Tag: minneapolis
group name: mnlife
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October 09, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Beautiful? Useful? You tell me. From Minnesota Public Radio:
Bridge design is in, funding still in question
The plans have been unveiled and the contract is signed for the new 35W bridge. Midday looks . . . more
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August 02, 2007 10:43 AM EDT --
COLEMAN, KLOBUCHAR REQUEST IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING FOR I-35 W BRIDGE DISASTER
Minnesota Senators today assessing damage with Secretary of Transportation
Washington . . . more
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August 04, 2007 11:26 AM EDT --
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June 15, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --
Not everything we saw fit into the " Would You Buy This or Not " format of my weekly weblog about yard sales, but I always snap a few shots in the neighborhoods we visit.
Self-service . . . more
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February 06, 2008 04:28 PM EST --
Macy's reorganization sends Mpls. duties to New York
Department store operator Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as it consolidates three regional . . . more
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December 26, 2006 06:21 PM EST --
Hey there, ya mugs, the Ghost of John Dillinger here, speaking to you from the great beyond. Yeah, I was Public Enemy Number One until those no good coppers gunned me down in front of the Biograph . . . more
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January 07, 2007 02:00 PM EST --
I ride the bus to and from work every day down University Avenue from St. Paul to Minneapolis. I pass by the same buildings, shops, even people. I notice when stores have closed down, or marvel at how . . . more
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September 15, 2006 01:47 PM EDT --
Esquire magazine's Chris Jones expounds on Minneapolis' beloved bar in the feature No. 9: Nye's Polonaise. This excerpt is particularly poetic:
The best bar in America lies across the Mississippi . . . more
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August 06, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
I came home shortly before 6pm, let out the dog, and turned on the news.
It’s a daily routine, suddenly broken by “breaking news.”
A bridge has collapsed, but not just any bridge.
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November 14, 2007 10:26 AM EST --
From MPR's Midday 11/14/2007
How should the state help the bridge disaster victims?
It is estimated that some 180 people were on the 35W bridge when it collapsed. Thirteen of them . . . more
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May 27, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
University Avenue physically runs through St. Paul and Minneapolis as much as it travels through the cities' history. It reportedly has one of the busiest intersections in Minnesota (at Snelling, of . . . more
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December 23, 2006 06:18 PM EST --
I love going to see films in the theater, but, I am very picky about the films I see. I tend not go for the big blockuster movies that are hyped beyond belief (and usually are awful), I don't . . . more
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December 28, 2006 05:27 PM EST --
Scouring our local entertainment weeklies, here's what I found out: Everyone in town is having a New Year's party of some sort or another. Be it a bar, restaurant, hotel, hot . . . more
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December 17, 2006 07:13 PM EST --
The Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis are a study in contrasts and similarities. St. Paul is more insulated, a place to raise your family, and a city that tends to adhere to the past through the . . . more
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July 31, 2006 10:51 AM EDT --
Is there anything finer than shopping at a farmer's market? I love the mix of people, food, art, and oddities (often found in those same people, food, and art) in one space.
One hot Saturday morning . . . more
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July 30, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
Saturday, I went to Matt's Bar in South Minneapolis and had had my first Jucy Lucy. The Jucy Lucy is a hamburger stuffed with cheese. According to Wikipedia, it is considered . . . more
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December 23, 2006 03:09 PM EST --
Like many people on Gather, I love and support public radio. I've spent the majority of my waking life for the past 10 or so years listening to the programming that comes to me through Minnesota . . . more
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December 30, 2006 03:43 PM EST --
Despite being a fairly homogeneous population, the Twin Cities has benefited from influxes of immigrants over the past 20 or so years. St. Paul has one of the largest Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese, . . . more
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May 18, 2007 08:12 PM EDT --
Okay, I have an idea. Janie and I plan out our yard saling for the coming Saturday, and then we take pictures and come back and do a photo blog.
As long as we go to the bother of planning our yardsaling, . . . more
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September 19, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
So here is the upshot... the city leaders are going to present a new budget that will spend millions of your tax dollars. If you live in Minneapolis, MPR wants to know what you would spend your taxes on. . . . more
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