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Bachmann takes credit for cheap gas

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.31.08 | 12:43 pm

Gas prices in the Twin Cities are now under $2.00 a gallon in some places, thanks in part to fewer driving miles by cash-strapped consumers and, therefore, lower demand. Dawn Duffy of AAA Minneapolis told the Star…

Friday Financials: Hide your manholes and lock up that gas

By Molly Priesmeyer | 05.17.08 | 1:48 pm

Today’s special edition of Friday Financials comes to you on Saturday. Yes, we’re a day late and a dollar short, so to speak. And a dollar can’t buy you anything these days. That’s why this very special…

Friday Financials: We’re riskier than Detroit!

By Molly Priesmeyer | 04.11.08 | 9:47 am

Is it just us, or is time folding in on itself? It feels like November outside. The “Don’t Tase me, bro” video somehow reappeared to fight a water buffalo in a YouTube contest. And then…

Who said it?

By Dan Haugen | 03.12.08 | 8:19 am

“Let me start first by telling you that America has got to change its habits. We’ve got to get off oil. And the reason why is, first, oil is — dependency on oil presents a real challenge to our economy.…