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Obama’s speech pours praise on Minneapolis with 57-cops sauce

By Chris Steller | 02.24.09 | 9:10 pm

mpls-57-sauceMinneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak finally got a big public payback for his early backing of Barack Obama as candidate for president when Obama gave the city a shout-out in his address before Congress tonight. Speaking about the…

Star Tribune starts collapsing (sections, that is) with twice-told tale of bankruptcy

By Chris Steller | 01.01.09 | 12:39 pm

The Jan. 1 edition of the Star Tribune ran two versions of the same AP story (with only slight variations) about well-known businesses going bankrupt: one inside the A section and the other

Douglas’ farewell email: Regrets ‘not saying goodbye to viewers’

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.04.08 | 3:05 pm

WCCO chief meteorologist Paul Douglas, just let go from the CBS TV station, apparently with little warning, sent this email to friends and coworkers:

I wanted to drop you a quick note, before you read about it