2008

January

• Martin Luther King Speech Recalled

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration 1/20 - 1/22

July

• Albert Lea-based troops to return home from Kosovo

• G-8 leaders face rising expectations at summit

• Weather helps crews battling Calif’s biggest fire

• Can General Motors Recover?

• Does Osama bin Laden Still Matter?

• Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection

• Hey Buddy - can you spare a million?

• Americans’ unhappy birthday: ‘Too much wrong right now’

• Memo touts disrupting transport for the RNC

• Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress

• Twin fires raging along California central coast

• Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses

• Bachmann, Davis, Cole and Big Oil: At Least They Have Each Other

• MINNESOTA TO COLEMAN: WE CAN’T WAIT 22 YEARS FOR HELP

• Walz to Announce More than $766,000 in Grants for Highway 14 Improvements

• What Patriotism Is, and Is Not

• Coleman Still Won’t — or Can’t — Show How He’s Receiving Market Value

• 3 rescued US hostages arrive safely in Texas

• DFL Party Holds Norm Coleman’s Feet to the Fire

• U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE AL FRANKEN ADDRESSES ENERGY CRISIS

• RAND Releases Delayed Iraq History

• Three US Hostages Rescued in Colombia

• Entire town of Big Sur, Calif., evacuated for fire

• Betancourt: Rescue in Colombia was ‘impeccable’

• WALZ ADDRESSES SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES

• National Guard troops set to relieve fire crews

• State of our Minnesota Economy

• Teen Summer Employment is Bleak

• TALES FROM THE OVERSIGHT-FREE ZONE

• Abeler, who bucked Pawlenty, seeks reelection

• Citibank ATM breach reveals PIN security problems

• Ill. Democrats face off in rare impeachment fight

• DFLers claim Sen. Coleman’s D.C. digs break Senate rules

June

• Norm Coleman’s Sweetheart Deal May Violate Senate Ethics

• NEW GI BILL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY SIGNED INTO LAW

• Peterson says VA will open Alexandria outpatient clinic in 2009

• The Nuclear Expert Who Never Was

• Great Lakes compact focus shifting to Congress

• Florida prepares for 1st execution since foul up

• As river rushes into Mo. town, residents file out

• California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism

• New Laws Effective July 1, 2008

• Obama leads McCain in independent Minn. poll

• MN Poll Results (Obama & Franken) 6-26-08

• The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush

• Wildfire threatens 500 homes in Big Sur, Calif.

• Nintendo DS teaches English in school

• PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DELCARATION FOR MN COUNTIES

• Fossil of most primitive 4-legged creature found

• 345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts

• WALZ FIGHTS TO STOP GAS PRICE GOUGING

• Plastics expert wins $500K Lemelson-MIT award

• Wireless hospitals systems can disrupt med devices

• WALZ FIGHTS FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE

• Put one of These In your Garage

• ‘We’re in kind of a fragile position’

• Don Imus says he was making a ‘sarcastic point’

• FIVE YEARS LATER COLEMAN STILL SAYS IT WAS RIGHT TO INVADE IRAQ

• Life, Liberty, Water

• WALZ ON GI BILLS

• Don Imus says race comment was misunderstood

• New Walker performing arts season dreams big

• Klobuchar urging federal government to speed relief

• Forecaster: End is near to Mississippi River rise

• Cable ads attacking Verizon confuse consumers

• Calif. firefighters wrestle with hundreds of blazes

• 700 missing after Philippines typhoon sinks ferry

• CLERGY ENDORSE EVOLUTION, REJECT “INTELLIGENT DESIGN” - Part 4

• WALZ ANNOUNCES NCLB ‘TIME-OUT’ BILL

• Scientists ponder whether ice on Mars ever melted

• N.M. school tries to reach students via podcast

• HOUSTON COUNTY TO RECEIVE $180,000 IN USDA EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FUNDS

