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Online donors send Jamaican bobsled team to Sochi

Online donors send Jamaican bobsled team to Sochi

After word went out that Jamaica's two-man bobsled team had qualified to compete in Sochi next month -- but didn't have money to go to Russia -- Internet donors saved the day.

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Photo: Ripping up the Metrodome

Photo: Ripping up the Metrodome

Remember how they used to say it’s “always 72 degrees inside” in the Metrodome? Not so much these days.
by Tim Nelson

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Saints ballpark wins Met Council clean-up grant

The Metropolitan Council will shoulder some of the cost of cleaning up the contaminated piece of land where St. Paul is building its new minor league ballpark.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Lawsuit dismissed, Vikings stadium builders must close finance gap

Vikings stadium builders in Minneapolis say they’re figuring out how to get financing back on track today after the Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed the final legal challenge to the facility’s funding plan. A pair of suits threatened to set back the construction, and possibly delay the opening into the 2017 season. Stadium opponent Doug Mann’s Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Guess who's singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl?

Guess who's singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl?

She's probably not among your first, or second, or 10th, or 20th-round guesses, but the NFL announced that American soprano Renee Fleming will sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2. She's the first-ever opera singer to be given the honor
by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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Hunt is on for at least one 'black widow' in Sochi

Hunt is on for at least one 'black widow' in Sochi

Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, who was in Sochi on to assess the situation said he was impressed by the work of Russian security forces but troubled that potential suicide bombers had gotten into the city, despite all of the extraordinary security measures.
by Mark Memmott

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Minn. Supreme Court dismisses Vikings stadium suit

Minn. Supreme Court dismisses Vikings stadium suit

The decision Tuesday clears a late obstacle that threatened to hold up construction and delay a planned 2016 opening. Minnesota finance officials postponed a $468 million bond sale while the case was pending.
by Tim Nelson

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Hunting for a 'Black Widow' in Sochi

Hunting for a 'Black Widow' in Sochi

"She was reportedly spotted in downtown Sochi, which is supposed to be under heavy security in the run-up to the Winter Games. It wasn't clear how the woman was able to get through the security cordon around the city, or why police have been unable to locate her," NPR's Corey Flintoff reports.
by Mark Memmott

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Movin’ on up: workers to install tower crane at Vikings stadium site

Movin’ on up: workers to install tower crane at Vikings stadium site

Masons were finishing the footing for a crane tower along 11th Avenue this afternoon, just east of the site of the new Vikings stadium. Mortenson Construction said the crane is scheduled to go up on the site this week, the first of five expected to stripe the Minneapolis skyline as the project proceeds. Builders also Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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