Louisiana delegates torn between home, party
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Hurricane Gustav may keep some away from the RNC, while others opt to fulfill their duties and watch from afar.
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Archive for August, 2008
More Than 3,500 Officers Providing RNC Security
Sunday, August 31st, 2008It will be hard to go just about anywhere in downtown St. Paul or Minneapolis this week without running into someone in uniform.
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RNC delegates arrive but wonder what the week will hold
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Thousands of delegates showed up at the Minneapolis Convention Center Sunday night for a convention-eve celebration. But considering
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Lake Minnetonka watercraft crash leaves man dead
Sunday, August 31st, 2008A man is dead after a personal watercraft he was operating Saturday on Lake Minnetonka collided with one that his friend was operating. The Mound Fire Department brought the victim, whose name has not been released, to shore, where he was pronounced dead.
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Xcel becomes biggest classroom in town
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Seeking learning opportunities, colleges and universities big and small team up with the people and groups here for the convention.
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Gustav Has GOP Suspending Most Day 1 RNC Events
Sunday, August 31st, 2008John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, casting himself as above politics as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans. “We will act as Americans,” not partisans, he declared.
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Barbara Flanagan: We should all follow Mayor Rybak’s healthy example
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Am I supposed to look up to a man who’s brainchild was spending $50,000 in taxpayer money for “artistic″ drinking fountains? Whatever. & read more The man is a boob!
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We should all follow Mayor Rybak’s healthy example
Sunday, August 31st, 2008The Flanagan Memo: Re: A new book by Bruce Dayton and our oh-so-very-healthy Minneapolis mayor.
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Is there such a thing as a landlocked lakefront lot?
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Lake-country developers are offering homes far from the water, but with shared lake access. Not everyone is pleased.
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Here’s a protest you probably didn’t expect to see in St. Paul
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Today, we’ll see every grievance imaginable on display in the long-planned protest march on the Republican National Convention, even though the convention is largely on hold in response to the hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast.
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Heard on the street
Sunday, August 31st, 2008The only thing they can do at this time and this distance is money. Non-convention companies who are staging events for delegates and others are working hard to shift their activities to make them fundraisers. It’s going to be one big fundraiser.
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Good Monday morning from the Xcel Energy Center, where the rafters are filled with red, white and blue balloons that …
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Frank Luntz, a pollster and message consultant, rounded up 25 independent voters from the Twin Cities area for a focus group conducted behind one-way mirrors, within a baseball’s throw of the Mall of America. Luntz wasn’t surprised that, reflecting the mood of the nation, the participants were “very depressed and sad.”
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Politico Playbook: McCain camp watches CNN, not Fox; Pollster says folks want convention to go on
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Even campaign Web sites are dedicated to Gustav.
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White substance found on bus was baby formula
Sunday, August 31st, 2008A white substance found on a Metro Transit bus in Minneapolis tonight was powdered baby formula, police said.
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Minneapolis bus evacuated after backpack, white substance found
Sunday, August 31st, 2008A Metro Transit bus in Minneapolis was evacuated tonight when a backpack with a white substance inside was found, according to police.
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