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McCain gains ground on Obama in Minnesota, poll finds

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

A Quinnipiac University poll released today found that Obama leads McCain 46 percent to 44 percent among the state's likely voters, a statistical tie. That tossup result is at odds with other recent polls showing Obama with an average lead of more than 5 percentage points. A Quinnipiac poll last month found a whopping 17 percentage-point Obama lead.

Poll: McCain gains on Obama in Minnesota

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

The poll of likely Minnesota voters conducted by Quinnipiac University has Obama up 46 to 44, within the survey's margin of sampling error. Last month, the same pollsters put Obama 17-percentage points ahead of McCain.

Fisher kits making their Minnesota Zoo public debut

StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

The weasel-like species almost disappeared because of trapping and logging practices.

Minnesota Teacher Lasts 20 Hours On Carnival Ride

Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Claims, "It was a lot like teaching summer school, but with fewer ups and downs." A Minnesota high school teacher has lasted 20 hours on a carnival ride to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at the Mall of America. Forty-year-old Jim Salava, of Oakdale, was declared the winner at the Nickelodeon Universe theme park when his final opponent stepped down at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday. Salava was among 10 riders...

• Teacher lasts 20 hours on carnival ride, wins $1K - Boston Globe
• Teacher Stays On Ride For 20 Hours - "GroundReport
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Minnesota pinpoints pepper as salmonella source

kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Minnesota helped pinpoint hot peppers as the source of the nation's salmonella outbreak. People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Twin Cities restaurant

• A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source - Physorg
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

Anxious to Go - Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Jump to the full entry & travel map Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States As you can imagine we are anxious to get started on our retreat to Hawaii. We have been collected the vital things like bathing suits, sunglasses and sunscreen. We head to Chicago tomorrow for Dwayne for business with NAR and then begin our adventure from there. Will do better with this blog this time. At least with pictures....

Rates of Autism in Somali Children in Minneapolis

Autism Vox (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Today’s MinnPost.com reports that “First generation U.S.-born Somali-speaking children in Minneapolis schools are disproportionately identified as having autism.” There are 15,000 to 40,000 Somalis living in Minnesota, a 2001 state health department study reports. According to the Minnesota Department of Education: in the Minneapolis’ early childhood and kindergarten programs, more than 12 percent...

High-Impact Firms Create Minnesota's Jobs and Growth

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New animals at Minnesota Zoo on display

kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Three rare fisher kits born at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley are now on display. The animals, which resemble weasels, were nearly

Nashville Star contestant, Ashlee Hewitt, homeschooled in Minnesota

News & Commentary Home Page (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

‘A down-home country girl,’ 24 July 2008, Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks, North Dakota While most everyone in northwestern Minnesota knows about the Hewitt Sisters act — which also included Lacey and 23-year-old Katrice at one time — not many know them well. One reason is that the family lives 19 miles east of Lancaster in what [...]

Mankato, Minnesota, What Is Your “Curse?”

Bodwyn Wook (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

by Mahoond Nazheem Based on the following material in Bodwyn Wook: http://bodwyn.wordpress.com/category/the-curse-on-mankato/ it is clear that further work is needed in making the connection clear between centers for example of these alleged community curses, and the other more “personal” kinds of defective behavior that happen constantly everywhere. In similar cases such as Meknes in Morocco, the...

The Minnesota Twins and me

No rules. Just write. (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings, but from what I can tell, Cleveland, Ohio doesn't have much going for it besides the Indians. Right now I'm blogging at you from a room in the downtown Hilton overlooking Jacobs Field, or whatever they're calling it these days. (I just got up to check. According to the big blue sign out front, it's Progressive Field.) Three big luxury buses are currently parked...

Minnesota polling weirdness

The Crossed Pond (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

At the current time, it would be possible to run a blog that only quoted polls and still not have time to write them all up. However, one did catch my attention, not because of the figures but because of the swing, which either means something extraordinary happened or else the polling isn’t that good. [...]

Salmonella Saintpaul: National media picks up on Minnesota angle

City Pages - The Blotter (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Both dailes and the AP follow our lead. Now the national press is asking: How could Minnesota pinpoint hot peppers just days after discovering a cluster of sick residents, when federal investigators had spent weeks fruitlessly chasing tomatoes?

Quinnipiac Battleground Poll: Dead Heat in Colorado, Minnesota, and Michigan

Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Via First Read, a new Quinnipiac poll of likely voters shows McCain ahead by two percentage points in Colorado, and trailing by just a few in Michigan and Minnesota: COLORADO: McCain 46% - Obama 44% MICHIGAN: Obama 46% - McCain...

Kobold VS. Kedzie

soulfullvibes | 07/03/2008

Minnesota mauler Kelly Kobold takes on tough and gritty Julie Kedzie., more to come in a couple days, stay tuned...

’08 NBA Draft Rundown

hitsgaloremedia | 06/27/2008

Last night, Derrick rose went number one in the draft to Chicago Bulls. Michael Beasley went number two to the Miami Heat and O.J. Mayo went number three to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Chicago Bulls are excited to add a new young start to their young arsenal. Chicago now feels that they are in the running for the NBA title. Miami is currently in there rebuilding stage and had an amazing draft...

Supermodel Adriana Lima Gets Engaged With Basketball Star Boyfriend

icelebz | 06/13/2008

Victoria's Secret angel Adriana Lima is engaged, her basketball player fiancé Marko Jaric announces. Jaric, who plays the starting shooting guard for Minnesota Timberwolves, has confirmed through his publicist that they are indeed heading to the altar. Read Full Story