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http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/124753308.html Despite anxious hand wringing by local tree huggers after a recent tornado destroyed heron nesting areas and hatchlings, the birds seem to have figured things out and are renesting in another undamaged island on the Mississippi and...

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The founder of now defunct Sportsman's Warehouse faces criminal charges after an armed dispute with his estranged wife over divorce assets. It appears to be a personal bottom after the total financial ruin of his sporting goods chain, which appeared poised to become a major national player before th...

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Katie Burgess leaves no oppressor unidentified as he or she details the massive racial/sexual/capitalist conspiracy that steamrolls transgender people in the US.

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Very similar to a local Minnesota story some months ago. No question about it- Boomers have the numbers, and senior citizens have high rates of voting participation. A cultural shift, to be sure.

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Great Barrier Reef dive boat leaves passenger adrift. If you've ever seen the movie "Open Water", you'll appreciate what a horrible scenario this is.

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Read an article in this weekend's Star Trib about growing resentment for "full boat" financial aid packages for poor kids versus others who have to struggle to pay the tab. After reading it, a thought struck me that clarified why I have a problem with this concept. My middle class kids are totally p...

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http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/124612343.html Missing no opportunity to share the spotlight as victims, transgender activists came out in defense of bar stabbing suspect Chrishaun McDonald, who was reportedly bullied and taunted by the deceased Dean Schmitz outside a south Minneapolis ...

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Down In The Valley music store and several others have sued the State and prosecutors over legal bans on designer and synthetic drugs.

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Must admit I made an incorrect distinction in my original post. I was also confused on the terminology. I was looking for a term to describe cross dressers who have no interest in a physical transition to the other sex, just like wearing the clothes, as opposed to one who actively wishes to have an ...

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/26/gender-bias-egalia-preschool_n_884866.html Swedish tax funded preschool wants to eliminate all gender distinctions between male and female, not even referring to their students by "boy" or "girl", and aggressively mainstreaming gay, lesbian, transgender, and ...

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Stewart Pesheck, who has been repeatedly slapped on the wrist for a number of thefts and burglaries in Minneapolis and the metro, is charged with multiple burglaries in Edina, Minneapolis and elsewhere.

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Yet another nurse is charged with stealing patients' medications to feed his own addiction. He was already under super-secret probation after having reported himself as addicted 6 years ago.

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Ramsey County prosecutors will be seeking upward sentence departures for career felons, a small percentage of arrestees who cause a disproportionate amount of crime.

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Richard McComb, CEO of Lifelink III, a medical transportation company, is charged with tax evasion after failing to file taxes since 2002 and underreporting income in other years.

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Hennepin County social worker Shannon Riley faces charges for having a sexual relationship with a chemical dependency client in her care.

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44 million Americans now receive food stamps, and investigation and prosecution of fraud in the program by merchants and recipients is virtually non-existent.

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The New York State Assembly voted to legalize same sex marriage in the state.

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Delta Airlines has agreed to honor Saudi requirements that ban Jews from the country and forbids any non-Muslim religious symbols or books to be brought in.

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Two college professors, including the former President of the University of New Mexico, were arrested as part of a 1,400 member online prostitution ring.

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Convenience store murderer Michael Swanson has landed one life sentence, and awaits trial to receive another. He laughed and smirked throughout his trial and sentencing. Laugh it up, Little Fella. You're about to be put in a pen with some guys who will find you pretty amusing themselves after the li...

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Anoka Hennepin Schools are auctioning off books from school closings.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/06/23/2011-06-23_jackass_star_ryan_dunns_funeral_to_be_protested_by_westboro_baptist_church.html Westboro Baptist spokesman says "Jackass" Ryan Dunn is in Hell for deliberately corrupting young people. Just when you want to write these people off as kooks, they...

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iP1TNDowEHFiHByOPcRQ4p1uHQ6A?docId=CNG.e4a5c99551e28f7d9fd2b30cb3dcbf78.ef1 Two American ex cons who converted to Islam are charged with plotting a machine gun attack on a military recruiting center in retaliation for US actions against Muslims worl...

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If you're referring to Katrina, the evidence suggests that the vast majority of the ineptitude there was on the local level, including a refusal from the governor for initial offers of aid and the failure to use ample local resources by the drain bamaged mayor of New Orleans, Nagin- despite several ...

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Courtney Olson, a former employee of the State DVS office in Golden Valley, is charged with stealing state funds intended to pay for auto registrations and taking bribes from a Spring Lake Park car dealer to doctor documents.

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Fellow Jackass cast members repeatedly predicted that Ryan Dunn would die in a car crash due to his history of reckless driving behavior.

