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New Paulsen ad: ?Madia loves to lie?

7 Oct 2008 at 9:50pm

Three things happened today: bNews/b broke that the National Republican Campaign Committee had cancelled ad buys for state Rep. Erik Paulsen?s campaign for the Minnesota 3rd district congressional seat. The seat?s current occupent, U.S. b.../b

http://minnesotaindependent.com/12198/new-paulsen-ad-madia-loves-to-lie

UOW students get MAD about road safety

7 Oct 2008 at 7:53pm

A group of first-year Physical Education students have taken out a top prize at the MAD Motion Pictures competition in Bowral. Read more...

http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW050713.html

Good bnews/b for bmedia/b, but you may not have the stomach for it

7 Oct 2008 at 5:59pm

Veteran marketing consultant Jack Myers says that even with the current economic calamity, bmedia/b companies will end 2008 with ad spending up just a little bit, about 3%-4%. However, that number comes only if you include emerging bmedia/b b.../b

http://weblogs.variety.com/hal/2008/10/good-news-for-m.html

MnIndy Video: Emanuel lauds Madia; Ramstad assails ?gutter politics?

7 Oct 2008 at 6:34pm

In a bnews/b conference afterward, Emanuel pitched a plan to make mandatory one year of post-secondary education. But they could hardly ignore the current economic crisis, and Madia sketched a five-point economic plan that Emanuel duly b.../b

http://minnesotaindependent.com/12151/mnindy-video-emanuel-lauds-madia- ramstad-assails-gutter-politics

McCain outspending Obama on TV in Minnesota

7 Oct 2008 at 5:49pm

Coupled with bnews/b that the Arizona senator will once again visit Minnesota on Friday, it seems clear that the McCain campaign still believes the state is in play. Most recent polls would suggest otherwise.

http://minnesotaindependent.com/12153/mccain-outspending-obama-on-tv-in -minnesota

Strategic shift for GOP? NRCC pulls TV ads for Paulsen, buys time b.../b

7 Oct 2008 at 4:50pm

The shift is bad bnews/b for Paulsen at a time when Democratic polling shows Madia leading in their race, 44 percent to 39 percent, as the Minnesota Independent?s Chris Steller reported this morning. For Bachmann, the bnews/b of her pardon b.../b

http://minnesotaindependent.com/12139/nrcc-pulls-tv-ads-for-paulsen-buy s-time-for-bachmann

WaPo: Tough times for McCain, rough stuff from Palin

7 Oct 2008 at 3:27pm

Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric?s questions for her ?less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream bmedia/b.? At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. b.../b

http://minnesotaindependent.com/12076/wapo-tough-times-for-mccain-rough -stuff-from-palin

Palins? friends, the America-hating, Iran conspiring AIP

7 Oct 2008 at 6:51pm

As the guilt-by-association game continues in the presidential campaign, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin?s ties to the Alaska Independence Party are coming under intense scrutiny. Salon.com reports that the founder of AIP, b.../b

http://minnesotaindependent.com/12165/palins-friends-the-america-hating -iran-conspiring-aip

Bachmann?s pardon-gate: More about her letter withdrawing pardon b.../b

7 Oct 2008 at 9:29am

b.../b ?public record documents that may be compiled in the course of processing a clemency application ? are generally made available upon request by third-parties (including representatives of the bnews media/b) pursuant to the Freedom of b.../b

http://minnesotaindependent.com/11967/bachmanns-pardon-gate-more-about- her-letter-withdrawing-pardon-request-for-petters-associate-vennes

