• The most recent man to decide to smash a bullet with a hammer, George Fath, of Pleasant Lake, Ind., said he wanted to destroy it so it wouldn’t harm his kids. Fath told WANE-TV in April that he was shot in the stomach “and knocked ... on my butt.”
•Yet another man tried to explain away testing positive for cocaine by swearing he could only have ingested the drug when he performed oral sex on his cocaine-using girlfriend. Ex-NYPD helicopter pilot Jon Goldin had been fired three years ago for failing the drug test and had his challenge of the test rejected in April.
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Weird News — Recurring themes
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E-mail your legislator and Gov. Dayton by clicking below
You can e-mail your legislator and Gov. Mark Dayton with these handy links
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SLIDESHOW: 10 biggest earthquakes in eastern U.S.
Earthquakes are rare on the eastern side of the country, but a handful of stronger quakes have made their mark on history. Here’s a breakdown of 10 of the largest to hit the eastern half of America, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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(PHOTO GALLERY) Scenes from Minnesota Vikings Training Camp 2011
Check back daily to see new photos from training camp by photographers John Cross and Pat Christman.
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Health Care Reform report from CBO
Click here to see the 374 page report on health care reform.
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VIDEO: Red Hot Boom event raises money for fireworks, veterans memorial
Music and food in the former Embers parking lot raised money for the Mankato Area's July 4 fireworks and for the Veteran's Memoral Place.
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VIDEO: Senior Games presents pickleball
Pickleball is one of the hottest sports among seniors, and at the 2011 Senior Games. The Free Press' Emily Valerio takes a look at how this sport with an unusual name is catching on.
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Are Democrats or Republicans better for economy?
A fun and interesting analysis from The Atlantic. Click here
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Top 10: Debunking pols exaggerated/inaccurate claims
Links to the best fact-checking around the U.S.
MinnPost's Eric Black debunking Pawlenty spending claims
More guns, fewer murders? Not exactly. Here's a report from FactCheck as well as others.
FactCheck debunks Dem governor's denial about problems with gambling.
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Key votes: So called "death panels"
Many Republicans and Democrats voted in favor of end-of-life planning described by some in the inaccurate term of "death panels."
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Health care consumer links
Check out the cost and quality of procedures at various clinics around Minnesota
A more in-depth report on quality of procedures at your clinic and hospital. Some dozen clinic procedures and some 40 hospital procedures are measured
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