Article: Letters from readers.(NEWS)

Haskins, Yudof and the `U'

In the poker game "Texas Hold 'Em," when a player is dealt an ace and a king, he generally will raise the ante, but if he loses, the players will tell him that he's "walking back to Houston."

University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof, having lost the first hand to former basketball coach Clem Haskins, has now raised the ante by suing him. My guess is that when he did that, he didn't know Ron Meshbesher is in the game. If Yudof's not careful, he'll be "walking back to Houston."

- William Starr, Minneapolis.

I was fired by a local St. Paul business in 1999. I had an employment contract that was supposed to ...

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