• WALZ ANNOUNCES $2.2 MILLION GRANT FOR OWATONNA AIRPORT

• WALZ TO ANNOUNCE NCLB ‘TIME OUT’ BILL ON SATURDAY

• Flooding strands 100-plus barges on Mississippi

• WALZ OPPOSES FISA AMENDMENTS ACT

• Floods create economic catastrophe in Midwest

• Culver aides: McCain ignored governor’s request to cancel Iowa visit

• TALES FROM THE OVERSIGHT-FREE ZONE

• Bush, by air and foot, gets firsthand look at Iowa cities inundated by flooding

• Former U.S. Sen. Barkley won’t run this year

• Airport volunteers welcome troops back stateside

• Engineer is first sentenced for economic espionage

• Small towns suffer big losses as rivers rise

• NORM COLEMAN AND GEORGE BUSH JOIN HANDS AGAIN TO RAISE CAMPAIGN CASH

• Norm Coleman Still Thinks Iraq War Was a Good Idea

• DFL Party Announces New Communications Team

• WALZ, KLOBUCHAR, COLEMAN URGE QUICK ACTION FROM BUSH ON DISASTER DECLARATION

• FRANKEN UNVEILS NEW AD

• Franken’s first ad focuses on Iraq war

• Poll: Coleman has strong lead with or without Ventura candidacy

• A Primer for Young People Starting Their First Job

• Franken favors Iraq withdrawal in TV ad

• Flood victims worry: What’s in the water?

• Feds: 26 levees could overflow if sandbags fail

• Dozens of gay couples get married in California

• Honda rolls out new zero-emission car

• Iowa City’s flood protections face a marathon test

• 1st looks at flooded Cedar Rapids, Iowa, homes

• Hundreds ordered to flee homes in Iowa City

• Receding Cedar Rapids flood reveals wide damage

• Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario

• Cedar Rapids flood recedes but cleanup remains

• CLERGY ENDORSE EVOLUTION REJECT INTELLIGENT DESIGN / CREATION - Part 3

• Oberstar, Peterson, Walz Endorse Obama/Franken Ticket

• New Polls: Minnesotans are Fed Up with Failed Republican Policies

• WALZ, PETERSON CELEBRATE ENACTMENT OF NEW FARM BILL; CITE BENEFITS TO MN

• Poll finds Ventura would do damage to Coleman, Franken

• Walz to visit new Mankato VA Satellite Clinic on opening day

• Mars lander probes first microscope sample

• NBC’s Tim Russert dies at 58 of heart attack

• Tornado touchdowns, damage reported in southern Minnesota

• 4 dead, 48 injured as tornado hits Boy Scout camp

• RNC protesters go back to court over march route

• To solve racial disparities, parents, schools call truce

• Sandbagged levee holds in Iowa, protects city

• Flash floods inundate Wis. town for 2nd time

• Severe weather kills 8; water rises in Indiana

• Unknown problem interrupts Mars lander’s task

• Severe weather kills 5; water rises in Indiana

• CLERGY ENDORSE EVOLUTION REJECT INTELLIGENT DESIGN/CREATION - Part 2

• Wealthy Americans Under Scrutiny in UBS Case

• FTC opens formal probe of Intel chip business

• FTC opens formal probe of Intel chip business

• Franken wins endorsement for Senate in Minnesota

• Franken wins endorsement for U.S. Senate on first ballot

• No nomination surprises

• Bangs and Booms Accompany DFL Convention Coverage

• Caribbean monk seal becomes extinct

• DFLers gather in Rochester to decide Senate race

• Message on the floor: Democrats unite

• Dean Does Rochester

• An endorsement? Bob Dylan sizes up Obama in rare interview

• Delta CFO meets with Northwest pilots

• New TV ad scolds Coleman for taking oil industry funds

• GOP blasts Franken over quotes in ‘95 article

• Tornado tears through swath of Minnesota

• Gas prices hamper home care providers

• Mayor hopes ferry will ease Winona driving problems

• Road to DFL nomination gets bumpier for Franken

• Al Gore warmly endorses Franken

• Secret Plan Revealed to Keep Iraq Under U.S. Control

• Coleman to Ford: Keep plant open

• Report: ‘Less investment, less return’

• WALZ STATEMENT ON HWY 43 BRIDGE CLOSURE

• A Day At Tim Walz’s Economic Summit

• Growing Biobusiness is Key to Economic Development

• WALZ SUMMIT ADDRESSES MAJOR ECONOMIC ISSUES FACING MINNESOTANS

• Minnesotans to Republicans: We Want Change!

