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High speed rail will bypass Minnesota's third largest city, Rochester, according to a 

 recommendation by the Federal Railroad Administration.

The approved route would follow the existing Amtrak route that traces the Mississippi River between La Cross and St Paul.

 reports local lawmakers are calling the plan "

On Sunday, Congressman Tim Walz had just four colleagues among the 535 members of the House and Senate who had signed on to his bill prohibiting insider trading on Capitol Hill.

By Tuesday night, the number was approaching 35 and growing.

Walz hadn't become suddenly more persuasive over the weekend. The difference was a Sunday night broadcast by 60 Minutes about Congress being exempt from the insider trading laws that apply to other Americans who use non-public information to enrich themselves in the stock market (

Minnesota Independent staffer says lefty news site is shutting down

Minnesota Independent editor/reporter Jon Collins says he has been laid off and parent organization American Independent News Network will close the local and other state sites (

). After MinnPost's David Brauer blogged about the closure Minnesota Independent CEO 

Minnesotans lead nation in donating our time and money

Minnesota's 10,000 lakes aren't our only claim to fame: Those cabins around the lakes belong to some of the most philanthropic-minded residents in the nation (

Winter will now occupy our cities and roads, our rails and our minds. A generation will pass and Winter will cement its power. Only much later will the idea ferment that Winter may be defeated: Sprigs of warmth, green shoots of hope. It is then that the opposition will thaw Winter's Empire (

Wis. DNR warns hunters to watch for cougar

State wildlife officials are warning deer hunters to keep an eye out for a cougar roaming west-central and northern Wisconsin (

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High speed rail will bypass Minnesota's third largest city, Rochester, according to a recently approved recommendation by the Federal Railroad Administration.

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