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The Weirdness That Is Gangnam Style
If you haven't heard of Gangnam Style by now, it's a silly Korean pop song that went spectacularly viral online and has since become tremendously popular. Its music video on YouTube has more than a b...
Posted on 1/8/13 at 3:27 PM
Oslo, Minn., site of Sandy Puttbrese benefit today
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, a benefit at the Oslo (Minn.) Community Center will provide a spaghetti feed, bake sale and silent auction, all toward helping Oslo American legion Auxiliary member and G...
Posted on 11/18/12 at 11:01 AM
Summer salad easy to tote to Independence Day picnics.
If you've been to a Twins baseball game at Target Field on a Sunday afternoon, you may have satisfied your hunger pangs with a refreshing healthful salad from the Roots for the Home Team Garden Goodie...
Posted on 7/2/12 at 10:34 AM
Slavery? Still?
Pinch me, please, and remind me that we live in 2012. Remind me that slavery was abolished in most northern American states in 1783 after the American Revolution. Remind me that the Constitutions 13th...
Posted on 5/16/12 at 8:35 AM
The Bridgehunter’s Chronicles Rehabilitated!
Some changes in the online column to make it appear more attractive to the readers. In the past couple weeks, some of you have been seeing some road work done to the Bridgehunters Chronicles and it...
Posted on 5/4/12 at 7:28 AM
Six Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Militants killed six Americans, including a young female diplomat, and an Afghan doctor Saturday in a pair of attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday. It was the deadliest day for the United States in the war in eight months.By Associated Press , April 07, 2013
AP source: US delays missile test as tensions rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid mounting tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a senior defense official told The Associated Press on Saturday.By Associated Press , April 07, 2013
Despite threats, risks temper Korea war tensions
TOKYO (AP) — As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war. The last one, six decades ago, killed an estimated 4 million people.By Associated Press , April 07, 2013
6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said.By Mirwais Khan, Associated Press , April 06, 2013
EU: Nuclear talks with Iran have failed
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement Saturday on an approach to reducing fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons, with the EU's foreign policy chief declaring that the two sides "remain far apart on substance."By George Jahn, Associated Press , April 06, 2013
North Korea warns embassies their safety isn't guarnanteed
By By Jim Heintz, Associated Press , April 06, 2013
Ewes-ful: Paris hires sheep to mow city lawns
PARIS (AP) — Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral?By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press , April 06, 2013
High-profile rapes lead tourists to stay away from India
MUMBAI, India (AP) — A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans Carolina De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour. The attack was awful, but there is crime everywhere, they figured, and they'd take precautions.By Kay Johnson, Associated Press , April 03, 2013
Scientists find hint of dark matter from cosmos
GENEVA (AP) — A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the footprint of something that could be dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed, scientists say.By John Heilprin and Seth Borenstein, Associated Press , April 03, 2013
UN adopts treaty to regulate global arms trade
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first U.N. treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands of terrorists, insurgent fighters and organized crime.By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press , April 02, 2013
6000 died in Syria in March, deadliest month yet
BEIRUT (AP) — More than 6,000 people were killed in the Syrian civil war in March alone, according to a leading activist group that reported it was the deadliest month yet in the 2-year-old conflict.By Ben Hubbard, Associated Press , April 01, 2013
Freezing weather wipes out German flea circus
An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany.April 01, 2013
South Africa: Mandela in hospital on Easter
Former South African President Nelson Mandela had a restful day in a hospital Sunday and is improving following treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said.March 31, 2013
Hamas Gaza ruler meets Egypt intelligence chief
Egypt's state news agency says the Gaza Strip's Hamas ruler has met with Egypt's intelligence chief to discuss Palestinian reconciliation and the cease-fire between the militant group and Israel.By Associated Press , March 31, 2013
Pope makes Easter pleas for Mideast peace
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message to the world, decrying the seemingly endless conflicts in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula after celebrating Mass along with more than 250,000 faithful.By By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press , March 31, 2013
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