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Southeast Library may get reprieve

By Charley Bruce, The Minnesota Daily
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Southeast Community Library has been on death row, but a last minute pardon might save it. The Minneapolis Public Library Board's Finance Committee met Wednesday night at Northeast Community Library.MORE »

Kids Voting mirrored adult vote, with some exceptions

By Margo Ashmore, Northeaster
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If students were calling the shots in the recent Hennepin County Sheriff race, Rich Stanek supporters might be calling for a recount: Results from "www.kidsvotingminneapolis.org":http://www.kids votinMORE »

State surplus could lead to extra funding

By Staff writer, The Minnesota Daily

State Rep. Phyllis Kahn

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The budget forecast for the 2008-09 state budget is good news for Minnesota, with a projected $2.17 billion available over two years, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Minnesota DepartmentMORE »

Election Integrity Act: A new poll tax?

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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Since the 2004 presidential election, several states have passed legislation requiring voters to have state-issued photo identification:

• Arizona voters passed Proposition 200 in November, 2004, w

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Muslim imams call for boycott after US Airways flap

By Abdirahman Aynte, Special to the Daily Planet

Ahmed Shqeirat was one of six imams detained Monday at the Twin Cities International Airport.

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Six Muslim imams were removed Monday from a US Airways flight bound for their home in Phoenix after a passenger voiced suspicion, but they returned home on Tuesday on a Northwest Airlines flight.MORE »

Council member alleges police threats

By Ann Alquist, KFAI Radio
A Minneapolis City Council member said Tuesday he'd been threatened by the Police Officer's Federation.MORE »

Dinkytown bar gets OK to dance

By Charley Bruce, The Minnesota Daily

University student Jill Stein whirls with her partner on Saturday night at the Loring Pasta Bar in Dinkytown. Stein said it was her second time attending salsa night.

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The Loring Pasta Bar upgraded its liquor license, but the move was not a graceful tango at city hall.MORE »

Minnesotans protest School of the Americas

By Mary Turck, Special to the Daily Planet

Protesters marched as they responded to a litany of names of victims of political violence in Latin America.

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Hundreds of Minnesotans traveled to Fort Benning, Georgia, this past weekend in the 17th annual protests against the School of the Americas (SOA).MORE »

Chaudhary to chair Environment and Natural Resources Committee

By Staff writer, Asian American Press
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A long-time sportsman and outdoors activist, State Senator Satveer Chaudhary (DFL-50) has been selected by his colleagues to chair the Environment & Natural Resources Committee.MORE »

Police remove protesters from speech on Iraq

By Charley Bruce, The Minnesota Daily

University student and Anti-War Organizing League member Christopher Bassett chants with other AWOL members in Humphrey Hall Wednesday night.

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Police removed more than 20 protesters from a speech Maj. Gen. Michael J. Diamond gave Wednesday about the wars in the Middle East. Diamond, the deputy director of logistics from U.S.MORE »
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