Could SBR have averted financial market meltdown? Bryant XBRL b.../b

7 Oct 2008 at 4:21pm

SMITHFIELD, RI - The nation's investment banking crisis may have been lessened, and perhaps even avoided, if the United States had laws requiring the widespread use of Standard Business Reporting (SBR). b.../b

http://blogs.bryant.edu/newsroom/?p=119

Funding bNews/b: Oberon bMedia/b, Appssavvy

7 Oct 2008 at 9:54am

b.../b founder of About.com and an investor and advisor at the cross-section of bmedia/b and technology, also participated in appssavvy?s Series A investment round. Kurnit has worked at the highest levels of Warner, Viacom, bNews/b Corp., PBS, b.../b

http://www.adotas.com/2008/10/funding-news-oberon-media-appssavvy/

Unconventional wisdom: Barkley cuts into Coleman?s support

7 Oct 2008 at 4:12pm
Back when Jesse Ventura was flirting with a US Senate run, the conventional wisdom among the pundit class was that his presence on the ballot would all but lock up the election for Norm Coleman. I recall driving down to Rochester for b.../b
http://minnesotaindependent.com/12084/unconventional-wisdom-barkley-cut s-into-colemans-support

Focus on the Family?s Dobson hits Minnesota with pro-Coleman mailing

7 Oct 2008 at 3:59pm
Sen. Norm Coleman?s record of opposing abortion rights as well as opposing benefits for same-sex couples has garnered him the support of the religious right?s most influential figure: James Dobson of Focus on the Family. b.../b
http://minnesotaindependent.com/12102/focus-on-the-familys-dobson-hits- minnesota-with-pro-coleman-mailing

Poll perplex: Why David Schultz thinks Obama is up 10-12 points in b.../b

7 Oct 2008 at 3:48pm
The Schultz Report audiocast is on hold while David Schultz is traveling in Europe and parts of the former Soviet Union on a speaking tour about the US elections. But we managed to catch up with Schultz via email earlier today in b.../b
http://minnesotaindependent.com/12093/obama-polls-david-schultz-coleman -franken

Verizon loses patent suit against Cox

7 Oct 2008 at 10:18am
A federal jury in Virginia ruled that Cox had not infringed on Verizon's voice over IP patents.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10059844-38.html?part=rsssubj=news

Racists for Obama

7 Oct 2008 at 2:35pm
How badly is the campaign going for John McCain? Ben Smith reports that he?s even struggling to hold on to the white racist vote:. An Obama supporter, who canvassed for the candidate in the working-class, white Philadelphia neighborhood b.../b
http://minnesotaindependent.com/12077/racists-for-obama

Nine of Forbes? richest Americans are Minnesotans, who are they b.../b

7 Oct 2008 at 1:25pm
Nine Minnesotans made Forbes? richest Americans list this year. Most of them are peeling off small-fractions of their wealth to support political parties and candidates for national office?shoveling more than of $270000 into the 2008 b.../b
http://minnesotaindependent.com/11909/nine-of-forbes-richest-americans- are-minnesotans-who-are-they-supporting

Less is more: Coleman?s record on job creation doesn?t match the b.../b

7 Oct 2008 at 1:16pm
During Sunday night?s US Senate debate, the candidates were asked about their plans for job creation given that the economy hemorraghed 159000 jobs last month. Sen. Norm Coleman answered the question by touting his record while running b.../b
http://minnesotaindependent.com/12034/less-is-more-colemans-record-on-j ob-creation-doesnt-match-the-rhetoric

Credit card users beware: How the crisis will affect you and your b.../b

7 Oct 2008 at 12:52pm
Ain't that America? Ain't that America? Just as Washington hands over the biggest bailout in history to Wall Street in what is ostensibly a way to free up credit markets, banks are looking for ways to collect more money from b.../b
http://minnesotaindependent.com/12016/credit-card-users-beware-how-the- crisis-will-affect-you-and-your-bills

Dem poll puts Madia up by five in 3rd Congressional District

7 Oct 2008 at 7:44am
Whether the pattern holds at three other local stations isn?t known yet, but as mnblue observes, less NRCC investment in the 3rd District would comport with Paulsen?s comment on Esme Murphy?s Sunday morning WCCO-TV bnews/b show that his b.../b
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