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On YouTube, there’s poetry – and then there’s poetry

dgaraets August 2, 2010, 2:34 PM Aug 2, 2010

Taking poetry to a venue where there are plenty of patrons with lots of time on their hands.

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Monday Morning Rouser

dgaraets August 2, 2010, 9:57 AM Aug 2, 2010

Maybe you’re strong, but what’s the good of ringing a bell?

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Weather

South Dakota hailstone sets U.S. records

dgaraets July 30, 2010, 1:30 PM Jul 30, 2010

A giant hailstone that fell in South Dakota has set the national record for weight and diameter, according to the National Weather Service.

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The illicit things they carried

dgaraets July 30, 2010, 10:53 AM Jul 30, 2010

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An artist shot images of confiscated items at Kennedy Airport. Photographic proof that it takes all kinds.

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A month and millions to improve schools

dgaraets July 29, 2010, 1:57 PM Jul 29, 2010

Nineteen of Minnesota’s consistently lowest-achieving schools will share nearly $24.5 million of $3.5 billion in federal funds to help turn around student performance.

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White House kids: Most of them turn out all right

dgaraets July 29, 2010, 11:28 AM Jul 29, 2010

Before Chelsea’s walk down the aisle, a moment of bipartisan bliss.

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You rope you tie me; your health care makes me crazy

dgaraets July 29, 2010, 10:08 AM Jul 29, 2010

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An interesting morning on the radio.

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If Serpico had known about YouTube

dgaraets July 28, 2010, 11:30 AM Jul 28, 2010

A Russian cop blows the whistle in a big way and becomes a sensation.

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If you love something, let it go. Then track it on your iPhone.

dgaraets July 27, 2010, 11:15 AM Jul 27, 2010

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This app for the iPhone 4 lets you know where everyone is. At all times. Doesn’t that give you peace of mind?

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Is the WikiLeaks release a good thing?

dgaraets July 26, 2010, 10:40 AM Jul 26, 2010

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WikLeaks release on the Afghanistan war also takes a shot at journalism as we know it.

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Weekend water sports: Flugtag and wakesurfing

dgaraets July 23, 2010, 9:06 PM Jul 23, 2010

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Officials are expecting about 40,000 spectators for Saturday’s Red Bull Flugtag on Harriet Island in Saint Paul.

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Timberwolves, Kahn fined $50,000 for marijuana comments

dgaraets July 23, 2010, 3:52 PM Jul 23, 2010

The NBA has fined Timberwolves’ General Manager David Kahn and the organization $50,000 each for remarks Kahn made about recently-acquired forward Michael Beasley.

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An object lesson in the value of skepticism

dgaraets July 23, 2010, 12:20 PM Jul 23, 2010

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Let’s see: a great local angle about an inventor who can solve the worst environmental disaster of the century. What could be wrong with a story like that?

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