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President Obama has unveiled the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan yesterday. It is supposed to help 9 million people with their mortgage problems. Are you one of them?

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The jobs we do

Deadbeats

Bob Collins March 4, 2009, 3:27 PM Mar 4, 2009

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A Minneapolis firm specializes in collecting debts from the dead.

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It’s lights out for streetlight fee plan

Bob Collins March 4, 2009, 2:46 PM Mar 4, 2009

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If Bemidji is any example, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak’s plan to impose a fee for street lights could be a tough sell.

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The news agenda: The next 24

Bob Collins March 4, 2009, 1:45 PM Mar 4, 2009

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This is what we’ll be covering in the next 24 hours. Now tell us three things we should be talking more about.

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An HIV blocker discovered?

Bob Collins March 4, 2009, 12:00 PM Mar 4, 2009

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University of Minnesota researchers say a common substance appears to block HIV transmission in monkeys.

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Live-blogging: ‘The God Delusion”

Bob Collins March 4, 2009, 8:58 AM Mar 4, 2009

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Richard Dawkins says atheists should be just as forthright in their views as those who believe God is real.

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Franking

Bob Collins March 4, 2009, 8:34 AM Mar 4, 2009

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Do you read those ‘newsletters’ from members of Congress, that are mailed at taxpayer expense?

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The Southwest Effect

Bob Collins March 4, 2009, 5:38 AM Mar 4, 2009

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The runways are littered with the carcasses of airlines that challenged Northwest on its home turf. Will Southwest be different?

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Fluke or future?

Bob Collins March 3, 2009, 2:53 PM Mar 3, 2009

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The Minnesota Timberwolves point to a January stretch as a sign of their future. What if it was just a fluke?

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End of the road for nuclear storage?

Bob Collins March 3, 2009, 2:42 PM Mar 3, 2009

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Nuclear waste in Minnesota has been piling up in anticipation of having a federal facility to take it off the state’s hands. That doesn’t appear likely anytime soon.

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