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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Land of 6 million sandbags: Where do they go?

    When your city faces a rising river, residents run on adrenaline for endless hours lining the river with sandbags to stop the flood. But what happens when the flood recedes and 6 million sandbags are left behind?

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Electrocute U.S. servicemen, win $35.4 million Iraq contract

    After faulty wiring kills a Minnesota sailor, KBR gets more electrical work.

  • Feature

    May 7, 2008

    Buried Treasure

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Water sports

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2008

    Colleen Mullins: Elysium: Urban Canopy Loss in Post-Katrina New Orleans at the Hands of Man

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2007

    Scuba-duba do

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2007

    Additional video could provide answers

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2007

    Louisiana wetlands: Last chance

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Movies

    February 14, 2007

    Katrina documentaries talk, argue, and fall silent before disaster

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2007

    Katrina: Changing winds? (plus Mardi Gras MPLS)

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Unknown

    August 9, 2006

    The Straight Dope®

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2006

    6/16: Morning Communique

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2006

    Why Nagin beat Juvenile

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2006

    New Orleans: Putting liberals to sleep

    On the Iron Range, the surging commodities market may bring prosperity. But it might also threaten one of the state's greatest natural resources.

  • Music

    February 1, 2006

    Livin' for the City

    How could a local band help save New Orleans? You don't know Jack.

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    New Orleans: Survivor Stories

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2005

    Survivor stories: NOPD officer who worked Convention Center describes the days after Katrina

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2005

    TV station: One levee break still pouring water in

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2005

    Fox: 17th Street canal levee break now 500 feet wide

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2005

    New Orleans is drowning

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2005

    You can't keep a bad project down

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    Carpe Carp Diem

    Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    In Pork We Trust

    Coleman and Dayton partner up to bring home the bacon

  • News

    October 9, 2002

    Let the River Run

    Many years ago, before the locks & dams were built, the Mississippi River ran wild through the heart of Minneapolis. Why not again?

  • News

    December 6, 2000

    Frost Bites

    So winter makes you think of mulled cider, snow angels, and Jack Frost nipping at your nose? Well, then, shut up and go away.

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Crippled Creek

    After a century of empty promises, Minneapolis officials are finally poised to spruce up the polluted waterway that meanders through the city's north side. What changed? The buying power of the people who will live there.

  • Arts

    July 7, 1999

    Subterranean Homesick Blues

    An archaeologist, two bottles of whiskey, and the cavemen of the Mississippi: Digging for the city beneath the city

  • Books

    September 2, 1998

    Ready for LEGO Day?

    You name it, the mayor's proclaimed it

  • News

    September 24, 1997

    Rule of the Bone

    After a century of hoarding American Indian remains, scientists are being forced to return their specimens. But the bodies may not go back into the ground without a fight.

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