Archive for October, 2007

Plans by Cargill to build homes on salt-flat acreage alarms some (San Francisco Chronicle)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

One of the largest undeveloped and privately owned swaths of bay shoreline could sprout subdivisions, a possibility that seems to have early support of officials and many Redwood City residents, but one that also has environmentalists promising a huge fight….

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State says second round of housing aid is coming, but not sure when (Winona Daily News)

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Linda Hovland had it all planned out. After she and her husband retired, they’d move from their Fillmore County farm to a house in Rushford, just blocks away from the post office, the grocery store and the neighborhood coffee shop.

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Reality Check: Cost Of MN Senate Race

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Minnesota’s U.S. Senate Campaign is number one. Democrat Al Franken has already raised more money than any Senate candidate in the United States and Republican Norm Coleman ranks number three.

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Woman Sexually Assaulted By Driveway Repair Man

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

She thought she was getting an estimate on driveway repairs and ended up being sexually assaulted in her own home.

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Victims Of North Mpls. Shooting Identified

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

The Hennepin County medical examiner released the names of two young Minneapolis men killed in shooting early Wednesday at a north Minneapolis home.

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Series of racist threats roil St. Thomas campus

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Security guards escorted Malaika Smith and her two roommates to their classes at the University of St. Thomas on Wednesday. A public safety officer is posted outside their second-floor dormitory room 24 hours a day. Since late Monday, Smith and her roommates, all of whom are black, have received racist and threatening notes at the John Paul II Hall, a women’s dorm. Three of the notes were either …

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A timeline of the threats

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

1:30 a.m. Tuesday: Racially threatening writing found on a residence door on the second floor of John Paul II Hall at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. 7:50 a.m. Tuesday: Threatening note found slipped under door of students in same building. 6:10 p.m. Tuesday: St. Thomas posts and e-mails alert about incidents to students, faculty and staff, as well as expression of regret by university …

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Wednesday: Series of racist threats roil St. Thomas campus

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Security guards escorted Malaika Smith and her two roommates to their classes at the University of St. Thomas on Wednesday. A public safety officer is posted outside their second-floor dormitory room 24 hours a day. Since late Monday, Smith and her roommates, all of whom are black, have received racist and threatening notes at the John Paul II Hall, a women’s dorm. Three of the notes were either …

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How the D.B. Cooper mystery got a Minnesota twist

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Lyle Christiansen was watching “Unsolved Mysteries” one night at his home in Morris, Minn., a few years back. It was a show about the legendary D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight in November 1971 and jumped out of the plane with $200,000 in ransom. He was never found. “That’s my brother Kenny,” Christensen said to himself. Since then, Christiansen has led a quixotic crusade to …

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Olson memorials

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

For those interested in contributing to memorials for murder victim Katherine Ann Olson, her family suggests donating to St. Olaf College, from which she graduated, or Richfield Lutheran Church, where her father is pastor. The Rev. Rolf Olson said the family hopes to start a scholarship fund for Latino students at St. Olaf. Details haven’t been worked out, but the family asks for checks to be …

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Teens hit near Fright Farm in Maplewood

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

A very scary night for a group of teens leaving the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Fright Farm in Maplewood. Two members of their group

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Teens hit near Fright Farm in Maplewood

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

A very scary night for a group of teens leaving the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Fright Farm in Maplewood. Two members of their group

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Video of Our Roussanne Crush Last Weekend

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Thanks, Robin, Denise and Alan!

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Pumpkin-triggered fire heavily damages Orono home

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

A Halloween decoration is being blamed for a fire that heavily damaged a home in Orono. According to Long Lake’s Assistant Fire Chief

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About D.B. Cooper

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

” To read the New York magazine article about D.B. Cooper, go to www.nymag.com/news/features/39593. ” FBI files about D.B. Cooper can be seen at www.startribune.com/a3561. ” A YouTube.com video clip of the CBS News report about the hijacking is at www.startribune.com/a3562. ” A Nov. 27, 1971, Minneapolis Tribune account of the hijacking is at

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