Article: SPOTLIGHT: ANOKA GIRLS' SOCCER; Comfortably confident; The Anoka ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: DAVID La VAQUE; STAFF WRITER Anoka girls' soccer coach Paul Anderla noticed a different air on the team bus as it motored toward Coon Rapids for the Class 2A, Section 7 championship game last Thursday. Many of the faces were the same but they radiated more confidence than they did on the

Article: Nation's hottest housing market; Minneapolis-St. Paul area home ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: KARA McGUIRE; STAFF WRITER The Twin Cities area was one of the nation's warmer housing markets this summer as home prices rose faster here than in other metro areas, according to a closely watched housing index released Tuesday. But market observers still warn that economic uncertainty

Article: It's time for jury to decide which face of Petters is the real ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: JON TEVLIN; STAFF WRITER When jury selection starts today in the Tom Petters trial in St. Paul, a cross-section of Minnesotans will be asked whether they believe the good-looking entrepreneur standing in front of them, a guy who once owned Polaroid and an airline and gave millions to

Article: Savage council candidates: where they stand; Challengers want to ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: DAVID PETERSON; STAFF WRITER It's a surprisingly amicable campaign for a city with one of the stiffest property tax burdens in the metropolitan area. But the candidates for City Council in Savage this fall do sharply disagree on one thing: The two challengers want to open things up by

Article: Minnesota, S.D. get funding for 'smart meters'.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 28, 2009 ;     598 words ...Byline: BOB VON STERNBERG; STAFF WRITER About 100,000 electric utility customers in Minnesota and the Dakotas will be getting so-called "smart meters" as part of President Obama's plan to spend $3.4 billion on the nation's power transmission system to foster new technologies. Obama introduced the

Article: Como Park residents give nod to fell ash trees; A St. Paul ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: CHRIS HAVENS; STAFF WRITER Miles Gregoire is going to miss the big, leafy trees that line his block in St. Paul's Como Park neighborhood. Most of them are ash. Instead of prolonging their inevitable demise to the destructive emerald ash borer, he and his neighbors are going along with a

Article: CORRECTIONS.(NEWS)(Correction notice)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 28, 2009 ;     275 words ...A headline on Page B4 Tuesday incorrectly described when an accident occurred on Hwy. 212 in Renville County. The head-on collision occurred Oct. 20; one of those injured in the crash died over the weekend.