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A haboob by any other name

Bob Collins July 22, 2011, 11:23 AM Jul 22, 2011

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Once you get past the Arizona phobia against foreign things, the dust-up created by the use of ‘haboob’ is worth considering.

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Five by 8

The kid and the baseball (5×8 – 7/22/11)

Bob Collins July 22, 2011, 7:32 AM Jul 22, 2011

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Everything you think you know about kids today may be wrong, shuttle pictures worth oogling, the Red River wins in Moorhead, cigarettes and the Constitution, and landing a plane on a highway.

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Defending U2 against the cynics (including myself)

David Cazares July 21, 2011, 4:00 PM Jul 21, 2011

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By Bill Wareham, MPR News When the topic of this Saturday’s U2 concert came up in our morning editorial meeting, it exposed a cultural divide far deeper than one might expect among this rather homogeneous group of 40- and 50-somethings. On one side of the gulf there was open derision of the Irish rockers as Read more →

The man who mapped Kazakhstan

Jon Gordon July 21, 2011, 2:25 PM Jul 21, 2011

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When he couldn’t find home on Google Maps, he set out to make things right.

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The Gangs of Washington, D.C.

dgaraets July 21, 2011, 12:34 PM Jul 21, 2011

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Why does every ad hoc group of politicians invoke an ugly chapter of Chinese history?

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One person’s pork

Hart Van Denburg July 21, 2011, 6:13 AM Jul 21, 2011

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Do you view the Stillwater bridge request as an example of government pork?

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As if on cue …

dgaraets July 20, 2011, 1:14 PM Jul 20, 2011

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The governor’s office releases a photo with the appropriate glumness.

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The Hangover, Part 3: Up all night at the Capitol

dgaraets July 20, 2011, 11:37 AM Jul 20, 2011

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Legislators talk of pointing fingers and taking showers.

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Tweet roundup: shutdown ends, what’s next?

Hart Van Denburg July 20, 2011, 10:25 AM Jul 20, 2011

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Reactions to the state shutdown via Twitter.com

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Gould almighty

Hart Van Denburg July 19, 2011, 5:45 PM Jul 19, 2011

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It ain’t all good in Gould, Ark. Political discourse in the small tornado-prone town has reached a low point. A point so low, it probably violates the U.S. Constitution.

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Special session under way

Hart Van Denburg July 19, 2011, 3:22 PM Jul 19, 2011

The Minnesota Senate and House are meeting this afternoon.

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The best music of 1970, and how we’re coming back to it

David Cazares July 19, 2011, 1:51 PM Jul 19, 2011

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From Alexandra DiPalma, Midmorning assistant producer: When listener Josh Collins turned on the radio and heard the Beatles playing today, he sent a worried tweet: Flipped on Midmorning with @KerriMPR, heard Beatles and suddenly worried that something had happened to Ringo or Paul. Guess not. Whew.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyJosh Read more →