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Somali Autism Mom: "We Thought America Was the Last and Best Stop in this World"

David Kirby | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Somalia, Somali, Autism, Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota, Refugees, Minneapolis, Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

Idil, a Somali mother in Minnesota, told me she had been trying for more than a year to get state officials to pay attention to all the sick kids in the local Somali community. She's now "taking off the gloves."

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GOP Convention Violence Reviewed; Forum Attendees Struggle For Meaning

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Rnc, Credentials, Journalist, Progressive Media, Mccain, Obama, Independent Media, Media Bias, Minneapolis, Sarah Palin, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

No clear definition of a journalist was reached. The deputy had no solid suggestions to take back to the city of St. Paul to help prevent a repeat of the RNC protests and the aftermath, and members of the general public had no idea whom they could count on for solid information in this critical election year.

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Hawkish GOP Delegate Drugged, Robbed Of $120,000 After One-Night-Stand At Convention (VIDEO)

Pioneer Press/Twincities.com | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Convention, Minneapolis, John McCain, Sarah Palin, St. Paul, Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Stupid News, Politics News

The Pioneer Press reports on the self-described "poor judgement" of Gabriel Nathan Schwartz, 29, of Denver. Schwartz was in Minneapolis last month fo...

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Sms, Pow, 9/11, Aim, Mccain, Stall, Perspctv.com, Craig, Texting, Vp, Rnc, Virtual Worlds, Fox, Minneapolis, Rove, Dncc, Alaska, Boxer, Nbc, Twitter, Platform, Biden, Blogs, Powell, Warner, St. Paul, Techpresident, Brave New Films, Politico, Northern Command, Celebrity, Myspace, Police, Huffingtonpost, Cheney, Kennedy, Romney, Obama, Jindal, Cbs, Bush, Dean, Lieberman, Lobbyists for McCain, Pawlenty, Giuliani, Daily Show, Clinton, Protest, C-Span, Big Tent, Keynote, Mccain's Mansions, Im, Abc, Gustav, Streaming, British Petroleum, Facebook, Cnn, Digg, Ike, Palin, Web Video, Rasiej, Rncc, Quik, Nagin, Mashup, Sifry, Fowler, Greenwald, Daylife, Secondlife, Hutchinson, Ridge, Kovic, Sanchez, Sheehan, Home News
Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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Police Raid Protester Houses In Advance Of Republican Convention

The Uptake | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Police, Rnc, Protest, Minneapolis, Republicannationalconvention, 2008election, Raid, Theuptake, rnc08, Uptake, Offthebus, Raids Hamsher Greenwald, Greenwald Hamsher Rnc Raids, Ramsey Country Sheriffs, Minneapolis Riot Police, Raids Nestor, Raids Minneapolis, Raids Rnc Glen Greenwald, Home News
The Uptake

Authorities acting under untested preventive riot statutes burst into the private residences in full riot gear, handcuffed residents and carted away computers. Bloggers Glen Greenwald and Jane Hamsher visited the homes during the raids.

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Convention Protesters To Be Treated As Terrorists

Chip Berlet | Posted 10.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Civil Liberties, Political Convention, Republican Convention, Political Repression, Police Abuse, Denver, Bruce Hoffman, Minneapolis, Marc Sageman, Home News
Chip Berlet

Government security agencies are planning to treat convention protesters like potential terrorists due to a reliance on flawed research, hyperbolic assessments, and political bias.

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The Conventions: More Than Spectacle

Henry Miller | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, St. Paul, Mile High Stadium, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Obama Mile High Stadium, Republican Convention, Dncc, 2004 National Republican Convention, Politics News
Henry Miller

The current vitality of the conventions stems from their successful transformation from deliberative bodies into television studios, with large in-house audiences.

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Is Autism an "American Disease?" Somali Immigrants Reportedly Have High Rates

David Kirby | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Somali, Thimerosal, Vaccine, Autism, Special Education, Minneapolis, Immigrants Autism, Somali Immigrants Autism, Health, Immigration, Autism Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

An unusually large proportion of Somali children in Minnesota have autism. Why? There's likely a genetic connection, but other factors might be at play, including a lack of vitamin D from sunlight, or, yes, vaccinations.

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GOP Desperate For Convention Volunteers

Star Tribune | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rnc, Republican National Convention, Minneapolis, Politics News

Officials putting on the Republican National Convention are looking for a few thousand more good men and women to lend a helping hand during the conve...

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Minneapolis: Something's Happening Here

Craig Aaron | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Lawrence Lessig, National Conference for Media Reform, Craig Newmark, Free Press, Arianna Huffington, Net Neutrality, Minneapolis, Tim Wu, ncmr2008, Media News
Craig Aaron

This could be the first presidential election where the Internet is an issue. I don't mean using the Internet as a political tool ... I mean a bona fide election issue. There's a lot at stake.

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Ryan Adams Has Temper Tantrum Mid-Show, Walks Off

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ryan Adams, Minneapolis, Entertainment News

Ryan Adams pitched another fit for a Minneapolis audience, a few years after his last local meltdown. Throughout a show Thursday night, the 32-year-o...

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ACLU Files Court Brief On Behalf Of Craig

McClatchy Newspapers | Erika Bolstad | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Anthony Romero, Larry Craig, Aclu, Minneapolis, Home News

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a friend-of-the court brief on behalf of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, saying Minneapolis airport police vio...

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