Monthly Archives: July 2011

Chad Vandergriff gets D3Football summer honor

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Tommie Sports - Latest Football News

St. Thomas offensive tackle Chad Vandergriff (SR-Eagan) is among 52 players named to the D3Football.com 2011 Preseason All-America football team. The UST senior made second team and is among 10 offensive linemen honored on the first and second teams.
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Businesses play critical role in thwarting terror

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Associated Press

The enduring lesson for a post-9/11 world: America’s work force plays a crucial role in preventing potential terror attacks. Continue reading →

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Debt mess shows Washington’s awful side

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Associated Press

Even if a bitterly divided Congress and President Barack Obama avoid a U.S. debt default by striking a last-second deal, as all sides expect, plenty of damage has been done. Continue reading →

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Public Safety briefs

Posted on July 27, 2011 by TommieMedia

Public Safety responds to noise complaints and a window peeping incident in this week’s briefs. Continue reading →

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Authorities examine body of girl killed in 1957

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Associated Press

The body  was exhumed weeks after authorities announced they’d arrested a Seattle man and charged him with murder in the death of the girl, who was abducted by a man as she played outside her home in Sycamore in December 1957. Continue reading →

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North Korea predicts new nuclear arms race

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Associated Press

Sin Son Ho told a General Assembly meeting that if “the largest nuclear weapon state” — a reference to the United States — wants to stop the spread of nuclear weapons “it should show its good example by negotiating the Treaty of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons.” Continue reading →

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FBs Waldvogel is 2011 AFCA Good Works nominee

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Tommie Sports - Latest Football News

Tommie senior-to-be Fritz Waldvogel is among a record 132 players on the national nomination list for the 2011 Allstate Good Works Team, sponsored by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA).  
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Football’s Waldvogel named AFCA Good Works nominee

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Tommie Sports - Latest Football News

Tommie senior-to-be Fritz Waldvogel is among a record 132 players on the national nomination list for the 2011 Allstate Good Works Team, sponsored by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA).  
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Norway victim’s father recounts last words

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Associated Press

Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week’s bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief to an already reeling nation. Continue reading →

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Aid workers rush to help East Africa’s hungry

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Associated Press

Officials warn that 800,000 children could die across the Horn of Africa. Aid workers are rushing to bring help to dangerous and previously unreached regions of drought-ravaged Somalia. Continue reading →

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