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State now requires “fire-safe” cigarettes

Published November 30, 2008

They donâÄôt look very different and they cost about the same, but starting Monday, all the cigarettes in the state of Minnesota will be âÄúfire safe.âÄù A law passed in 2007 goes...

Endeavour finishes 16-day mission

Published November 30, 2008

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) âÄî Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday, taking a detour to sunny California after storms hit the main landing...

Students lie, cheat, steal, but say they’re good

Published November 30, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that...

Economic struggles are no match for holiday shoppers

Published November 30, 2008

Despite the projected slowing in holiday spending, this past weekend, known to many as âÄúBlack Friday weekend,âÄù saw a dramatic increase in consumer spending from 2007. According to a...

U foundations’ endowments lose money

Published November 25, 2008

Tough economic conditions are threatening the endowments of the University of Minnesota Foundation and the Minnesota Medical Foundation, with both foundations reporting losses since the new fiscal year...

Inauguration Day tickets in high demand

Published November 24, 2008

For once, politics is the hottest ticket in town. Demand for tickets to the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama has reached a fever pitch with less than two months until the event. âÄúGetting...

Steady Tattoo

Day 2 of the recount sees Franken edge closer to Coleman

Published November 20, 2008

After Day 2 of the ever-contentious recount for MinnesotaâÄôs open Senate seat, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman held onto his lead, though with 42.33 percent of ballots recounted, some votes...

U of M report: Influenza pandemic could disrupt electricity

Published November 20, 2008

If thereâÄôs an influenza pandemic across the country, getting sick might be the least of peopleâÄôs worries âÄî generating electricity might be issue no.1. The University of MinnesotaâÄôs...

Wednesday marks final judging for U inventors in competition

Published November 18, 2008

The classic idea of an âÄúinventorâÄù might be a lone genius tinkering in a basement lab. But University of Minnesota electrical engineering alumnus and inventor Patrick Delaney âÄôs...

People Serving People - Minneapolis

With economic downturn, more families face the streets

Published November 18, 2008

For Steve Walker, 49 , and his wife and three children, their home isnâÄôt technically a home at all, rather its People Serving People, an emergency homeless shelter in downtown Minneapolis . The...

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