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Suit calls North Minneapolis blog a ‘defamation zone’

By Chris Steller | 06.30.09 | 11:27 am

The former head of a Minneapolis neighborhood group is suing a local blogger over online words he says cost him a job. Jerry Moore, who used to run the Jordan Area Community Council (JACC), contends that he lost employment with…

Rep. Abeler tells N. Minneapolis youth to ‘plug bullet holes’ with wooden nickels

By Paul Schmelzer | 02.25.09 | 8:23 am

A politician handing out wooden nickels in the midst of a historic economic recession is odd enough, but what State Rep. Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, suggests the worthless coin be used for — plugging gunshot wounds — is even stranger.