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Minnesota Today from MPR News
December 24, 2012
A win over the Packers would lead the Vikings to the playoffs
“The Vikings-Packers game time Sunday has been changed to 3:25 p.m. by the NFL. If the Vikings win, they will make the NFC playoffs as a wild-card. They can also make the playoffs, if they lose, if Chicago, Dallas and the N.Y. Giants also lose.
“The NFL also flexed the Dallas-Washington game, which will decide the NFC East title, to 7:20 p.m. and moved the New England-Miami game to 3:25 as well,” via Star Tribune.
12,000 unemployed Minnesotans will face fiscal cliff implications immediately
“Another kind of fiscal cliff looms for 2.1 million jobless Americans, including thousands of Minnesotans.
“Their unemployment insurance benefits will expire at year’s end unless Congress renews a program that gives extra aid to people who have used up their six months of state unemployment checks.
“Rep. Sandy Levin, a Michigan Democrat, has called the program’s scheduled end a ‘human cliff.’ Letting it expire could save the federal government $30 billion, but the cost to more than 12,000 Minnesotans would be severe,” via Star Tribune.
Minn. sand mine plan open for public comment
“Environmental reviews of two proposed silica sand mines in Winona County are up for public comment starting Monday.
“They are planned for Saratoga Township, just south of St. Charles, where a processing facility is also proposed.
“Citizens groups are asking for a broader study.
“Johanna Rupprecht, policy organizer for The Land Stewardship, said the projects are so closely connected that the county should do an environmental impact statement that would cover all of them,” via MPR News.
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Video: Twin Cities aviation discovery flight
I took a discovery Flight at Twin Cities Aviation at The Blaine, MN (Anoka County Airport). The instructor was nice enough to let me mount my GoPro to the outside of the side.
Duluth rifle sales unprecedented as buyers fear new laws
“Northland gun dealers are reporting a spike in military-style gun sales.
“Superior Shooters Supply is out of semi-automatic rifles due to people ‘panic buying,’ owner Pat Kukull said. Some buyers are afraid of possible changes the federal government could make to gun laws,” via Pioneer Press.
