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Student wires sustain families abroad

by Vadim Lavrusik
Published April 6, 2007

Five days a week, Shafik Hassan walks along Cedar Avenue South to get to Suuqa Al-Karama, a Somali mall on the West Bank. As Hassan entered the mall last week, he greeted a group of Somali women working...

State to ‘fix’ elections

by Courtney Blanchard
Published April 6, 2007

Many legislators dislike recent changes to the Board of Regents election process.

Double axel, Triple putz

by Sara Nicole Miller
Published April 5, 2007

As if the homoeroticism of male figure skating hasn't been lampooned enough, Will Ferrell has chosen the illustrious sport as the subject in his latest Will-plays-an-annoying-frat-dude-in-some-idiosyncratic-career...

Dream Act causes tension at capitol

by Courtney Blanchard
Published April 5, 2007

As the Legislature prepares to take its session break, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty threatened to veto higher education funding legislation if it includes the Dream Act. Lawmakers in the House and Senate...

The sound of one monk clapping

by Michael Garberich
Published April 5, 2007

'Into Great Silence' quietly observes a Carthusian monastery in the French Alps

Step by step, day by day

by Michael Garberich
Published April 5, 2007

After losing his memory, Joseph Gordon-Levitt keeps his days to a simple routine of work, class and heisting in 'The Lookout'

Minneapolis phone line welcomes cab complaints

by McKenna Ewen
Published April 4, 2007

Minneapolis taxi patrons can dial 311, a nonemergency city line, with ride complaints.

Tuttle Community School’s closing worries Como residents

by McKenna Ewen
Published April 3, 2007

The long-standing school will likely merge with Pratt Elementary.

‘Lost Boys of Sudan’ share art, stories

by Kathryn Nelson
Published April 3, 2007

Atem Aleu stood quietly to the side as a crowd milled around the art gallery, taking in the paintings that had traveled thousands of miles from Kenya to Minneapolis. Aleu's quiet demeanor shows experience...

Accident causes overturned vehicle

by Alex Robinson
Published March 30, 2007

A car accident ended with an overturned van near the intersection of University Avenue Southeast and 10th Street on Thursday. A white van traveling east on University ran a red light and collided with...