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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Minnesota on the Mississippi River adjacent to St. Paul. The largest city in the state, it developed as a lumber and flour mill center.
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- proper noun The largest
city in the state ofMinnesota .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities
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MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) -- Making a joint appearance at a Tea Party rally in Minneapolis, former Alaska Gov.
Andy Borowitz: Palin, Bachmann, Seek Two Additional Horsemen 2010
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MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) -- Making a joint appearance at a Tea Party rally in Minneapolis, former Alaska Gov.
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DATELINE: MINNEAPOLIS In response to the surprising rise in juvenile delinquency among young girls, first offenders in one small, unnamed suburb of Minneapolis are being held for 4 hours every day, after school, in the empty monkey house of the local zoo.
September 2009 2009
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DATELINE: MINNEAPOLIS In response to the surprising rise in juvenile delinquency among young girls, first offenders in one small, unnamed suburb of Minneapolis are being held for 4 hours every day, after school, in the empty monkey house of the local zoo.
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First line: "MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE - June 11: Local barrister Nicholas Ward was arrested yesterday for releasing more than 100 live lobsters into the indoor pool at the mayor's mansion in Minneapolis."
Archive 2008-06-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2008
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First line: "MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE - June 11: Local barrister Nicholas Ward was arrested yesterday for releasing more than 100 live lobsters into the indoor pool at the mayor's mansion in Minneapolis."
Review: The Marriage of True Minds tinylittlelibrarian 2008
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April 13, 2006 -- MINNEAPOLIS - A Marine reservist returning home after eight months in Iraq was told he couldn't board a plane home to Minneapolis because his name appeared on a terrorist watch list.
From On High 2006
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MINNEAPOLIS - Don't have your tickets yet for "Wicked" at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis?
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MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge in Minneapolis has rejected a plea deal by Boston Scientific Corp. 's Guidant unit to pay $296 million in exchange for pleading guilty to charges it failed to properly disclose changes made to some implantable heart devices.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Steve Karnowski 2010
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MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge in Minneapolis has rejected a plea deal by Boston Scientific Corp. 's Guidant unit to pay $296 million in exchange for pleading guilty to charges it failed to properly disclose changes made to some implantable heart devices.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Steve Karnowski 2010
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