• FACT CHECK: Coleman’s GOP Convention Acceptance Speech

• Nelson-Pallmeyer: A Momentous Day for the Campaign

May

• Rove blasts Dems. at Republican state convention

• Franken worries ripple through DFL

• More than 1,000 volunteers to clean up tornado-ravaged Hugo

• Texas agency under magnifying glass over sect raid

• Pawlenty exhorts GOP to restore optimism of Reagan era

• CLERGY ENDORSE EVOLUTION REJECT INTELLIGENT DESIGN / CREATION SCIENCE - Part 1

• Coleman endorsed to run for his own Senate seat

• Snag in deal to return Texas sect kids to parents

• Consumers will soon know the (credit) score

• State Republicans have much work to do as they open convention in Rochester

• State GOP convention opens today

• Franken’s porn story has party in a lather

• A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue

• 111 nations adopt cluster bomb treaty

• Vatican: excommunication for female priests

• Sect members waiting for children to be returned

• Court: Sect children should be returned to parents

• Convention Cash: GOP on Track while Dems Struggle

• Iceland shaken by magnitude 6.1 earthquake

• Opposition forms against gay marriage rights in NY

• Rasmussen: Coleman-Franken race tightens

• Tom Bakk for MN governor? He’ll test his appeal

• Twin Cities mayors make a Minnesota pitch to press

• DFL renews attack on Coleman links to lobby firms

• New York to recognize out-of-state gay marriage

• Intel CEO: Smaller gadgets will expand market

• WALZ ANNOUNCES ALCOHOL ABUSE REDUCTION GRANT TO AUSTIN SCHOOL DISTRICT

• Fine arts/great outdoors drive kicks off

• Ron Paul to visit before state GOP convention

• Making the world better, one chestnut at a time

• After America

• Agreement may mean end of cable set-top boxes

• YouTube suit called threat to online communication

• Astronaut from tiny Minn. town will soon be in space

• Iowa town measures the loss after deadly tornado

• Iowa town measures the loss after deadly tornado

• ‘Vote, honor a vet

• MINNESOTA POLITICS NOTEBOOK: Corn industry fights back against talk that ethanol raises food prices

• Community restores abandoned church

• Powerful storms kill 8 in Iowa and Minnesota

• Environmental ministers seek deep emissions cuts

• The Fall of Conservatism

• Bracing for a shortage: A sizable chunk of workers near retirement

• Canadian government report on NAFTA controversy clears 2 top officials

• Calif. quake scientists detail impact of ‘Big One’

• Spacecraft on track to make historic Mars landing

• Crews struggle to contain California wildfire

• ONLINE ADS EXPOSE COLEMAN’S ALLEGIANCE TO BIG OIL

• Texas seizure of polygamist-sect kids thrown out

• Access to next-gen Internet may be uneven

• Court: Texas had no right to take polygamists’ kids

• Texas officials rebuffed at sect ranch’s gate

• President has few fans left in Minnesota

• WALZ INTRODUCES VETERANS PAIN CARE LEGISLATION

• Playboy, junta tied to Senate hopefuls

• Did the Soviets Sink the USS Scorpion?

• The Bushes and Hitler’s Appeasement

• Robot digger set to land Sunday at Martian pole

• Comcast invests in P2P video-delivery startup

• Official: Polygamist leader’s son was OK at ranch

• Poll: Good news for Coleman, bad for Franken

• Florida under dense smoke adivsory amid wildfires

• Veepwatch: Biden Blasts Bush

• How analysts in the Arab world see the Iraq war

• What is Texas’ plan for kids of polygamous sect?

