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Bachmann warns of Chinese lasers blinding U.S. satellites

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By Andy Birkey | 10.03.11 | 7:21 am

The laser was likely deployed to track the orbit of the satellites, something many nations do, which causes no damage to the satellites’ sensory equipment.

China to institute cap-and-trade system

By Andrew Restuccia | 07.23.10 | 8:39 am

The same day that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced that he did not have the votes to pass a cap-and-trade bill, even a scaled-down utility-only version, news broke that China has decided to institute its own cap-and-trade…

Minnesota a big loser in China trade deficit

By Andy Birkey | 03.30.10 | 9:00 am

Minnesota ranks sixth in the nation in terms of job losses due to the trade deficit between the United States and China, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a liberal…

Not-so-scrappy Rybak delivers recycled State of the City speech

By Chris Steller | 03.26.09 | 3:51 pm

Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak set a green example yesterday by recycling much of his annual State of the City address from last year’s speech. He used “depression” instead of “recession” — that’s how you knew it was 2009 and not 2008.

The Rape of Nanking

By Eric Black | 11.27.07 | 7:47 am

chinese_prisoners_nanking.jpgDid the Minnesota Historical Society decline to host the local premiere of an important new film about the Rape of Nanking because MHS was concerned about offending Japanese-Americans?

The top MHS official who decided to decline that opportunity…