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    Enthusiastic volunteers for the Beijing Olympics cheer during a May rally as Chinese officials prepare to showcase their country next month.
    REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseEnthusiastic volunteers for the Beijing Olympics cheer during a May rally as Chinese officials prepare to showcase their country next month.


    Our national birthday offers a good time to reflect on another nation's coming 'glory days'

    By Jay Weiner | Thursday, July 3, 2008

    When the Beijing Olympics begin next month, the world will see firsthand the rampant rise of a new nationalism in China. A U of M professor, just back from his second recent visit, warns that viewers will see a growing national pride that seems blind to history and deaf to Western concerns.


    PART 2

    150 Minnesota moments we'd just as soon forget

    Compiled by MinnPost editors and writers | Thursday, July 3, 2008

    MinnPost's tribute to Minnesota's 150 years of statehood continues with 50 more examples of bad weather, wars, a boneheaded decision to drop a cartoon strip and other moments we'd just as soon forget. The series will conclude Friday, July 4. (Part 1)


    MinnPost reporter Doug Grow will discuss "150 Minnesota moments we'd just as soon forget" with host Matt McNeil at 10 p.m. Saturday (July 5) on KSTP AM 1500 radio.

    Former 'CCOer Paul Douglas still living the dream with WeatherNation

    Business partners Todd Frostad, left, and Paul Douglas.
    MinnPost photo by Roxane BattleBusiness partners Todd Frostad, left, and Paul Douglas.


    By Roxane Battle
    Thursday, July 3, 2008

    Just months after enduring a career nightmare, Paul Douglas has created a syndicated weather service.

    The Twin Ports Ministry to Seafarers, like many seamen's centers worldwide, "gets in your heart and soul," according to a captain who recently docked in Duluth. The Duluth News Tribune reports.

    It's back to the '70s -- clever gas thieves, vinyl records

    By David Brauer
    Thursday, July 3, 2008

    In Thursday's local news round-up, the fallout from UnitedHealth's nearly $1 billion legal payout and job cuts. Also, Coleman and Franken fight over energy while gas thieves get creative. And: Best Buy embraces vinyl!

    More than 70 Irish illustrators, photographers and designers were asked to redesign their favorite album covers. CandyKaraoke has posted the results at Flickr. (via)

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    BLOG OF THE DAY: A proposed $895 million settlement between UnitedHealth and a federal class-action group is the largest involving stock options backdating claims, writes Amanda Bronstad at the National Law Journal's Legal Pad blog.

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    Cell phones relay news of crimes and crisis in Ethiopia

    Could a humanitarian crisis following the pattern of Darfur, Sudan, actually be unfolding in Ethiopia while capturing hardly a second of the world's collective attention? Ethiopian immigrants in Minnesota hear daily from terrified relatives back home.
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    Helping veterans: 'It's the right thing to do'

    Former college president, now Minnesota National Guard chief, Larry Shellito takes the lead in ensuring troops get education benefits.
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