvest in three years after drought damaged what was a record crop, driving annual prices to an all-time high and curbing an expansion in global food supplies.
By Jeff Wilson and Whitney McFerron , November 08, 2011
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OIL: Huge oil find in Argentina boosts country's energy potential
A huge oil discovery by the Spanish company Repsol has sharply boosted Argentina's potential to cash in on energy and could eventually attract an infusion of investment to exploit the shale oil.
November 08, 2011
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TECH: Google's Schmidt defends his company while mourning Steve Jobs'
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday defended his company as a great innovator, contradicting an unflattering portrait drawn by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs before he died last month.
November 08, 2011
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Obama announces total Iraq troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all American troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end.
October 21, 2011
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