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October 13, 2009 3:45 PM

Minneapolis asst. police chief nominated for U.S. Marshal

President Barack Obama Tuesday nominated Sharon Lubinski, a 20-year veteran of the Minneapolis police department, to the post. Obama said Lubinski has dedicated her career to protecting her fellow citizens.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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October 13, 2009 3:33 PM

Cargill using soybeans to lower oil use in foam

Cargill, the Minnetonka-based agricultural giant makes a soybean-based chemical used to produce furniture-grade foam, reducing the need for petroleum to make the foam we sit and sleep on.

by Martin Moylan

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October 13, 2009 2:54 PM

Condoleezza Rice to speak in Twin Cities

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak at an event in the Twin Cities in November.

by Madeleine Baran

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October 13, 2009 1:42 PM

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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October 13, 2009 12:34 PM

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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October 13, 2009 6:25 AM

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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October 13, 2009 3:00 AM

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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October 12, 2009 5:28 PM

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