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http://www.twincities.com/ci_18333134 President Obama says he will return 30,000 US troops home from Afghanistan next summer. This seems emblematic of how this administration operates. When decisive action is needed, the decisions and actions are put off until they will not impact the reelection eff...

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http://www.twincities.com/ci_18331434 Longstanding rumors of T-Wolves coach Kurt Rambis being fired appear to have been true. He has been a disappointment. Unfortunately his personal career history of being a player of limited talent who made up for it with effort and passion didn't translate to the...

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Methodist church tribunal convicts lesbian pastor of performing gay marriages in defiance of church laws. The Church states its rules are clear. They are.

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Stillwater officials filed criminal charges against Kristal Taylor, who reportedly advertises her services as a dominatrix on the Internet and was reported by her neighbors who observed men coming to her home in a residential neighborhood for short stays. Some say the circumstances suggest they were...

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St Paul lawyer John Akwuba was charged with beating his child in a car, reportedly punching the tot 30 times or more before police were called. He was reportedly legally drunk.

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YAPHANK, N.Y. -- Four people killed during a pharmacy store robbery in suburban New York City, including a teenager due to graduate high school this week, were shot at very close range by a dangerous suspect intent on stealing painkillers, a police official said Monday. Suffolk County Police Commiss...

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Friends and fans of dead Jackass Ryan Dunn are angry at Roger Ebert for pointing out that Dunn's death was alcohol related and preventable.

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http://www.twincities.com/ci_18317354?nclick_check=1

Score one more for Darwin.

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http://www.twincities.com/ci_18312602?source=most_viewed The family of Damien Burkhalter, who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14 year old girl in his Lutheran church congregation, says they warned church officials about his past sexually inappropriate behavior toward minors but wer...

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Rev Amy Delong is battling the Methodist church over her status as an ordained actively gay minister and performing gay marriages, both of which are prohibited by that church.

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Craigslist and other online venues have brought an increase in prostitution to suburban cities, and police are trying to get out in front of it by conducting undercover stings.

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MN lawmaker David Hann responds to a Catholic bishop's scolding about failure to pass a state budget. Good stuff.

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The disturbing trend of selectively aborting female fetuses in order to produce sons has some pro-choicers on the defensive.

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http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2011/06/19/pakistan_accused_of_tipping_off_more_militants_about_raids/ US officials say Pakistani government officials are warning militant terrorists ahead of raids on their bomb making facilities, giving them plenty of time to escape and leave searche...

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Orlando area ID thieves are distributing flyers for cheap pizzas to entice victims to call the numbers on them and order up with their credit cards. No pizza arrives, but the crook has your vital credit info.

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Pioneer Press: A pedestrian who confronted a driver in a St. Paul crosswalk Thursday fell victim to an assault. The 30-year-old man was crossing Selby Avenue at Lexington Parkway and saw a new crossover vehicle blocking the crosswalk and pedestrian traffic, said officer John Keating, St. Paul police...

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A Chaska middle school teacher was arrested and cited for grabbing a disruptive student's arm and allegedly leaving bruises. The student acknowledges having been disciplined and reprimanded numerous times in the class during the school year.

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The status of veteran kicker Ryan Longwell is up in the air, and some observers are hoping that the Vikings don't let the uber reliable foot head on down the road in free agency.

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Or watching one beating off under his blanket, along with the little kids in our train car, as we did at the last Twins game At some point citizens need to take care of business. The guy should have been forcibly ejected at the next stop. Law enforcement and stuff like that is fine and dandy. But y...

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I follow your logic completely, Prae. In fact, as I pointed out, I was riding the train myself, albiet the North Star Line. Guess my point is that the folks who are promoting this concept where you do office work on your laptop, sip chablis, and write poetry while riding mass transit aren't telling ...

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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/yonathan-melaku-man-suspected-pentagon-terror-scare-identified/story?id=13867285 Yonathan Melaku, an Ethiopian immigrant and former USMC reservist, was arrested after a car break in spree near the Pentagon in possession of 9mm brass, ammonium nitrate used in explosives,...

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/06/16/sa ... ?hpt=hp_t2

Deshon Marmon finds out that the captain of an airplane is indeed the boss of him.

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http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_18295320?source=pkg Speculation continues that the Twins could deal some veterans with expiring contracts like Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel or Delmon Young if the team appears to be out of contention this year. They need to really think hard on this. Cuddyer and Ku...

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http://www.twincities.com/ci_18296356?nclick_check=1

Studies of current college students suggest they have an inflated idea of their intelligence and academic skills, and watered down grading standards in high schools may be part of the reason.

