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The New York Stock Exchange doesn’t stop for anybody, but it paused for a moment of silence this morning for CNBC anchor Mark Haines, who died suddenly today at 65.
Do gas prices go down as fast as they go up, whites as victims of racism, get to know a Minneapolis neighborhood, the need to see what a tornado looks like, and why letters matter in New Ulm
North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale has released security camera footage of the tornado that ripped through north Minneapolis on Sunday.
Some people in Fillmore County might be feeling a little slighted; a tornado struck there on Sunday, too.
Tornado comedy
The worst of the season is yet to come, the myth of the recycling box, Bob Dylan is forever 70, when pinball dreams go tilt, and Kevin Slowey’s yawn.
Tornado by air
It’s a noble effort by Rep. Keith Ellison to try to get people to contribute to the American Red Cross and help the rescue and recovery effort in north Minneapolis. It might not be a bad idea to disconnect the effort from the political fundraising, though.
It’s been awhile since the tea party and other groups have been able to attract much of a crowd at its Capitol mall events.
Space: The boring frontier