" Robert Novak reports that Democrats consider Joe Lieberman's planned address at the GOP Convention in September the "last straw" from their colleague from Connecticut: Despite assurances to the contrary from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democratic insiders are...
Republicans' Web 2.0 aims: Streaming video, online chatsJohn McCain's nomination as the Republican candidate for president hasbeen locked up for more than two months now. An estimated 45,000people, including...
"ST. PAUL — State officials have closed a bridge over the Mississippi River after finding problems similar to those suspected of contributing to the fatal collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in downtown...
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"Well, even if Ms. Clinton won’t accept defeat it seems that Mr. Obama is all too willing to accept victory. And, unless something drastic happens (Hillary is keeping the assassination route open), he will be the...
North Oaks, a St. Paul suburb may become the first US city to reject Google map services."The city of 4,500 residents has demanded that Google Maps remove images of North Oaks homes from the website's Street View...
Al Franken Tax forgot to file tax returns, owes 70 thousand dollars in back taxesThe 80s may have been the Al Frankin Decade but in 2008 Al Frankin, Senate candidate for Minnisota, may have pulled a Snipes as he...
All food prices are up lately, but organic food is particularly hard on the wallet. This New York Times feature takes a look at why."Shoppers have long been willing to pay a premium for organic food. But how much is...
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Three University of Wisconsin students died in a fire early this morning at their home near the university campus.However, neighbours said they heard fire alarms going off. "Rescuers found two women and a man in second-floor bedrooms near the University of Wisconsin-Stout,...
"It’s true and can be mentioned in the same breath. The fields in IRAN are producing a weapon of mass destruction and it is not what you think.
This weapon of mass destruction is aimed directly at IRAN itself and...
"BOSTON (AP) - Researchers have uncovered a rare photograph of a young Helen Keller with her teacher Anne Sullivan, nearly 120 years after it was taken on Cape Cod and tucked inside a family album.
The photograph, shot in July 1888 in Brewster, shows an 8-year-old Helen...
Minneapolitans woke up to -8F temperatures today, testing even their hardy souls. And there's no respite in sight for the region -- tomorrow's expected to be even colder."A winter weather advisory has been...
Overseas Voting: Online for the 1st Time"LONDON (AP) - Americans seeking a change in foreign policy and a new national image abroad flocked to churches in Rome, town halls in England and an Irish pub in Hong Kong on Tuesday to vote in a Democrats Abroad primary.
The voting...
I'm happy to report that Lake Wobegon has thrown its friendly hat into the ring for Obama. Rhubarb pie, anyone?Viva, Obama!"Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, Obama's campaign announced...
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Parañaque, Philippines (January 8, 2008) – Bro. Eli Soriano, Presiding Minister of the Members Church of God International (MCGI), on a live video conference broadcast from abroad, opened his first Bible...
This story recalls Orson Welles' great 1938 broadcast of H.G. Wells' "War of the "Worlds." Were the fireballs chunks of a meteor? Were the sonic boom-like sounds related to a bolide? So far, no one really knows. Stay tuned, folks. "esidents from the Twin Cities to the...