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The Cities Blog

Musical idol visits fiddler on his 100th

Musical idol visits fiddler on his 100th

Planners for Lloyd Johnson’s 100th birthday party pulled off the surprise visit by Red House Records recording artist Peter Ostroushko with perfection.
by Dan Olson

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How to spot a police officer

Investigators looking for a man, or possibly two men, who impersonated a police officer and sexually assaulted two women are reminding people that any real officer will tell you his or her name and law enforcement agency. That’s one of the tips Anoka County Commander Paul Sommer shared with me today regarding your rights in Read more →
by Trisha Volpe

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Ranked-choice voting visualized

Ranked-choice voting visualized

As we reported this morning, writing a computer algorithm to count ranked-choice ballots isn’t exactly rocket science. It’s intro-level computer science. It turns out that there are way more interesting things you can do with the data file Minneapolis released last week showing all the votes in the Minneapolis mayor’s race. Things like this. That’s Read more →
by Curtis Gilbert

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A personal relief mission to the Philippines

A personal relief mission to the Philippines

My conversation with Josephine Fernandez opened my eyes to the realities of travel in the tropical nation of the Philippines that’s made up of more than 7,000 islands. I’ll profile the 54-year-old Fridley resident in a new episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices today as part of All Things Considered. Fernandez has lived in the Read more →
by Dan Olson

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