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U.S. Coast Guard

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Charlie rides a casket down the flooding Red River

    U.S. Coast GuardA flood is no place for a man in a casket with a homemade paddle.​All that was missing was the Grim Reaper. Or maybe Noah. Cass County authorities won't indulge the fool's stab at 15 minutes of fame by providing his last name, but they nabbed some guy called Charlie for riding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Betty McCollum wants to defund Pentagon NASCAR sponsorship

    McCollum isn't worried about NASCAR dads.​The biggest drags on the national debt are entitlements and military spending, and Rep. Betty McCollum thinks the Army's $7 million sponsorship deal with NASCAR is a fine place for the Pentagon trim spending. "It's just a waste of money," McCollum chi ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Fair-y Tales

    McCollum isn't worried about NASCAR dads.​The biggest drags on the national debt are entitlements and military spending, and Rep. Betty McCollum thinks the Army's $7 million sponsorship deal with NASCAR is a fine place for the Pentagon trim spending. "It's just a waste of money," McCollum chi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Troy Freihammer files papers to run against Michele Bachmann

    The Sartell resident's positions put him to the right of an already far-right incumbent.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Was someone riding ice on Lake Superior?

    Monday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteer

    It's not just Alliant Techsystems. Hundreds of small Minnesota companies are cashing in on America's defense industry.

  • 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.

  • Columns

    September 7, 2005

    Many Thousands Gone

    The first disaster was the hurricane. The second was the federal government's response.

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2005

    Slushy

    The first disaster was the hurricane. The second was the federal government's response.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Castaways

    St. Paul river rats bid farewell to their private paradise

  • Restaurants

    March 10, 2004

    Vegetarian Phoenixes

    Perennial pleasers Udupi and Tanpopo are even better following their rebirths

  • News

    August 13, 2003

    Life on the Mississippi

    Portraits of the urban river in words and pictures

  • Arts

    November 21, 2001

    Torn Between Two Lovers

    What Do You Get When You Combine a Sailor, a Mortician, and a Pregnant Teen?

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Holding The Line

    911 operators answer the phone 1,000 times a night. But what if the line goes down?

  • News

    February 12, 1997

    On the Trail of Amelia

    911 operators answer the phone 1,000 times a night. But what if the line goes down?

  • News

    December 4, 1996

    Winter Special

    911 operators answer the phone 1,000 times a night. But what if the line goes down?

  • News

    July 31, 1996

    What Big Oil Was Doing While You Were Fixing Your Solar Panel

    911 operators answer the phone 1,000 times a night. But what if the line goes down?

  • News

    July 24, 1996

    Freedom's Failure: Aliens Abduct Newt!

    911 operators answer the phone 1,000 times a night. But what if the line goes down?

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