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Freep Spirit by Robb Murray
When the 77 Lancers arrived at their base camp Saturday, they found a little surprise waiting
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News and comment: Legislature taxes and politics
DFL leadership has turned more sensitive to tax increases and the public mood has changed, due in part to media amplification of groups like the Tea Party
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News and comment: gun filibuster, civic center expansion
Longtime GOP senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham thwarted GOP filibuster on gun bills. Finally, it looks as though Mankato long-awaited civic center expansion will happen.
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Free Press staff blogs
Editor's blog by Editor Joe Spear
Rewrite by Free Press Publisher Jim Santori
Blink of an Eye blog by Free Press photo staff
Freep Spirit by Staff Writer Robb Murray
Puckato by Sports Writer Shane Frederick
Baseball Outsider by Copy Editor Edward Thoma
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News and Comment: gay marriage, guns, cyber attacks
Western civilization in the U.S. had its hands full this week with dilemmas on gay marriage, gun control and cyber attacks
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News and comment: Guns, hockey crowds, school shooting hoaxes
As the Minnesota Legislature debated gun background checks this week, a 12-year old called in a false report of a school shooting at a New Prague middle school. Meanwhile, a mega-sports weekend in Mankato spurred anew the missing fan debate
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School shooting hoax reminds of the past
The school shooting hoax in New Prague Wednesday reminded me of another such call about 16 years ago. That was an incident at Le Sueur High School that was no hoax.
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Another day, another shooting. Perspective may matter
Police stormed abandoned building Thursday morning in Upstate, N.Y. and take out man suspected of shooting four people. This goes under the heading: "Another day, another shooting." A quick search of Free Press archives shows nine stories of shootings since the Dec. 14, Newtown, Conn. shooting..
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News and comment: gun seizures, Obama's reach, Dayton's backtrack
California armed guards drop in to seize guns of man recently admitted to mental hospital; Obama reaches out in surprising ways to Republicans and Democrats; Gov. Mark Dayton surprisingly ditches sales tax reform quickly
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News and comment on a busy week
It's not been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon: Murder, lawyers, guns and money
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