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Media Monitor: Pulitzer finalists announced today, big changes at Jewish paper

By Paul Schmelzer | 04.20.09 | 9:16 am

With finalists for the Pulitzer Prizes being announced today, local contenders MnIndy and MinnPost wait with bated breath. And the weekly American Jewish World, hit by the downturn in print news advertising, switches to biweekly production. This and more inside.

Attorneys for Minnesota Nine call criminal charges ‘outrageous’

By Paul Demko | 09.05.08 | 12:00 pm


In the days leading up to the Republican National Convention, a series of police raids led by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of eight people for allegedly conspiring to disrupt the political gathering. On…