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NHL makes offer; lockout at critical stage

The NHL made a new proposal to the players' association, hoping to spark talks to end the long lockout and save the hockey season.

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Mankato coach wants police files sealed

Mankato coach wants police files sealed

Minnesota State University, Mankato, head football coach Todd Hoffner, who was cleared of child pornography charges last month that stemmed from videos found on his cellphone of his naked children clowning around after a bath, is suing to keep the police investigative reports sealed.

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Unflappable Frazier leads Vikings to playoff brink

Unflappable Frazier leads Vikings to playoff brink

"Just his voice and what he has brought to this team and the locker room, it's been huge," Adrian Peterson said. "Guys really connect with him on that level. Just feeling his presence through his words and the confidence he has in us. Everything he speaks out there, we embrace and trust in his word."

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Minnesota Sounds & Voices: Dean McFarlane, last in a line of stone carvers

Minnesota Sounds & Voices: Dean McFarlane, last in a line of stone carvers

Dean McFarlane is a 10th-generation master stone carver. His great-grandfather started the Minneapolis-based family stone carving company in 1916. But the line ends with McFarlane: There are no family members waiting in the wings to become master stone carvers.
by Dan Olson

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Big-time football's place in higher education

Big-time football's place in higher education

Historian Brian Ingrassia speaks about the origins of college football in the late 1800's and traces the evolution of the sport to a multi-million dollar athletic spectacle on university campuses. His new book is "The Rise of the Gridiron University: Higher Education's Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football." He spoke November 9, 2012 at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Photos: Stone cutting, from buildings to the curling rink

Photos: Stone cutting, from buildings to the curling rink

Dean McFarlane is a 10th-generation master stone carver. His great-grandfather started the Minneapolis-based family stone carving company in 1916. But the line ends with McFarlane: There are no family members waiting in the wings to become master stone carvers.

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Vikings deny Texans home field in playoffs

The Houston Texans slowed down Adrian Peterson. The same couldn't be said for how they handled the rest of the Minnesota Vikings.

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Why the MSP Aiport matters for the stadium

Why the MSP Aiport matters for the stadium

The Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport approved the installation of electronic pulltabs in six airport bars this week, and that’s a big deal, considering 33 million people a year go through the place. Technically, the new pulltabs are a drop in the bucket: the state is projecting 15,400 of the pulltab machines will eventually be…
by Tim Nelson

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