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Xcel finishing up Riverside plant emission-reduction conversion

Xcel finishing up Riverside plant emission-reduction conversion

Xcel Energy is celebrating the final stage of a $1 billion retrofit of its metro-area power plants. Tuesday afternoon, the company will dedicate the Riverside plant in northeast Minneapolis.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Weather hampers runway work, increasing delays at MSP

Reconstruction of a runway has caused some flight delays at the Twin Cities airport in the last couple of months, but bad weather can make having fewer runways even worse.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Dan Rather to speak at Minn. Planned Parenthood event

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather comes to Minneapolis on Tuesday to headline a fundraising dinner for Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.

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Children's Hospitals responds to surge in H1N1 cases

Children's Hospitals responds to surge in H1N1 cases

A surge in suspected cases of flu has forced a hospital in St. Paul to call in extra staff and open up some more treatment space for emergency room patients.
by Lorna Benson

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Penumbra Theater stages final Wilson work 'Radio Golf'

Penumbra Theater stages final Wilson work 'Radio Golf'

St. Paul's Penumbra Theater is regarded as one of the country's foremost interpreters of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson's work, making Penumbra's first staging of Wilson's last play, "Radio Golf," an event in the local theater scene.
by Chris Roberts

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2 Minnesota servicemen killed in Afghanistan

A Marine and an Army National Guardsman from Minnesota have died in combat in Afghanistan.

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Slow sales for Michele Bachmann action figure

Slow sales for Michele Bachmann action figure

If Rep. Michele Bachmann's popularity was judged by the sales of her new action figure, she'd be in trouble.
by Madeleine Baran

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Amtrak reports passenger loss of 1 million over past year

Amtrak said Monday its ridership dropped by more than 1 million passengers during the past year, but was still the second-highest year in the railroad's history.
by Dan Olson

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Minnesota Orchestra names replacement for Severinsen

Minnesota Orchestra names replacement for Severinsen

The Minnesota Orchestra Monday named Sarah Hicks as its principal conductor of Pops and Presentations.
by Euan Kerr

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Talking Volumes: James Ellroy on reading aloud

Author James Ellroy talks about what he listens for when writing a new book. Filmed live at the Fitzgerald Theater on October 7, 2009 with host Kerri Miller.

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