People & Places

• Twins' Joe Mauer wins MVP award
  Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer is Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Player in the American League for 2009.November 23, 2009
• Pastoral path runs through nursing homes, jails
  Callings from a higher power don't come in the form of a well-written letter or a carefully worded voice mail, so Jerry David understands why the ministerial path he's on has taken some detours.November 22, 2009
• Ramsey County marks adoption day with 35 adoptions
  Ramsey County is observing National Adoption Day by finalizing the adoptions of 35 children to 24 families in one afternoon ceremony.November 20, 2009
• The tale behind 'The Messenger'
  A new film opening in the Twin Cities this week called "The Messenger" tells the story of two soldiers on casualty notification duty -- telling next of kin about the death of a soldier.November 20, 2009
• Non-profits analyze Give to the Max Day
  More than 3,300 Minnesota non-profits raised in excess of $14 million in charitable contributions earlier this week in the first known attempt to raise money for non-profits statewide in one day, on one Web site.November 19, 2009
• Group staging protest of GAMC elimination
  A group of low-income people and advocates will stage a "never-ending emergency room waiting line" outside of the Hennepin County Medical Center on Wednesday, to protest the elimination of General Assistance Medical Care.November 18, 2009
• Community revives ailing mobile home park
  A St. Cloud-area mobile home park is showing that it is possible to turn around a park for the better, but it requires the cooperation of concerned citizens and most importantly, the park owner.November 18, 2009
• Visiting the land of invented languages
  Linguist Arika Okrent speaks many languages, including several such as Klingon and Esperanto, which someone sat down and invented from scratch. In her new book "In the Land of Invented Languages," Okrent explores nine centuries of linguistic invention, and the belief that a better language could lead to a better world.November 17, 2009
• UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar seriously ill
  Lesnar, who was a wrestling star at the University of Minnesota, is in "rough shape," according to the UFC. But the organization did not divulge the nature of Lesnar's condition.November 15, 2009
• Community supports Zumbrota farmer attacked by bull
  Mike Lohmann may look fine at first glance, but family and friends know otherwise.November 14, 2009
• Jewish, Muslim congregations to participate in joint events
  The conflict between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East has often caused tension between people of the two different faiths living in other parts of the world.November 13, 2009
• Who are the Ritchie Boys?
  Guy Stern and Walter Schwarz are Jewish World War II veterans who served in a special and unusual Army unit, and the pair was reunited in St. Paul last night for the first time since their wartime service.November 13, 2009
• The Boondock Saints return in sequel
  The latest chapter in one of the stranger stories in film history unfolds in the Twin Cities this weekend. It's the opening of the sequel to "Boondock Saints," a cult movie released a decade ago.November 13, 2009
• Longtime Minn. farmer dies of exposure, brother hospitalized
  A 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota is hospitalized after he went out looking for his older brother who had wandered off. The brother later died.November 12, 2009
• Minneapolis imam pleased to be off no-fly list
  The imam of a Minneapolis mosque that has been associated with the disappearances of nearly 20 Somali men is relieved to be off of the government's no-fly list after being banned from air travel a year ago.November 11, 2009

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