Read more Minnesota stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6119/minnesota.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:07:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74677/minneapolis-terror-recruiters-charged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoin a terror group and have fun, make friends and see the world. That's the pitch federal authorities say a Minnesota terror gang used to recruit fellow Somali-Americans to fight overseas, according to new charges against 8 men. A total of 14 people have now been targeted in the probe...http://www.newser.com/story/74677/minneapolis-terror-recruiters-charged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 1:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73418/bachmann-health-care-rally-draws-thousands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of health care reform protesters gathered in Washington today as part of Michele Bachmann’s “Super Bowl of Freedom.” Participants wielding signs like “Waterboard Congress” and chanting "kill the bill" congregated outside the Capitol to hear Bachmann, other GOP lawmakers, and even Jon Voight assail the reform legislation as too...http://www.newser.com/story/73418/bachmann-health-care-rally-draws-thousands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 12:58:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72444/bong-water-is-a-drug-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMinnesota’s Supreme Court has declared bong water an illegal drug. The decision overturns a lower court ruling that held bong water was paraphernalia. The decision means lazy users who leave water in their bongs could be hit with a first-degree drug possession charge—even if they have no other drugs,...http://www.newser.com/story/72444/bong-water-is-a-drug-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 14:50:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71757/bachmann-reckless-liar-rising-star.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichele Bachmann thinks the administration is trying to eliminate the dollar. She’s refusing to fill out her census form, which, she notes, has been used to populate internment camps. And she’s suggested that Democrat-proposed privacy rules for school clinics could lead to abortion referrals for young girls. To Democrats, they're...http://www.newser.com/story/71757/bachmann-reckless-liar-rising-star.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 8:01:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70581/think-tank-taps-bachmann-as-miss-november.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA conservative think tank's calendar of "Great American Conservative Women" features a relative newbie: Michele Bachmann. The Minnesota lawmaker, who was elected to Congress in 2006, appears in the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute's calendar as "Miss November." The calendar also features Carrie Prejean, Michelle Malkin, and Ann Coulter, the...http://www.newser.com/story/70581/think-tank-taps-bachmann-as-miss-november.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 17:36:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70485/health-foes-fight-mandatory-insurance-at-state-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEfforts are afoot in more than a dozen states to outlaw mandatory health insurance, a preemptive strike against federal health reform that, though mainly symbolic and constitutionally dubious, could provoke a court battle that would be costly and delay any plan passed by Congress. “I just don’t want the government...http://www.newser.com/story/70485/health-foes-fight-mandatory-insurance-at-state-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 19:56:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70411/independents-threaten-dems-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndependent candidates figure to play a major role in at least six states next year, threatening Democrats in an election where they already must defend 21 of their 28 governorships. In New Jersey, for example, independent Chris Daggett is trailing well behind Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican Tom Kean,...http://www.newser.com/story/70411/independents-threaten-dems-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 8:30:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70034/pawlenty-launches-pac.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTim Pawlenty is taking yet another step toward a presidential run by launching a political action committee, the Washington Post reports. The PAC, dubbed “Freedom First,” will allow Pawlenty to travel the country, build a national network, and donate funds to state and federal candidates. Its first event will be...http://www.newser.com/story/70034/pawlenty-launches-pac.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 14:41:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69783/pawlenty-rips-obamas-pre-911-style-appeasement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMinnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible Republican presidential contender in 2012, tonight compared President Obama’s diplomatic moves on Iran, North Korea and the missile shield to pre-World War II and pre-9/11 “appeasement,” Politico reports. “The lessons of history are clear,” he told Christian conservatives. “Appeasement and weakness did not stop...http://www.newser.com/story/69783/pawlenty-rips-obamas-pre-911-style-appeasement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 22:11:53 CDT