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Is 'Minnesota Nice' Dead?

Minnesota news items from the past year give one pause when one considers that the natives have long prided themselves on being 'Minnesota Nice'. Minnesota is supposed to be a place where the whole state is just like the fictional Lake Woebegone of National Public Radio fame.

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The December Multi-Cultural Calendar is Full

Dec. 6 is St. Nicholas Day (Christian) Dec. 8 is Bodhi Day (Buddhist) Dec. 8 is also the observance of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) Dec. 12: Feast Day of our Lady of Guadalupe beginning of the Advent fast (Orthodox) Feast of St.

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It's just like that movie, Night of the Living Dead...

The way people have been treating Obama these past several months is come to think of it, a lot like that old movie, Night of the Living Dead.

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Collins' New Egypt Book Gives New Meaning to Adage 'As above, so below' as He Reveals Caves Beneath Giza Plain

Although the title and advance news of this latest book by Andrew Collins promotes the discovery of a vast cave network beneath the Giza plain, in fact that part of the book is just one section of the volume.

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'Half the Sky' a Horrendous, Yet Uplifting Account of Women's Struggles and Triumphs

The fight for equality in the Third World is nothing like the fight for equality in America. Here it is about equal pay or access to birth control or sexual harassment. In the Third World, it is about nothing less than the fight for your right to live.

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Taking Antacids, Ranitidine Leads to Higher Odds of Flu Complications

Studies from decades ago have shown that patients who are taking antacids or Ranitidine have twice the rate of complications of influenza, including pneumonia.

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International Renewable Energy Agency is in -- Abu Dhabi?

It's true. The new headquarters for the International Renewable Energy Agency will be in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, which is better known for its non-renewable energy, in the form of old-fashioned petroleum.

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Minnesota to Add 30K to Rolls of Uninsured

As a result of Minnesota's continuing failure of will in dealing with its budget deficit, the General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) program has been eliminated.

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Newsviner Gets Satisfaction After Underwear Letdown

As far as consumer issues go, underwear is not a hot topic of debate. We just put them on in the morning and go. But when this Newsviner bought a pack of Fruit of the Loom, and they promptly started falling apart, she took action.

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Oil Found in Ghana, While Exports from Nigeria Dip

Bonds invested in Ghana's nascent oil industry rose sharply in value over the past year. They nearly doubled between November 2008 and July 2009. Ghana is working to broaden its exports beyond cocoa and gold.

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There's Only One Man to Beat (poem to KC Chiefs)

There's only one man to beat, Can the QB take the heat? What goes through your mind, Gilbie, When a Raider's clear to catch the ball And no one's stopping Cassel as the Chiefs' back is to the wall. You the man, Gilbie, you the man. There's a time to step up, you the man. What go …

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It Would Take You 14 YEARS to Read Your Own DNA

Each cell in your body contains roughly three gigabytes of data. Three gigabytes, for newbies to the cyber world, is three billion bytes.

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Minneapolis Arrests in Stolen Capitol One Data Scheme

The U.S. Secret Service made arrests last Wednesday, Sept. 2, in a case that combined elements of international fraud, credit card data, luxury auto exports, and counterfeit credit cards.

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The Truth About Page 425 of the Healthcare Reform Bill; NO, They are NOT Going to Put Granny to Death

No doubt most of you have heard by now several wild rumors about the various healthcare reform bills now being considered by the Congress.

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A Love Letter to 'Casablanca'

It came as very much a surprise that the much-loved film Casablanca wound up on a list of most over-rated films recently.

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Wal-Mart Aims to Grow by Banking for the Unbanked

Two years after giving up on chartering an industrial bank in Utah, Wal-Mart us busy carving out a niche in banking for the unbanked.

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Latest Marilyn Monroe Bio Finds Family Secrets, Identity of Father

You would think after dozens of books and a handful of movies about this quintessential sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, that there was nothing new to reveal. But author J.

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Noory's 'Dark Matter' Project Revives Sci-Fi Anthology

Volume One in the Dark Matter series of film shorts is an ambitious attempt to deliver provocative sci-fi to eager audiences. The five stories in the series are all introduced by George Noory, better known for his late-night radio show Coast to Coast.

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The Best-Kept Secret in Cheap College Credits

What if you did not have to fork out the full charge for those liberal-arts courses that have nothing to do with your major? What if you could actually get credit for what you already know? What if you could self-study, take a test, and voila! Instant (well, almost instant) colle …

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'Undiscovered Country' a first novel of son solving father's murder in love triangle

The son was certain that his father would not shoot himself while they were deer hunting together, leaving him to discover the body. No, that did not seem like something his dad would do.

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'Dear Zachary' documentary tracks tragedy of murder of Dr. Bagby and son

When a woman scorned killed a young doctor and later her toddler son, she not only left a small Pennsylvania town bereft of a beloved family doctor, she turned a set of California grandparents into activists for changes in Canadian bail bond law.

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Job Seekers Need Online Portfolio, Stored Free at eFolio World

Never has it been more important to show prospective employers that you are computer and internet savvy. One of the best ways is to create an online portfolio that contains your resume, references, samples of your work, and other artifacts in a handy showcase.

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Those Bad Old Red Scare Days are Fodder for Hollywood Murder Mystery [bk. review]

Ben Collier takes the train to go to his brother's side at the hospital after a suspicious fall off a hotel balcony. It is Hollywood just after WWII, and Paulette Goddard and some other starlets are on the train along with a studio head.

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Kentucky Derby Museum Hit by Flash Floods After Record Rains [with update]

UPDATE: The Kentucky Derby Museum, after initially announcing that nothing was believed to have been destroyed in the August flood, has now realized that thousands of Museum possessions will have to be written off. Every exhibit was affected to some extent by the Aug.

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"The 13th Hour" Achieves Excellence as Thriller and More

Richard Doetsch' latest novel, The 13th Hour, is the book I wish I had written. It is billed as a thriller, but it is so much more. It has elements of the whodunit, the murder mystery, the love story, the heist, the disaster movie, science fiction, and a journey of the spirit.

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My New Year's resolution is to drink less coffee and more TEA! Loves old movies and TV shows, with a recent inroad into foreign films.

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