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Chaney’s Anguish

Bill Moyers Disses Dems as “Spineless”

Change, Management, and National Economics

Accommodating the Needs of Others

Beware “inside sources” who say the public option is dead

The Dog Days of Summer

How Will Health Care Reform Go?

As Coal Retreats

Teaching, Learning, and Educational Challenges

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Clean energy event in Rochester tomorrow (Tuesday Sept 1st)

This is about people—not politics

State Fair Volunteers still needed

A Tribute to Senator Edward M. Kennedy

OFA canvass for healthcare in Spring Grove this Sunday

Another OFA Heathcare Canvass

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National Political News

Dem health bill would raise drug premiums

Obama cuts pay raises for federal workers

White House fires back at Sen. Enzi

Gates: Report details highs, lows of Afghan fight

Mayo Positions Itself on Health Care

New GOP tactic: The counter-town hall

Ridge: Talk of terror-alert politics exaggerated

Cheney Says He Was Proponent for Military Action Against Iran

Cheney: Politics driving CIA interrogation probe

Supreme Court to Revisit ‘Hillary’ Documentary

Blackwater tapped foreigners on secret CIA program

Kennedy remembered for his years in the Senate

Big business pushes for change in health care

Boxer: Appoint caretaker for Kennedy seat

Obama to honor Sen. Kennedy at funeral Mass

Hope fades for compromise on health bill

Health care foes compete to frame Kennedy’s legacy

Political luminaries pay tribute to Kennedy

Cops devised escape plan for lawmaker at town hall

Business groups target climate bill

Cash for Clunkers Ends on successful note

Topics of Interest

AP IMPACT: Tainted cocaine kills 3, sickens dozens

Wildfire makes menacing advance near Los Angeles

LA-area blaze size doubles, threatens 12,000 homes

SoCal wildfire surges in size, threatens thousands

Report: Many rural women in Minnesota lack access to basic health care

NASA resolves valve issue, aims for night launch

Calif. firefighters wage fierce wildfire battles

Economic News

Economists Are Split on Inflation

A Reluctance to Spend May Be a Legacy of the Recession

GDP declines 1 percent in 2Q, better than expected

First-time jobless claims expected to drop

New home sales, durable goods orders seen higher

Minnesota Government News

Quartet of committees address alleged Metro Gang Strike Force misconduct

State in race to October ARRA reporting requirement

DNR Legacy funding plans reviewed by House group

Minnesotans jam lines to join state health care plan

$6.1 Million in Recovery Act Money for Transportation Improvements

International News

Japan’s new leader a question mark over US ties

2 American, 2 British troops killed in Afghanistan

US general sends Afghan war review to Pentagon

Japan opposition takes on economy after landslide

Rise of a New Era in Japan

Even More

A/H1N1 influenza virus: the basics

Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why.

Outstate News (8-28-09)

More Sun for Less: Solar Panels Drop in Price

Outstate News (8-27-09)

Consumer Safety Agency Recalls 5.5 Million Window Shades