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: Duluth, Bemidji, Rochester, Waite Park Grand Forks and Devils Lake mail processing centers part of Postal Service planned April 2012 cuts

 180 jobs will be lost in Minnesota alone.

North Country Food Bank needs bigger, better location

The impact of Crookston-based North Country Food Bank is being felt on a larger scale these days," 

, "with the NCFB's addition of North Country Food Shelf earlier this year and its rental of a back bay of Valley Technology Park two of the most obvious signs of its vital place in the region."

Pro fighter from Apple Valley gets 60 days jail for assaulting wife

: "A professional mixed martial arts fighter from Apple Valley was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in jail for a violent attack on his wife in June in which she was choked and punched repeatedly in the head and face."

, "are committed to working with public partners to examine most any suggested solution. And they are creative in offering some solutions themselves."

Op-Ed: Why the stadium idea will fail again

: "Frankly, the best option would be if the billionaire owners and the businesses that befriend the NFL the most would pay the full price tag, just like Jerry Jones did in Dallas. Then owners could build in the suburbs all they want. The public portion only would be donating the contaminated land in Arden Hills that used to be an Army dump and improving the transportation infrastructure.

The Stream"Sometimes you have to say provocative things or no one will listen." -Jesse Ventura on 

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Postal facilities in Duluth, Bemidji, Rochester and Waite Park will be closed in 2012, Minnesota is expected to lose 180 jobs. The planned closings are part of an effort to fix the U.S. Postal Service budget deficit.

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180 in Minn. to lose post office jobs, stadium divides news editorials, Ventura on being provocative

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