• Computing Evolution Looms on the Horizon

• The Next Senator from Minnesota Will Be…

• Lawmakers concerned over Charter TV’s use of Web tracking

• Texas assesses whether sect ‘girls’ are adults

• Schwinghammer Resigns DFL Post

• WALZ APPLAUDS D.O.E. ON QUICK ACTION ON RISING GAS PRICES

• DFL Party, Ashwin Madia Welcome DCCC Chairman Van Hollen to Minnesota

• Why Won’t Norm Coleman Give the Money Up?

• Kabul Shambles Makes Sorry Spectacle for US, NATO

• WALZ VOTES FOR HISTORIC EXPANSION OF GI BILL

• Franken hires Mankato native as campaign manager

• Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling

• Franken brings on new campaign chief, Minn. native has experience unseating incumbents

• WALZ RESOLUTION PRAISING WSU WARRIORS PASSES HOUSE

• McCain’s wife sells more than $2 million in Sudan-related investments

• More rain expected over storm-weary Louisiana

• DFL Party Calls on Bachmann to Return DCI Contribution

• HOUSE PASSES FARM BILL WITH KEY WALZ INITIATIVES

• HOUSE PASSES BI-PARTISAN BILL TO ADDRESS SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES

• 10-year-old scholar takes Calif. college by storm

• Pawlenty joke about his sex life reverberates across Web

• Televangelist John Hagee apologizes for stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church

• Anonymous rape tests are going nationwide

• Tornado deaths underscore risks of taking shelter in cars

• Old gas pumps can’t handle ever-rising prices

• Polygamy sect parents say state has scattered children

• MIT students show power of open cell phone systems

• No cakewalk: To get to November, Franken has to pass test from popular prof

• Tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town might not rebuild

• Religious right leaning toward Democrats?

• Marines Use Prisoners to Train Dogs

• 3 students suspended for not standing for Pledge of Allegiance

• Minnesota among worst in nation for drinking and driving

• For Mayo Clinic, $1 billion within reach

• Reality Check: Who’s To Blame For High Gas Prices?

• Vietnam-Era Vet Reports for Duty

• Icy fishing opener poses challenges

• Rochester schools have plan to close achievement gap

• Car full of weapons lands US soldier in Mexican jail

• WALZ VOTES TO ADDRESS HOUSING CRISIS, BOLSTER STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIES

• Michele Bachmann: Officially Shameless

• More on Farm Bill Conference Agreement

• Rep. Colin Peterson announces farm bill conference agreement

• GOP convention gets a new spin: Free bikes

• Sen. Norm Coleman says candidate Al Franken has shifted stances on positions, demeanor

• Lobster boat builders pinched as catch drops, economy slows

• Flap over Web sites mocking rival prompts Alaska Democrat to give up congressional race

• Big investors join Clearwire’s WiMax plan

• Air pollution in Wyo. community rivals that of big cities

• WALZ RECOGNIZES NATIONAL TEACHER DAY

• Medtronic pulls some heparin-coated devices

• Protesters ask court for help with GOP convention permit

• Nun working Ind. poll turns fellow sisters away for lacking photo ID under state’s new law

• NC voters back Lt. Gov. bid for governor; Former Ind. congresswoman wins after tight race

• Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting

• Democrats May Be at a Critical Turn in the Race

• President’s daughter to say `I do’ at Texas ranch on Saturday

• Poll shows voters reacting to Franken tax woes

• Hastings National Guard battalion on way to Iraq

• Olson loses GOP endorsement to Kiffmeyer

• Sea lions shot dead on Columbia River as salmon battle rages

• WALZ ANNOUNCES PAIN CARE LEGISLATION AT DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CONVENTION

• DFL Party Congratulates Steve Sarvi on Winning Second District Endorsement

• Refresher: Second District a Minefield for Kline’s Prospects

• John Kline: AWOL in the Fight for Minnesota’s Middle Class

• America’s Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers

• Strib bust? Local paper nears bankruptcy, NY Post reports

• Neighbors at the Table

• Amtrak plans multi-city celebration of ‘National Train Day’ (5/10/08)

