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  • Prairie Yard and Garden

    The 25th season of Prairie Yard and Garden (PY&G) airs Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. on Pioneer Public Television. Larry Zilliox, former University of Minnesota Extension educator from Alexandria, Minnesota, hosts the popular program—one of Minnesota’s top resources for gardening …

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    22 Feb 12
  • Marie Colvin2

    BEIRUT (AP) – An American woman is among two journalists who’ve been killed today in Syrian shelling of an opposition stronghold in the city of Homs. Marie Colvin, who was working for Britain’s Sunday Times, died along with a French photojournalist. Activists say …

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    22 Feb 12
  • Mubarak

    CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak has turned down the chance to address the court on the last session before the verdict in his seven-month trial. He is accused of complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that overthrew …

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    22 Feb 12
  • Obama Re-election

    WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has named 35 national co-chairs, including elected officials, campaign volunteers and a few celebrities. Among the Democratic politicians serving as co-chairs are Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin. Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, …

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    22 Feb 12
  • Garry McCarthy

    NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A former New Jersey police chief is refusing to comment on his decision to allow the New York Police Department to monitor and catalog his city’s Muslim neighborhoods. Garry McCarthy was the Newark police chief in 2007, when the plainclothes …

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    22 Feb 12