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Super Dilemma: Blizzard At Super Bowl Site
AP Pro Football WriterWith all that snow blocking roads, closing airports and even forcing a game to be postponed in Philadelphia, it's easy to wonder how the NFL and the Big Apple would handle a blizzard in February 2014. You know, when the Super Bowl is in town. Weather...Tags: Baltimore Colts, Safety of Citizens, Philadelphia Eagles, Edward G. Rendell, Football
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Legendary College Basketball Coach John Wooden Has Died. He was 99
- John Wooden, college basketball's gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever, has died. He was 99.
The university said Wooden died Friday night of...Tags: John Wooden, Health, Joe Torre, High School Sports, Retirement
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America's Favorite Birth Control Method Turns 50
A world without "the pill" is unimaginable to many young women who now use it to treat acne, skip periods, improve mood and, of course, prevent pregnancy. They might be surprised to learn that U.S. officials announcing approval of the world's first oral...Tags: Health, Abortion, Cancer, University of Chicago, Education
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Regent says S.D. tuition and fees `approaching dangerous territory¿
American News CorrespondentBROOKINGS — Escalating costs for students’ tuition and fees have pushed prices to attend South Dakota’s public universities past some neighboring states and into the region’s upper tier, according to a report delivered Wednesday...Tags: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Education, Colleges and Universities
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College Plus: Doland native ready for challenge with move to coaching at Nebraska
When Ndamukong Suh speaks, apparently the Cornhuskers listen.
The former Nebraska All-American and current Detroit Lions defensive tackle put in his two cents about who the Cornhuskers should hire as their new men's basketball coach.
"A mutual...Tags: Values, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan State Spartans, Ethics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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BASKETBALL
Parkston's Rob Van Laecken became the South Dakota girls' basketball all-time winningest coach on Friday. Parkston defeated Chamberlain in Chamberlain to give Van Laecken his 552nd career win, which breaks a tie with Fred Tibbetts as the all-time...Tags: College Sports, Cancer, Football, Crime, Law and Justice, Baseball
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Mercer: In attracting students, S.D. tech schools are as significant as state universities
The state Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss Dec. 16 a report whose bottom line is stunning. The report looks at where South Dakota high school graduates from the class of 2007-08 chose to continue their educations that fall. That our largest...Tags: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wesleyan University, Students, Teaching and Learning, Watertown
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Settlement in SweeTango apple lawsuit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A lawsuit challenging the University of Minnesota’s exclusive licensing deal for its hot-selling SweeTango apple is ending with a victory for the school and the cooperative that markets the new variety nationwide,...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Judges, Farms, Pies and Tarts, File Sharing
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At the third annual International Cold Climate Wine Competition, all the competitors are hardy souls
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 8 - There was a whole lot of sipping going on at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus. Also sniffing, swirling, slurping, spitting and scribbling. But not much swallowing. The occasion was the third annual International...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Judges, Alcoholic Beverages, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Justice System
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'Lost' crops: St. Paul, Minn., harvests a piece of Africa
Most Minnesotans have never heard of grains such as ivory teff or pearl millet -- much less wondered how to harvest them. But a variety of odd-looking crops, traditional to Africa, are being grown for the first time in an experimental field in St....Tags: Disasters, Parties and Movements, Deere and Company, Non Government Organizations, Ethiopia
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Taking on the PepsiCo challenge
Tribune staff reporterAs a Pakistani-born doctor who grew up in England, studied nutrition and agriculture in the U.S. and consulted for the Mayo Clinic on diabetes and other diseases, Mehmood Khan has a background that gives him a broad perspective. His job gives him a...Tags: Health, B Vitamins, Minneapolis, New Products, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
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Bakker-Griffith
Isaac Bakker and Kirsti Griffith are engaged and plan an August2012 wedding at Holy Redeemer Church in Marshall, Minn. Parents of the groom-to-be are Gregg and Rebecca Bakker of Washburn, Wis. Parents of the bride-to-be are Rob and Kristi Griffith of...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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