• Film on Abu Ghraib Puts Focus on Paid Interviews

• Iraq vet will fight Kline for 2nd District

• Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car

• Warrant dropped against man named in polygamist retreat raid

• SEC. OF AG. AGREES TO WALZ REQUEST FOR ACTION TO HELP AMERICA’S PORK PRODUCERS

• Five Years Later, Coleman Still Wrong on War

• Pawlenty’s Double Standard for McCain

April

• DFL leaders say they still back Franken

• Texas officials looking at possible abuse among FLDS boys

• Teens’ summer plans hurt by economy too

• Teens’ summer plans hurt by economy too

• Lawmakers taking hard line with Northwest, Delta

• Speaker Pelosi Meets With mtvU’s Editorial Board

• Man gets prison after hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails

• Franken pays $70,000 back taxes, penalties

• Scientists seek clues as Reno earthquakes keep shaking

• FLDS teen gives birth to boy while Texas officials stand by

• Erik Paulsen: So Far Right, He’s Wrong for the Third

• House Republicans Trying to Distract from Do-Nothing Record

• Coleman on Abysmal Health-Care Record: “Nothing in Here That Keeps Me Up at Night”

• 15 Die in Mexico Border Shootout

• Rove tells Obama how to win

• 31 of 53 teen girls at FLDS ranch are pregnant or had baby

• Coping with soaring prices for the basics

• The Talk

• Series of quakes takes toll on rattled residents of Reno

• Declaration of Independence coming to Minnesota History Center 5/6 - 18

• This Time We Mean It: The Youth Vote Matters

• Now, This Is Campaign Fatigue

• Congress and Minnesota Need More of Tim Walz

• Who’s biggest spender at the Legislature?

• Second attempt pays off for DFLer Tinklenberg

• 6th District DFLers endorse Tinklenberg to run against Bachmann

• Medical marijuana patients face transplant hurdles

• Constitutional questions raised by Texas roundup of sect children

• ISSUES OF FAIR TRADE

• Delta not moving HQ north, legislators hear

• Business mishaps threaten Franken campaign

• Madonna shows her documentary on Malawi at Tribeca festival

• Fort Riley atheist soldier speaks out on lawsuit

• U.S. Private-Jet Fuel Taxes Rise 65% in Senate Accord (Update2)

• House News

• Franken accountants looking into extent of tax problem

• Fair is Fair

• Food Riots Erupt Worldwide

• Bachmann’s DFL challengers face off Saturday

• Many states appear to be in recession as deficits grow

• Texas officials believe another 25 moms at sect are under 18

• DFL Party Releases Web Video Showing How Norm Coleman Puts Oil and Gas Companies Ahead of Everyday M

• On Energy, Minnesota Leaders Call for Change in Washington

• High School Project on Genocide Was a Portent of Real-Life Events

• Walz to host two Healthcare Economic Summits on Monday, April 28th

• WALZ: $4.28 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AIRPORTS

• WALZ: Investigate Possible Cover-up of Vet Suicides

• Bush awards heart surgeon DeBakey Congressional Gold Medal

• Big Oil or Minnesota? You pick.

