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Gov. Tim Pawlenty made an unannounced trip to Iraq and delivered his condolences to a Minnesota National Guard unit that lost three members in an attack there last week. AP, Forum Communications and the Pioneer Press have stories.

Pawenty will go to Puerto Rico next month for a GOP fundraiser.

After the attorney general sued, a Minnesota company agreed to stop arbitrating credit card disputes.

Sales of E85 fuel are falling in Minnesota.

Panel wants simpler absentee voting.

MNSCU is set to approve budget and tuition increase.

DNR steps up its fight against invasive species.

2010

Former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton is recovering from surgery.

State Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall ranks job growth as the state's top challenge.