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(RNS) Goshen College will no longer play The Star-Spangled Banner at sporting events, school leaders announced, reversing last year's decision to allow the use of the national anthem for the first time in the Mennonite college's history. Some Mennonites had criticized the anthem's lyrics as glorifyi...

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Went to the Twins game today, and since I had about 1.5 hours to kill before my train was scheduled to leave, got to observe the folks waiting for the light rail train heading east/south. They were stacked up 10 across for blocks, and stood in line for an extremely long time waiting to board. This w...

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Q: What's the difference between people standing in line after a Twins game for an hour waiting to get on a light rail train to their cars and people standing in line in old East Berlin waiting an hour to buy soap and toilet paper?

A: They let you smoke in the line in East Berlin.

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The TV program "What Not To Wear" is looking for nominees to perform fashion and style makeovers on among Twin Cities residents.

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John Jundt was sentenced to probation for buying and selling nearly $50,000 in stolen goods taken from area retailers in organized shoplifting rings.

Absolutely pathetic. At what point do these people who orchestrate commercial style shoplifting actually get to do jail time?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/vancouver-riot-photos_n_877936.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C70937 Deeply disturbing events. The photos of the crowd show that these are not disenfranchised people using this as an excuse to vent their frustration with social conditions. T...

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http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_18283316

Twins draft pick Jared Dettmann, a high school pitcher from Somerset, WI, has been chosen high school player of the year by the Pioneer Press. Dettmann is signed for the U of Connecticut but the Twins hold his signing rights for 3 years.

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St Paul woman arrested and charged for punching her daughter repeatedly in front of her elementary school class after whipping her with a belt the night before. "When the officer arrested Eaton, she said she didn't understand why because she'd beaten the girl before and hadn't been arrested, the com...

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http://www.countrymessenger.com/detail/71835.html Studies show significantly lower grades and more disciplinary referrals for males than females. Obviously there is gender discrimination going on, since any time a particular group underperforms another, it is presented as evidence of bias and inadeq...

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Brooklyn Center Police are asking for public help to find Dominique Wright, the main suspect in a shooting that sent a victim to NMMC with multiple gunshot wounds.

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Gay marriage advocates are urging a boycott of the Basilica Block Party to protest the Catholic Church's stand against same sex marriage.

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Males posing as female lesbians in media outlets seems to be more popular than thought. Maybe this explains my ambivalent feelings about Rachel Maddow.

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Legendary blues guitar ace Johnny Winter is appearing at Famous Dave's Calhoun Square on 7/31. May be one of the best axe men ever.

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A witness says Dean Schmitz was stabbed in a fight after mocking a man in the process of transforming into a female. Interesting to note that Social Security now considers gender confusion to be a disability and sends you a check for it.

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Long in beard, short on sleep, this is where the NBA Finals had delivered Dirk Nowitzki: Eve of Game 6, one victory from his first championship, slumped into a chair, all elbows and angles jutting out, and, yes, he'd seen the cough-session video of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James making fun of him. "I ...

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CNN documents the meteoric rise in college tuition over the last 20 years. If I recall correctly, we paid about $13 per credit hour in the early 1980's.

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Works for me. Vive l'egalite.

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MPD released video of a convenience store robber who fired a handgun at two clerks who weren't complying fast enough with his orders.

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The 27-year-old passenger testified that Mohamed groped her and refused to let her out of his cab when she rebuffed his sexual advances. According to the woman's testimony, she was sitting in the front seat because it was the only place where Mohamed would let her smoke. She said Mohamed touched her...

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http://biggovernment.com/tfitton/2011/06/10/racial-quota-scandal-at-obama-justice-department/ The US Department of Justice has ordered the City of Dayton, Ohio to curtail its use of written exams (which they had pre-vetted and approved) because black candidates had performed poorly on them and had s...

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A twice convicted rapist was charged with yet another one after cold case DNA testing matched him to the victim. He was out on probation after serving prison time for the two previous rape convictions.

And why hasn't this guy been deported already?

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Kansas City authorities are seeking the "appropriate solution" for a 5 year old who drowned an 18 month old baby to stop it from crying. Both were under the care of a teenager.

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Pioneer Press: Two people are dead after suspected overdose deaths in less than a week in the Lower St. Croix River Valley. A 58-year-old woman was found dead in the 1300 block of Stagecoach Trail in Afton about 8 p.m. Saturday. She appeared to have injected something, Washington County sheriff's Cm...

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Karma nightclub is telling City of Minneapolis regulators that they have no intention of complying with their demand to close for 90 days. Fascinating to see that the co-owner is John Barlow, the former Brooklyn Center cop who always seems to find himself involved in crooked deals and scandals. How ...

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