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Miles: U of M conflict-of-interest rules won’t stop next Grassley letter

By Chris Steller | 12.04.09 | 5:46 pm

A University of Minnesota bioethics expert says new conflict-of-interest rules now under review won’t be enough to prevent another embarrassment of riches like the $1.2 million a med school prof earned from Medtronic. The “U” only learned of

Pawlenty joins DeMint in singing the praises of health care-reform failure

By Chris Steller | 08.17.09 | 9:36 am

pawlenty croppedIf U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was looking for someone to sing in ABBA-like harmony on his idea that health care reform will be President Obama’s “Waterloo,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty may be his man.