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Vikings awarded pair of compensatory draft picks

The Minnesota Vikings have been awarded two compensatory fourth-round selections for the NFL draft next month, 128th and 134th overall, giving them a total of 10 picks.

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Canterbury Park official responds to horse racing safety investigation

Canterbury Park official responds to horse racing safety investigation

The horse racing world is buzzing about an exhaustive study of horse breakdowns and jockey injuries detailed in the New York Times. A state by state survey by the Times, this weekend, shows that about 3,600 horses died racing or training at tracks across the country over the past three years. In Minnesota, at Canterbury Park, there were 3.2 incidents per 1,000 starts, that's fewer than most tracks nationwide. The Times investigation also found lax enforcement of horse racing drug rules, with illegal and often legal drugs masking lameness in sore horses. The racing industry pledged to clean up it's act after the televised breakdown of the filly Eight Belles in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Jeff Maday, a spokesman at Canterbury Park in Minnesota, talked with Minnesota Public Radio's Cathy Wurzer about the safety of horse racing here in Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Minn. beats N. Iowa 88-74 to win WBI title

Rachel Banham scored 26 points to lead Minnesota to an 88-74 comeback victory over Northern Iowa in the Women's Basketball Invitational Championship on Sunday.

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Olympics to strain UK's Internet infrastructure

Olympics to strain UK's Internet infrastructure

British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt has predicted that the 2012 Olympics will be the "Twitter Games," and those responsible for London's network of fiber optic cables, phone masts and Wi-Fi hotspots are bracing for a data deluge as the events get under way.

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Smaller shortstops coming back en vogue

Smaller shortstops coming back en vogue

Many thought that A-Rod, Jeter, Tejada and Garciaparra represented a sea change for the shortstop position, paving the way for bigger, stronger hitters. Now it's looking more and more like that was just one special group rather than a revolution.

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Swing stadium vote still listening, not committed

Sandy Colvin Roy on Vikes stadium:"I have been listening to the financial projections, I have been listening to the city attorney, I have been listening to my constituents. Nothing got signed today."
by Tim Pugmire

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