Column: Lipstick on a rogue
BOSTON — You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don’t mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for “Going Rogue.”
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WORTHINGTON — Students across this state are being faced with testing that could prohibit their graduation from high school.
RELATED CONTENTColumn: A Whiter Shade of Male
MIAMI — Dear Sammy Sosa: Are you happy with yourself now? Are you more confident and self-assured? When you look in the mirror, do you like yourself better, now that you are white?
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How much is a trillion dollars? It is a thousand billion dollars or a million, million dollars. Five-hundred ninety-two trillion dollars represents the amount of money in the over-the-counter derivatives market worldwide.
RELATED CONTENTEditorial: Recognizing Education Week
School districts across this nation have been observing American Education Week since Monday.
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WASHINGTON — I’m sure I would like Sarah Palin if I got the chance to meet her. We share many things in common.
RELATED CONTENTLetter: Adhere to right-of-way laws
As I have toured the four-county area of Rock and Nobles in Minnesota and Lyon and Osceola in Iowa, it looks like a bountiful crop has been realized.
RELATED CONTENTEditorial: Let's get moving on city facilities
Now that the new Worthington Area YMCA-DeGroot Family Center and City of Worthington Aquatics Center has opened its doors, there’s another Y-related issue at hand: the future of its old location on 11th Street.
RELATED CONTENTLetter: DFL chair's letter doesn't tell whole story
In her letter of Nov. 17, Lori Sellner (Chair, 1st Congressional District DFL, Sleepy Eye) took Rep. Bachmann to task, accusing her of throwing out “wild misinformation” that is “completely divorced from the truth.”
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WASHINGTON — For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.
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WASHINGTON — Calm. That’s not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast cancer screening.
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When our little 2-year-old grandson was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes, my first thought was to rid the house of all sugar. How innocent. If only it were that easy.
RELATED CONTENTLetter: Gold mining could stimulate struggling economy
Perhaps it is time to use some of the stimulus money to promote the mining of gold.
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Anyone who believes the health care reform bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives will be the final word on reform should see the doctor.
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
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