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T-Paw meets the Son of Sam

By Chris Steller | 09.17.08 | 8:33 am


During his travels across the country to stump for Sen. John McCain (and bid for the GOP veep slot), Gov. Tim Pawlenty positively owned the phrase “Sam’s Club Republican.” Today T-Paw hits the road again — D.C.-bound in fact,…

Not so fast: Blogs that speak too soon

By Dan Haugen | 03.20.08 | 10:07 am

I’m one of the pokier bloggers on the block, so I read with a dash of glee last month when New York Times reporter/blogger Andrew Revkin pondered whether now might be the time to consider a “slow blog”

The latest on $4 generics

By Leigh Pomeroy | 12.03.06 | 1:41 am

Other pharmacies will soon be jumping on the $4 generic drug program. The Snyders Drug Store in Mankato has posted a handwritten sign saying “We will beat the price on any $4 generic drug.” What does that mean? Their…

Bits & pieces for Tuesday, Nov. 28: Peace, drugs, alcohol

By Leigh Pomeroy | 11.28.06 | 1:07 pm

The Rochester Post-Bulletin installed a new publisher at the end of last month, and already the change is obvious. Much of the Post-Bulletin website had been hidden behind a subscriber-only firewall, which made information about the goings-on in…