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				<title>Rob Shirk, South St. Paul Examiner, passes at 57</title>				
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				 Rob Shirk(Editor&apos;s Note: This was written by George Shirk, twin brother of Robert Shirk.)Robert Shirk, a cancer survivor who turned his love for his family and his community into a series of tender&amp;mdash;and often hilarious&amp;mdash;vignettes, died pea...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:59:23 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Al Franken decision</title>				
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				 Frannie and Al Franken (Editor&apos;s Note: Rob Shirk, the South St. Paul Examiner, wrote this article about the Minnesota Senate race shortly before he entered the hospital. The University of Minnesota Hospitals are treating him for pneumonia. At this w...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:57:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rep. Michele Bachmann challenges US Census</title>				
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				 Rep. Michele Bachmann &amp;nbsp; US Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R) Minn. has another bee up her bonnet. She is urging her constituents to not fill out their census forms.The federal government may use that data to put you in internment camps. She cl...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:24:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Kaposia Days kicks off summer in South St. Paul</title>				
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				 Kaposia Days button insignia South St. Paul&apos;s celebration gets underway this week in one of the Minnesota&apos;s most charming festivals. From June 26 through June 29 South St. Paul lets summer officially begin with a huge parade and smiles all around. I...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:59:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Minnesota government fails at compromise</title>				
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				 Henry Clay of Kentucky Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is exercising a little used procedural stratagem to balance the state budget. It is called unallotment. Unallotment has been used before by both parties but sparingly, usually at the end of the ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:26:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Father&apos;s Day is the most embarrassing day of the year</title>				
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				We are approaching Father&apos;s Day, a holiday of dubious distinction that has been celebrated by few, laughed at by many, and ignored by most.The inauspicious beginning got a toehold of respect beginning in 1910 and seems to have gotten its biggest boos...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:46:01 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Gov. Tim Pawlenty plays hardball with Minnesota budget</title>				
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				 Gov. Tim Pawlenty&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; photo courtesy startribune The Minnesota state budget has a 2.7 billion dollar shortfall and Gov. Tim Pawlenty is determined to solve the puzzle without raising taxes. Although the governor will hold a press conference ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:17:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Kiss your ash goodbye</title>				
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				 Ash tree in decline My boyhood backyard had the most magnificent tree living in the back yard. It was the noble elm. A lot of people know what happened. The elms got a highly contagious fungus growth on them and they died by the millions. Entire tow...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:57:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>St. Paul Saints always have the last laugh</title>				
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				 Al Franken and Norm Coleman photo by minnesotaindependent.com A guy is getting a haircut while elsewhere a woman is getting a massage. A pig appears bringing game baseballs to an umpire between innings and gets a treat.&amp;nbsp; Oh, yeah, I almost forg...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:50:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Thank goodness for American hospital food</title>				
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				 Hospital Food Hospital food has been vilified by the American population for as long as I can remember. Thank goodness we don&apos;t live in some parts of Europe. A friend of a friend of mine was traveling back to Minnesota when he became ill and was hos...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:06:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Norm Coleman, Al Franken live at Minny Supreme Court</title>				
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				 Al Franken and Norm Coleman Click here Monday to watch live oral arguments from Norm Coleman and Al Franken as the Minnesota Supreme Court hears final oral arguments in the Minnesota senate election trial via The Uptake. Coverage starts at 8:30 AM C...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 17:23:12 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Al Franken, Norm Coleman meet again</title>				
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				Blind Justice The Minnesota Supreme Court will not decide who won the election for U.S. Senate. That has already been determined. The court will decide on whether to uphold the lower court&apos;s decision that Landslide Al Franken beat Landslide Norm Cole...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:17:05 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>No guts or glory in heart attacks anymore</title>				
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				 No glory for heart attacks anymore There is glory no more in heart attacks. I remember a time when those who survived one would come home crawling on their knees after having their chest cracked open to bypass the blocked arteries, proudly brandishi...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:49:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Scooter weather arrives on the upper prairie</title>				
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				 Heavy metal thunder There is not much that is more thrilling on an every day basis than a motorcycle. Getting 100 miles per gallon is close. If a person opts for the frugal as one of life&apos;s ultimate goals, it behooves that person to at least conside...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 11:30:59 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Norm Coleman, Al Franken meet insanity in a photo finish</title>				
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				 The winner in a photo finish is&amp;nbsp; ... There is an oft quoted definition of insanity and It goes something like this: &amp;quot;You may be insane if you keep doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.&amp;quot; First there was the o...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 10:13:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Al Franken, Norm Coleman collide on the constitution</title>				
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				 My intent is pure There are reasons we have stop signs at intersections. There are reasons we have speed limits. Let me explain. The stop signs are there because it is a dangerous intersection for cars and/or pedestrians without everyone coming to a...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 11:54:49 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Minnesota loses the culture of cold</title>				
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				March baseball, 2008We Minnesotans like to think of ourselves as tough, hardy people, reveling in winter&apos;s wrath, embracing the climate&apos;s hardships. A lot of us are wimps, though.The Metrodome has been home for the Minnesota Twins for a generation. T...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 10:33:20 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Manny Ramirez would have tested positive for pregnancy</title>				
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				 Manny Ramirez&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; image from  www.everyjoe.com Manny Ramirez, a Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder, would have tested positive for being pregnant during spring training. Having HCG in your system will do that whether you are male or ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:11:15 -0700</pubDate>
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				 Tim Pawlenty&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; photo by Alex Wong Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota is on the short list of presidential contenders in the Republican Party. While the GOP has been thrashed in more political races sin...
				
				
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				 Beloved Teacher, Special Friend, Barb Seidel Springtime is rarely a time for looking back, even if it is only to last November. Spring seems to be more of an optimistic, hopeful time of year with warm temperatures, flowers growing, baseball, vacatio...
				
				
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