News Headlines for Afton, Minnesota

Minnesota poll finds Obama ahead of McCain (AP via Yahoo! News)
THE RACE: The presidential race in Minnesota.

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Minnesota State Fair by the numbers (Minnesota Public Radio)
Over one-and-a-half million people make their way to the Minnesota State Fair each year, which kicked off today. However, those are the only significant numbers of the Great Minnesota Get-Together.

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Poll: Minnesota up for grabs (UPI)
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Democrat Barack Obama may lead Republican John McCain in Minnesota but pollsters for a Minnesota Public Radio-University of Minnesota say the race is fluid.

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American Indians in Minnesota have elevated cancer rates (Post-Bulletin)
MINNEAPOLIS -- American Indians in Minnesota and surrounding states have dramatically higher rates of colon cancer and several other types of the disease than whites, a University of Minnesota researcher and

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Minnesota Man Wins $1 Million For Fantasy Fishing (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul)
A stay-at-home dad from Minnesota has won $1 million in what promoters call the largesy payday in fantasy sports.

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Minnesota poll finds Obama ahead of McCain in Midwestern battleground state (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Obama will win this state by 5-6%, not 10%. These polls are all over the board. And I am voting for Obama. THE RACE: The presidential race in Minnesota.

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Golden Valley, Minnesota August 21, 2008 (SeedQuest)
Syngenta Seeds, Inc. and Enterprise Minnesota announced yesterday a collaboration to develop a Lean Product Design and Development training program for the Syngenta Research and Molecular Marker Laboratory located in Stanton, Minnesota.

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Obama leads McCain in Minnesota Public Radio poll (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has rebuilt his lead over Republican John McCain in Minnesota and now has a margin of 10 percentage

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Minnesota National Guard to receive additional benefits (Post-Bulletin)
WASHINGTON -- The government is making adjustments for nearly 400 soldiers of a Minnesota-based National Guard combat team to make them eligible for additional educational benefits. Last year, the Army had made corrections to soldie

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NFL Preseason Preview - Pittsburgh (1-1) at Minnesota (1-1) (The Kansas City Star)
The Minnesota Vikings could be minus the services of starting quarterback Tarvaris Jackson on Saturday, when the team plays host to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third preseason warm-up for each club.

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