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Media Monitor: Q is for ‘question’ in MPR’s new brand

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.25.09 | 10:14 am

Minnesota Public Radio rolls out its new integrated news page under the MPRnewsQ brand, prompting questions about the “Q.” Former KARE anchor Rick Kupchella launches a healthcare reform PR project, with a key Republican as his partner. And Fargo’s Roxana Saberi calls for the release of her former cellmate in Iran.

Norm Coleman on miracles, his good karma and smoke-and-mirrors

By Chris Steller | 05.22.09 | 9:23 am

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In the main atrium of the downtown Minneapolis library, Norm Coleman beams at passersby — from the cover of ”Shared Vision: Norm Coleman and the Remarkable Revitalization of St. Paul.” The 2001 hagiography currently has pride of place in the…