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Tim Pawlenty: Jilted for Sarah Palin

Tue Sep 2 5:36pm EDT

Wearing a striped polo shirt and a forced smile, Gov. Tim Pawlenty last week handled the greatest humbling of his political life with all the grace he could muster. "I'm really excited and pleased with [John McCain's] selection," Pawlenty said to the gathered reporters at the Minnesota St...

  • Meet Sarah Palin Tue Sep 2 5:36pm EDT

    The defining moment of Sarah Palin's political career—at least up until Friday, August 29—took place while she didn't even hold elected office and occupied a place largely outside the public eye. In 2004, two years after leaving the office of mayor of Wasilla, Alaska (a town o...

  • Police raid anarchist homes in advance of RNC Tue Sep 2 5:36pm EDT

    Just over three months ago, we wrote of the FBI's effort to recruit moles to infiltrate and report back on peace activists throughout the Twin Cities ( "Moles Wanted," 5/21/08 ). Upon the story's appearance in prin...

  • The Show Must Go On Tue Sep 2 5:35pm EDT

    The Republicans may have canceled most of their convention activities Monday due to Hurricane Gustav, but protesters didn't get the message. Bearded men in tie-dyed shirts walked around with college kids rocking Che Guevara signs. Toward the back of the Capitol grounds, a St. Paul police officer ...

  • Flashback: Moles Wanted Tue Sep 2 5:35pm EDT

    This story originally ran in our issue dated May 14, 2008, but the events of this past week have made it worth sharing again. Paul Carroll was riding his bike when his cell phone vibrated. Once he arrived home from the Hennepin County Courthouse, where he’d been ser...

  • Readers respond to "Rescue Me!" Tue Sep 2 5:35pm EDT

    Killing Fluffy I am seriously disgusted and shocked by the euthanasia rates at the Animal Humane Society ( "Rescue Me!" 8/20/08 ). This does not sound at all humane ...