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Luke Winn: ESPN's big push alters early-season landscape...Oklahoma State, Siena and Tennessee) had the best field in the country, and this year's 76 Classic (with West Virginia, Butler, Clemson, Minnesota, Texas A&M, UCLA and Portland) is deeper than any other event. Says Clemson coach Oliver... In this article: ESPN, Maui, Jeff Capel, and University of Alaska-Anchorage |
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Huffington Post | November 18, 2009
Paul Helmke: Virginia Tech Survivor With Hidden Camera Films Dangerous Gun Sales At Gun Shows
...we make it for dangerous people to get guns in this country. This past summer, Colin went to gun shows across America in Minnesota, Ohio, Texas and his home state of Virginia. Equipped with a hidden camera and accompanied by a resident of...
In this article: Virginia Tech, National Rifle Association, Virginia, Ohio, and Virginia Tech massacre
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The Daily Gopher | November 09, 2009
Three Points May Cost Thirty Degrees
...the three point deficit and landed Gopher fans closer to Mexico than to Canada: Minnesota won the coin flip, but chose to kick the ball to Illinois. Minnesota scored 14 points last week against Michigan State before the Spartan offense...
In this article: Michigan State, Illinois, Detroit, Iowa, Pizza, and South Dakota State
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Sports Illustrated | November 01, 2009
T.U.F.'s Jensen to be charged in wrongful death suit
...charged in wrongful death suit The Ultimate Fighter 10 heavyweight Zak Jensen is facing a wrongful death lawsuit involving the death of a Minnesota college student on a spring break trip in March to Mexico. Minnesota's Stillwater Gazette...
In this article: KSTP TV, Sheraton Hotel, and Puerto Vallarta
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Kansas City Star | October 30, 2009
Family of Minn. man sues over spring break death
Family of Minn. man sues over spring break death MINNEAPOLIS The family of a college student who died on a spring break trip to Mexico has filed a lawsuit alleging it happened after a struggle with a traveling companion who has competed in...
In this article: University of St. Thomas, Spike TV, Mexico, Minneapolis, and Associated Press
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 13, 2009
Pawlenty checks more states off his travel list
...renters. The case will test Pawlenty's use of an obscure executive power called unallotment. Minnesota governor postpones Mexico trade trip Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is postponing a brief trade trip to Mexico, saying that President...
In this article: Tim Pawlenty, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Naples, New York, Florida, The Miami Herald, and Austin
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Description from Wikipedia:
Minnesota (/mɪnɨˈsoʊtə/) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.2 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state's name comes from a Dakota word for "sky-tinted water". Those waters, together with forests, parks, and wilderness areas, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities.
Nearly sixty percent of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area known as the Twin Cities, the center of transportation, business and industry, education and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now cleared, farmed and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. The large majority of residents are of Nordic or German descent, but ethnic diversity has increased in recent decades. Substantial influxes of African, Asian, and Latin American immigrants have joined the descendants of European immigrants and the original Native American inhabitants.
The state is known for its moderate to progressive politics and social policies, civic involvement, and high voter turnout. Minnesota ranks among the healthiest states, and has a highly literate population.
- Name:
- Minnesota
- Also Known As:
- North Star State;, Land of 10,000 Lakes; The Gopher State
- Capital:
- Saint Paul
- Motto:
- L’Étoile du Nord (French: The Star of the North)
- Largest City:
- Minneapolis
- Governor:
- Tim Pawlenty (R)
- Lieutenant Governor:
- Carol Molnau (R)
- Total Area:
- 86,943
- Area of Land:
- 206,375
- Area of Inland Water:
- 7,332
- Latitude:
- 43° 30′ N to 49° 23′ N
- Longitude:
- 89° 29′ W to 97° 14′ W
- Elevation Lowest Point:
- 183
- Lowest Point:
- Lake Superior
- Elevation highest point:
- 2,301
- Highest Point:
- Eagle Mountain
- Admittance Date:
- May 11, 1858
- Time Zone:
- Central: UTC-6/-5
- Demonym:
- Minnesotan
- Median Income:
- $55,802
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