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Twin Cities area is wonderful urban center, with crucial links to Canada
By JAMSHED MERCHANT December 21, 2012, 06:03 PMCanada is the largest export market for Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Two-way trade supports 180,000 jobs in the state, says Canada's new consul general in Minneapolis.
Bailouts -- now, about the bill
By EDITORIAL, Washington Post December 21, 2012, 06:13 PMThe total taxpayer loss on the auto companies comes to $20.3 billion.
U.S.-Canada: Two countries, increasingly intertwined
By JOHN RASH, Star Tribune December 21, 2012, 06:08 PMA lot of goodwill flows between America and Canada, the Minnesota International Center's 2013 focus country.
Move along, folks: Nothing to see here
By GREG SARGENT, Washington Post December 21, 2012, 06:08 PMThe NRA's main strategy after Newtown is to distract us.
Congress stalls on rape-kit testing
By Melinda Henneberger, Washington Post December 21, 2012, 12:20 PMThis group of lawmakers won't pass a bill guaranteed to get a bunch of rapists off the street at no cost.
The 10 worst predictions of 2012
By Joshua E. Keating, Foreign Policy December 21, 2012, 12:06 PMMy picks for the biggest bloopers.
Americans' thirst for revenge
By MARK OSLER December 20, 2012, 08:16 PMRevenge is a vile emotion -- and in America, one of the most revered. In the mind of an unstable, armed man, that ideal can become unthinkably tragic.
Cashing in on doomsday
By JILL BURCUM, Star Tribune December 20, 2012, 09:24 PMMany so-called end-of-the-world prophets are really all about profit.
Gun lobby counts on our complacence
By E.J. DIONNE JR., Washington Post December 20, 2012, 09:04 PMSure, after Newtown, people want action. But just wait ...
Wrong answers for Newtown
By STEVE CHAPMAN December 20, 2012, 08:38 PMWhy the proposed solutions won't work.
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