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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 Friends of the Library shop window. Price? Two dollars. Coleman quotes on miracles, persistence and good karma? [...]

They’re wearing riot gear in London and they’re talking recounts in New York. It’s all so St. Paul, last fall.

In an interview with the Scandinavian-American cultural magazine Nordic Reach, former Vice President and U.S. Sen. Walter Mondale sounds fed up with social media and crowdsourcing. He was unaware he has a MySpace page until the interviewer tells him about it:
“I won’t take responsibility … Somebody told me about Wikipedia, where people can put in [...]