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Latest oil spill lesson for Minnesotans: If it can happen in Michigan, it can happen here, too
Latest oil spill lesson for Minnesotans: If it can happen in Michigan, it can happen here, too enbridge.com A series of Enbridge pipelines, as shown on its website. By Derek Wallbank | Friday, July 30, 2010 WASHINGTON Enbridge pipelines also run through northern Minnesota, prompting Sen. Al Franken, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Jim Oberstar to seek answers and action to increase safety ...

New year, new teachers
As faculty, staff and administrators with Baldwin County Schools create lesson plans, clean classrooms and organize desks before classes begin Wednesday, 10 new educators are joining the school district family, taking the time this week to meet and greet unfamiliar faces and get acquainted with community businesses and leaders.

Ousted USDA official Shirley Sherrod says Obama 'needs a little lesson' in race relations
Shirley Sherrod also says she plans to sue the blogger who posed the edited video that led to her brief ouster.

Sherrod plans lawsuit against conservative blogger Breitbart
SAN DIEGO -- Fired U.S. Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod, speaking Thursday at a convention of black journalists, said that she hopes her story will be a catalyst for racial dialogue and that she intends to sue the conservative activist whose blog post of an out-of-context video le... President - United States - Barack Obama - FoxNews Channel - andrewbreitbart

Pinellas school district to learn lesson in frugality
By Ron Matus, Times Staff Writer Friday, July 30, 2010 The massive machine that is the Pinellas County School District has a $1.35 billion budget, more than 103,000 K-12 students and about 14,000 full-time employees. Even in the best of times, it's a challenge to keep it well-oiled and humming. And these are not the best of times. Eight of 16 traditional high schools are D-rated. One is an F ...

Dons dish up harsh lesson
St Kilda's worrying recent form continues with an upset 33-point defeat to Essendon.

UM Administrators say Lesson Learned from E-mail Scare
University of Montana administrators learned some lessons from last week's email threat. Law enforcement swarmed campus only to determine it was a hoax. UM staff remained very tight lipped about the incident until Friday.

Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.

Sherrod plans to sue conservative blogger
SAN DIEGO Fired U.S. Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod, speaking Thursday at a convention of black journalists, said that she hopes her story will be a catalyst for racial dialogue and that she intends to sue the conservative activist whose blog post of an out-of-context video led to her ouster.

Blago, possibly the Worst Boss Ever, and other trial moments
With the fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich now in the hands of the jury, here's a look back at some of the key moments in his two-month corruption trial.