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• Schmidt Brewery to sell pristine spring water
  Long before glaciers rolled through Minnesota, a massive pool of water circulated throughout the Twin Cities, and soon, residents will be able to line up at a well in St. Paul, and fill up their jugs with the water that experts say is about 30,000 years old. Nov 21, 2009
• NEH chairman speaks live at the National Press Club
  Jim Leach, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a former Republican congressman who represented Iowa for 30 years, speaks live at the National Press Club. Midday, Nov 20, 2009
• Former IronWorld USA attraction in Chisholm shuttering doors
  The Iron Range attraction once known as IronWorld is closing its doors Friday. Nov 19, 2009
• Body of duck hunter recovered near Rat Lake
  Becker County Sheriff's divers recovered the body of a 62-year-old duck hunter from Rat Lake on Tuesday afternoon. Nov 17, 2009
• New Shubert Center to finally break ground
  After 10 years of non-stop lobbying and fundraising, the Minneapolis group Artspace will finally break ground Thursday on the new Minnesota Shubert Center in downtown Minneapolis. Nov 18, 2009
• North Dakota oil patch is booming
  Rising oil prices are bringing new exploration, and hundreds of millions of dollars to North Dakota oil fields. Aug 28, 2006
• Non-profits analyze Give to the Max Day
  More than 3,300 Minnesota non-profits raised in excess of $14 million in charitable contributions earlier this week in the first known attempt to raise money for non-profits statewide in one day, on one Web site. Nov 19, 2009
• Judge sentences Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. to death
  A federal judge in Fargo fought back tears as he imposed the death sentence Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., who was convicted last fall for abducting and killing college student Dru Sjodin. Feb 8, 2007
• Nursing homes on the brink of budget disaster
  In the next installment of our series, The State Budget in Your Backyard, we look at how potential state budget cuts could affect nursing home residents in White Bear Lake. Jan 20, 2009
• Archbishop Nienstedt joins anti-abortion demonstration
  Hundreds of demonstrators were outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul Friday morning for an annual Good Friday demonstration protesting legalized abortion. Apr 10, 2009
• 'Into Temptation' puts a modern slant on a priestly story
  The city of Minneapolis is one of the stars of "Into Temptation," a new movie that gets its world premiere at the Edina Theater on Thursday. Aug 25, 2009
• Asian carp may have invaded Great Lakes
  Federal officials say the despised Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent it from invading the Great Lakes and jeopardizing their $7 billion sport fishery. Nov 20, 2009
• Most federal weatherization funding in Minn. remains unspent
  Six months after Congress allocated billions of federal stimulus dollars to weatherize low-income homes and create jobs, much of the money remains unspent in Minnesota and the rest of the U.S. Sep 2, 2009
• Ramsey County marks adoption day with 35 adoptions
  Ramsey County is observing National Adoption Day by finalizing the adoptions of 35 children to 24 families in one afternoon ceremony. Nov 20, 2009
• Neo-nazi group plans protest of YWCA anti-racism workshop
  A group of neo-Nazis plan to protest an anti-racist workshop Saturday at the Midtown YWCA in Minneapolis, sparking plans for counter-protests from community members. Oct 2, 2009