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Time for a St. Paul candidate’s friends to step up
We can only hope some of David Martinez's closest friends put an arm around his shoulder this week and off to provide a pathway to a helping hand. Martinez, a candidate for St. Paul's Ward 4 Council, is in a spiral.
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Minor league team’s ‘Millennial Night’ falls flat
That the St. Paul Saints, who clinched first place in promotion smarts years ago, haven't had a Millennial Night, is likely not an oversight. The franchise knows a third-rail when it sees one. Have you met the Montgomery Biscuits?
As sure as the day is long, a sign of the end of the free press is its refusal to stand against an assault on the institution by people who make their living by calling themselves journalists.
The locals in Sioux Falls lost their collective minds this week, thanks to a fairly non-descript tweet that Tom Hanks made early on Tuesday in support of James and Deborah Fallows' book.
In Duluth, "smart boards" were a focus of a $315 million dollar plan to add more technology to the classroom. But there's no such thing as "long range" in technology. It doesn't take long to be obsolete.
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