• DWIs highest in Midwest; Minnesota is third

• Rosemount voters deny funds for athletic fields

• Experts fear nation’s waterways need rescuing _ from us

• Polygamist sect kids leave shelter for foster care, for now

• Polygamist sect kids leave shelter for foster care, for now

• China’s Huawei jumping into US market one step at a time

• Hawking: Unintelligent life is likely on other planets

• PELOSI AND WALZ HEAR FROM LOCAL MINNESOTA VETERANS

• FRANKEN LAUNCHES “GREEN JOBS” TOUR

• North Dakota oil find is a big one

• Magnitude-4.0 aftershock reported from Midwest earthquake

• DNA samples taken from polygamists’ kids

• A Switch on the Tracks: Railroads Roar Ahead

• Skype to sell unlimited international calls for $9.95/monthSkype to sell unlimited international cal

• Lack of Skilled Workers Will Create Fiscal Crisis Experts Say

• Black colleges seeking more financial support from alumni

• Rowley reserves Harriet Island for gathering during GOP convention

• It’s Clear: Senator Coleman Postures for the Election Year

• Harry Potter case illustrates blurry line in copyright law

• Republicans set to endorse Paulsen for Congress

• Polygamous-sect children ordered to stay in Texas custody

• Scientists say Midwest quakes poorly understood

• Pope Benedict XVI working to clean up priesthood

• Benedict becomes first pope to visit American synagogue

• Texas polygamist sect is accused of indoctrinating girls

• Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger

• FCC wrangles over ‘Net neutrality’ issue

• March the warmest on record over world land surfaces

• 5.4 earthquake rocks Illinois; felt 450 miles away

• Polygamous-sect hearing in Texas descends into farce

• Obama and Clinton fizzle in Philly

• An Open Letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos

• Hearing for children at polygamist retreat grinds to a halt

• Party-Line Leader Paulsen Pursues Ideological Agenda Far Outside Mainstream

• Walz Co-sponsors Legislation to Require Transparency in Congressional Earmark Process

• Brian Davis on Energy: Extreme, Not Mainstream

• States Tackle Foreclosures In Absence of Federal Help

• Texas judge holding custody hearing for polygamists’ kids

• More pork plant workers getting mysterious illness

• Dalai Lama gives surprise message in Rochester

• Rep. Bachmann’s office has high turnover rate

• Franken corporation didn’t file tax returns in California from ‘03-07

• MIT prof Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory, dies at 90

• Democrats Accuse GOP Campaign Arm Of Covertly Writing Ad

• Arizona also received abuse report on polygamous sect

• Texas defends taking children from polygamous compound

• Texas defends separation of polygamist sect kids from moms

• Pope lands in US, vows to fight clergy sex abuse

• WAYS AND MEANS HOUSING TAX PACKAGE IMPROVES ON SENATE VERSION

• Regulators Fail Investors - An interview with Arthur Levitt

• Women of Polygamist Retreat Speak Out

• The Mayo physician won the GOP’s backing, but still faces a primary challenge against Sen. Dick Day.

• Mothers of Some Children Forced to Leave

• Work Begins for Delta and Northwest

• Delta Air, Northwest to Merge, Create Largest Carrier (Update1)

• Delta and Northwest Push Toward Merger

• Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket

• Mondale doesn’t join call for boycotting Olympic ceremonies

• ‘Major civic festival’ set for GOP convention

• Forecast: Big Quake Likely in Calif.

• The incredible shrinking city

• Sect Investigation Moving to Courtroom

• Asian, European Markets Fall

• The Petraeus-Crocker Show Gets the Hook

• Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe

• Papal Visit Provokes Array of Protests

• Sect Mothers Appeal to Texas Governor

• Detroit Sets Bold Goal:

• It’s Occupation, Not War

• Crowd gathers at Capitol to rally against taxes

• Unusual Earthquakes Measured Off Oregon

• Poll: Catholics Embrace Faith, Not Mass

• American Returns All MD-80s to Service

• DFL Party Congratulates Ashwin Madia

• The Next President’s First Task [A Manifesto]

