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    October 18, 2017
    Members of the China delegation prep American and Chinese flags at the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017 (Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)
    Commentary: Who has the world's No. 1 economy? Not the U.S.
    What's the most powerful country in the world? There's a good case to be made that it's China. There are many kinds of power -- diplomatic,...
    news19 hours 21 min ago
    More than 400 people attended two public meetings at Bemidji’s Sanford Center regarding Enbridge Energy's proposed Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project in Minnesota on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Jillian Gandsey / Forum News Service
    More than 400 gather to offer views on replacing Enbridge pipeline in northern Minn.
    BEMIDJI, Minn. — Conflicting priorities clashed during two meetings Tuesday, Oct. 17, to gather public input for Enbridge Energy's proposed...
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    October 17, 2017
    Minnesota offers gimmick-free Amazon pitch
    ST. PAUL – On Wednesday, Oct. 18, one day before regions across North America will pitch Amazon sites for its new headquarters, Minnesota will...
    newsOctober 17, 2017 - 8:35pm
    Mining industry, Iron Rangers rally opposition to wild rice rule
    DULUTH, Minn.—One week before public hearings begin on Minnesota's proposed new rules for protecting wild rice from sulfate pollution, the state's mining industry, Steelworkers and Iron Range officials and activists are restating their fervent opposition. Critics say the new...
    newsOctober 17, 2017 - 6:58pm
    Ice curling at the Ardsley Curling Club in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (Coty Tarr/Copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    Curlers upset with American Airlines after agent allegedly denies curling is a sport
    Canadian-born curler Erin McInrue Savage understands her sport isn't the most popular of athletic endeavors in the United States. But she doesn't...
    newsOctober 17, 2017 - 1:33pm
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    Leading Age honors Willmar business owner
    WILLMAR — Beverly Werder, owner of Compassionate Care and Compassionate Cottages, has been selected by Leading Age of Minnesota as one...
    news/localOctober 17, 2017 - 7:51am
    October 16, 2017
    Minnesota's restrained bid for Amazon headquarters ready to send
    ST. PAUL—When the state of Minnesota sends its bid to become digital retailing giant Amazon's new home base, the package will be full of facts but without the hoopla other regions have rolled out to land the project known as HQ2. Washington, D.C.'s mayor prepared a video of...
    newsOctober 16, 2017 - 9:04pm
    Rich Las (left) raises freshwater prawns in a large hoop style greenhouse at his home on Pelican Lake west of Orr, Minn., with his daughter, Leah, 4, son Riley, 11, and wife Karen Las. The tank he uses is about 20 feet wide by 46 feet long and four feet deep. Clint Austin / Forum News Service
    Cultivating new ideas: Farmers, entrepreneurs pushing the bounds of what can be grown and raised in northern Minnesota
    Shrimp, wine and hemp. Minnesota farmers are more likely to grow commodity crops such as corn, soybeans and wheat, but some people aren't satisfied...
    newsOctober 16, 2017 - 8:51pm
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    T-Mobile, Sprint may be getting close to a merger
    T-Mobile and Sprint appear to be edging ever closer to a merger, with a new report from CNBC suggesting the two companies could announce a deal...
    businessOctober 16, 2017 - 1:40pm
    President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Oct. 11, 2017. (Doug Mills/Copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    Unraveling NAFTA could hurt US, experts say
    President Donald Trump has called the North American Free Trade Agreement "the worst deal ever," but one thing might actually be worse: no deal...
    newsOctober 16, 2017 - 8:36am
    President Donald Trump speaks on tax reform in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct. 11, 2017. Trump took his campaign for tax cuts to another key battleground state on Wednesday in search of elusive Democratic votes as he argued that his plan would benefit middle-class Americans, like truck drivers, more than it would help his fellow business tycoons. (Tom Brenner/Copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    The average American family will get $4,000 from tax cuts, Trump team says
    The White House is making a promise: The average American family would get a $4,000 raise under President Donald Trump's tax plan. Critics have...
    newsOctober 16, 2017 - 8:25am
    he Chicago Board of Trade, whose futures trading pits are scheduled to close by July, in downtown Chicago, March 16, 2015. (Taylor Glascock/Copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    Two Chinese bidders for Chicago Exchange are said to drop out
    Two of the three China-based bidders for the Chicago Stock Exchange have withdrawn from the group trying to acquire the market, according to...
    newsOctober 16, 2017 - 8:08am
    October 14, 2017
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    AgweekTV: Rina’s Garden is growing up some big things in Kindred, N.D.
    If you're in need of a good pumpkin this Halloween there's a place you might want to check out. We found a little girl with a big garden full...
    newsOctober 14, 2017 - 8:30am
    October 13, 2017
    Jared Siegel (left) of New Jersey and Charlie Kawas of New York are owners of construction businesses. They took part in the Oct. 13 forum for high school students to learn about career options in the skilled trades. Michael Brun /Forum News Service
    Trades workers talk to Minn. students about career options
    RED WING, Minn.,—More than a hundred Red Wing High School students participated in a skilled labor forum Friday, Oct. 13, designed to highlight...
    newsOctober 13, 2017 - 10:35pm
    Sandy Lacoss of Woodstock, Vt., lives on less than $700 a month for Social Security and a $200 pension. Carolyn Y. Johnson/The Washington Post.
    Social Security checks to rise 2 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in years
    WASHINGTON - Social Security checks are going up 2 percent in 2018, the U.S. government announced Friday, Oct. 13. It's the first substantial...
    newsOctober 13, 2017 - 6:17pm
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