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Saints ballpark estimates: Just a bit high?
By May 17, 2013, 05:51 PMThe economic impacts used in an application for state funding amount to wishful thinking.
Do more to get impaired drivers off U.S. roads
By May 17, 2013, 05:43 PMIt is surprising how few drinks can impair a driver’s judgment. A report from the National Transportation Safety Board estimates...
Up north, a sea to explore
By Juliette Kayyem, Boston Globe May 17, 2013, 05:51 PMIt’s summertime in the Arctic, and the U.S. still has no effective strategy for coping with the big melt.
Americans, your patriotic duty is to ask for a raise
By Barbara Garson May 17, 2013, 05:51 PMCorrecting an imbalance is what our economy needs now.
DFL snubs the middle as it swings by
By MICHAEL T.P. SWEENEY, Star Tribune Chairman May 16, 2013, 06:15 PMThe party could have avoided the GOP’s strategical errors — but didn’t.
Advance of the drones
By Joshua Foust May 16, 2013, 06:15 PMNew technologies may allow weapons of war to make their own decisions. Frightening in a ‘Terminator’ way, yes. But might...
University of Minnesota research case is not a scandal
By Aaron Friedman May 16, 2013, 06:15 PMDan Markingson’s case was a tragedy, but it is not a scandal.
In New York, Rybak voices frustration with gun availability
By Scott Gillespie, Star Tribune May 15, 2013, 06:09 PMNEW YORK – Two U.S. mayors who are all too familiar with the toll of gun violence on city streets...
Minnesota's tax-and-spend policy: Everyone pays
By Scott Gill May 15, 2013, 06:34 PMWe’re all going to bear the burden of our elected officials’ appetite for spending, and actually, the ride is going...
Scandals bolster case for government restraint
By John Dickerson, Slate May 15, 2013, 06:32 PMThe recent slew of scandals bolsters the conservative case for restraint. What it could mean for the ideological landscape and...
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