"Vatican archaeologists have uncovered what they say is the oldest known portrait of St Paul."

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Excerpt: Officials identified a body found in a frozen, shallow creek in a Ham Lake golf course last week.

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The Minneapolis Film Fest Opens Calls for Entries

The 27th Annual Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Fest (MSPIFF) will run April 16-30, 2009, and is opening it up to more entries. The festival includes Oscar nominated titles and regional film-makers, as well as films from over 40 foreign countries.

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The tale of one resident of St. Paul who had her first attempt at absentee balloting returned to her due to missing signatures, and just barely sent in the second attempt in time.

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As attendance topped 150 at the Wednesday evening "community input" session, council staff urged visitors toward an overflow room. Thune's plea for no catcalls was ignored after 10 minutes.

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A 23-year-old man is facing criminal charges after the FBI caught him discussing plans to "blow up" the Republican convention, according to a court complaint unsealed today.

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The Republican presidential candidate arrived in at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport as delegates to the Republican National Convention prepare to nominate him for president.

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Protests are again expected to mix with politics Wednesday in St. Paul as the Republican National Convention resumes at the Xcel Energy Center.

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Several bricks and some paint were tossed through windows of the Barack Obama for President Campaign headquarters in St. Paul, MN.

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This is from Tim Nelson's Minnesota Public Radio blog about the RNC sending 45,000 GOPers to Minnesota for Four Days in September: Does a camera look like a threat to public safety to you?

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Getting Tasered The Twin Cities Daily planet writes an article entitled "Getting Tased" that recounts Taser International's ambitious projections. A kink, however, may have ensued with a lawsuit - the first ever - that has been awarded.

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An article from the Minnesota Restauratuer Magazine, winter 2008 issue. It talks about a company, Sudden Deals, that uses cell phones to help restaurants, bars and nightclubs keep shoppers upto date on events and specials.

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Turkey's small Roman Catholic community hopes to mark the 2000th anniversary of the birth of St Paul by improving the status of the country's Christian minorities, as well as reopening a church at the apostle's birthplace in Tarsus in the south of the Muslim-majority country - wr …

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In the waters between Reggio Calabria of Southern Italy and Messina, a city of Sicilia an Italian island, silently lay the rocks which heard the Good News of Jesus Christ for the first time preached by St. Paul.

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Buses, light rail and streetcars are on the table during a round of workshops that seek input for the northern Dakota County corridor.

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Peter Smith The following piece was produced by the Huffington Post's OffTheBus. Saint Paul-Minneapolis - If you long to wake up in a city that never sleeps, then Saint Paul and Minnneapolis are definitely not your kind of towns.

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St. Paul, MN - Standing in front to the Xcel Center, Sept. 1, the site of next year's Republican National Convention, organizers of the massive protest planned against the war on Iraq pressed their demand for permits.

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Stopping The Killer Billboards

Imagine the government taking your car away (without compensation) on the grounds that it's covered with bumper stickers and those messages are a distraction to other drivers.  This might trouble you if you had invested a lot of money into this vehicle and had expected t …

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A small Easter display was removed from the City Hall lobby on Wednesday out of concern that it would offend non-Christians.

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