• Great Expectations for a Conservative Group Seem All but Dashed

• Bill Clinton, in former mill town, says manufacturing can return

• Norway’s ambassador coming to Minnesota, other states in region

• Library of Congress Opens Vaults for TV

• A canceled flight doesn’t always mean a refund

• FRANKEN CAMPAIGN RAISES $2.17 MILLION IN Q1

• Stolen and sensitive military equipment found on Internet sales sites

• American Cuts More Flights; Fliers Fume

• Veterans Address War in Iraq, Veterans’ Healthcare

• Are Recession and Quagmire the Right Decisions

• Conservative Bias Alleged in Textbook

• American Cancels 900 More Flights

• Passage of health care reform legislation still possible, supporters say

• Frog Without Lungs Found in Indonesia

• Teens Made to Have Sex After Sect-Unions

• Olympic Torch Dodges S.F. Protesters

• Politics behind cuts in St. Paul, DFLers say

• Bush awards Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL who threw himself on grenade in Iraq

• Security High for Torch’s S.F. Stop

• Sect Accused of Marrying Pubescent Girls

• With No Light at the End of the Tunnel, More of the Same from Coleman

• US Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars

• Pump prices set records again

• US shoots down ADB strategic plan

• WALZ LAYS OUT DISTRICT’S NEEDS

• Local Nuke War Would Cause World Havoc

• Olympic Torch Arrives in San Francisco

• Washington Post Wins 6 Pulitzers

• 400-Plus Children at Polygamist Compound

• Coleman raises $2 million in year’s first quarter

• Airlines Fare Poorly in Quality Survey

• The Next Campaign Stop: Iraq Hearings

• Troopers Probe Texas Polygamist Compound

• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Russia’s new boss is not the same as the old for Bush

• Politician In Disquise

• Flute master Zamfir surprises press corps

• U events slated to mark Mondale’s 80th birthday

• Minnesota AFL-CIO Endorses Al!

• Al Franken for Senate Announces New Labor Endorsements!

• Walz On MN House Opting Out of No Child Left Behind

• Worth the time to read

• Tens of Thousands of Violent Crimals To Be Released?

• Walz Health Care Economic Summit

• St. Paul: Thumbs down to late bar hours for GOP convention

• Tighten Your Belt, Strengthen Your Mind

• Intel Unveils New Classmate PCs

• A Battalion’s Worth of Good Ideas

• Cell Boosters Coming for the Home

• North Dakota gets a double dose of Democrat

• Wisconsin voters curb governor’s rewriting power, which some critics call ‘Frankenstein veto’

• NWA CEO Will Have 8 Million Reasons To Leave

• 76,000 Households Face Disconnection

• Cops: 3rd-Graders Aimed to Hurt Teacher

• Ancient Bones Found in Wisconsin Cave

• Time Is Right for Linux PCs to Emerge

• SPEAKER PELOSI ACCEPTS WALZ INVITATION TO MEET WITH MINNESOTA VETERANS

• Sprint to Sell IPhone-Like Device

• Cities Unite to Push for Property Tax Relief

• 1,000 Teachers to Lose Jobs

• Cities cited for low high school graduation rates

March

• Some Asians Families in US Choosing Sons

• Food Price Inflation Changes How We Shop

• Yahoo Launches Site Focused on Women

• Where Should Conversation on Race Start?

• With ratings low and time short, Bush faces resistance from Europe over NATO expansion goals

• Rogues and layabouts of past are dropping by to make mischief in presidential race

• Bet You Didn’t Know About These Guys

• William F. Davnie: Yes, look in their eyes. (Look deeply.)

• An Rx for change

• Mickey Edwards: A country whose people rule

• Mayo doctor Brian Davis gets GOP nod in First District

• If You Want More of the Same, You’ll Love These Guys

• Lawyer: Gitmo Trials Pegged to ‘08 Campaign

• Jack Bert: Health-care fund is not Pawlenty’s piggy bank

• In Case You Think The U.S. Has an Exclusive on Problems

• Try this headline: Black Hole Eats Earth

• Norm Coleman: Bringing Corporate Special Interests Together

• DFL Party Files FEC Complaint Against American Future Fund

• Tickets for Obama speech in Grand Forks available online

• 5 prison employees investigated in Sara Jane Olson release

• China to Launch Trial of 3G Phones

• Coleman Campaigns Against Self