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BIZ BLOG: Hold on to your wallets
I had not heard about this, um, business strategy before (plus an update here). Brief version: Companies are making huge money by charging your credit card when you innocently click on a “continue” button on many popular Web commerce sites. And they keep charging your card until you make them stop. Amazing. And, so far,…
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CC HOCKEY: CHN feech on Tigers
Sat next to Josh at the Mankato series. He’s a good guy and a good writer. Here’s the story.
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THE COUNTY SEAT: Rescuing the rescuers
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CC HOCKEY: Duluth at Minnesota preview notes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save From Minnesota-Duluth sports information … THE GAMES: The University of Minnesota Duluth will make its final road appearances of 2009 this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 20-21) when the Bulldogs head down Interstate 35 for a…
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NOREEN: Layoffs keep coming and quality jobs have not been created
There’s more to the report discuss in my column today. It discussed challentges facing this region, including the flight of young profesisonals — something that has been reported in The Gazette before — and the burden created by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. The report said: “The region benefits from some of the top high…
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SHOPPING: Toys R Us expands layaway program
Toys R Us announced today that it is expanding its “Big Gift” layaway program to include video game hardware such as Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 2 and 3. Previously, Toys R Us allowed customers to put large items such as bikes, dollhouses and cribs on layaway; the video game hardware is a new…
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THE PULPIT: Bishops’ report: Being gay doesn’t translate to pedophilia
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Those who link homosexuality to pedophilia might want to take a look at a story that came out today from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore. According to The Associated Press, the bishops commissioned…
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DATA GEEK: Compact-city policies hurt personal freedom, study says
The massive sprawl of Colorado Springs is among the city’s structural problems that will keep taxes higher, services poorer and the government in perpetual financial crisis, Assistant City Manager Mike Anderson said last week. Anderson spoke at a meeting of the Colorado Springs Press Association, where he outlined a number of the problems he sees…
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THE PULPIT: Bishops’ report: Being gay doesn’t translate to pedophilia
Those who link homosexuality to pedophilia might want to take a look at a story that came out today from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore. According to The Associated Press, the bishops commissioned a study to see if there’s a tie between being gay and sexually abusing children. A researcher from the John…
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CC HOCKEY: Duluth at Minnesota preview notes
From Minnesota-Duluth sports information … THE GAMES: The University of Minnesota Duluth will make its final road appearances of 2009 this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 20-21) when the Bulldogs head down Interstate 35 for a two-game Western Collegiate Hockey Association series with the University of Minnesota. The puck drops at 7:07 p.m. both nights at…