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Twins send Nishioka to Triple-A to start season
The Minnesota Twins have assigned struggling infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka to Triple-A Rochester in hopes that the Japanese import can find his game in the minor leagues.
Gophers skate past Badgers for NCAA women's hockey title
The Minnesota Gophers have watched their biggest rivals hoist the national championship trophy the last four seasons. Sarah Erickson and Noora Raty weren't about to let it happen again.
Taxes on those pull-tab machines, along with electronic bingo, are proposed to finance the $400 million dollar state share of a new, billion dollar stadium in downtown Minneapolis. But some of the charities that use pull-tabs and bingo now say a state gambling control board estimate of the amount of money electronic gambling would raise is highly optimistic.
For being first to Nome, Seavey wins $50,400 and a new truck. Sixty-six teams began the race on March 4. Twelve mushers have scratched.