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Great Lakes enviro battle over invasive species is heating up

By Tom Elko , Minnesota Monitor

Ballast water — the water that large ships take on to stabilize themselves when they’re running without cargo aboard — is a hot topic in Minnesota and in Washington, D.C., these days. Ballast water containing organisms taken on in one distant location and discharged in local waters is credited for bringing at least 30 aquatic invasive species to Lake Superior. MORE »

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Readers comment on theater at St. Thomas

By staff , TC Daily Planet

“Foley folly” ... “Tragic mistake” ... “Disappointment by St. Thomas choice” ... “Money isn’t everything.” Comments on St. Thomas’s plans to close its 80-year-old Department of Theater and tear down the Foley Theater show a depth of sorrow and disappointment. MORE »