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Favre, Vikings Begin Preparing for Packers Circus

Sep. 29, 2009
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- For the Minnesota Vikings, a Monday night matchup against the Green Bay Packers is about as big as a regular season game gets.
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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A Colorado town plans to kill prairie dogs living on the site of a proposed reservoir and feed them to injured birds of prey.

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- An auto dealership burglary suspect in a Minneapolis suburb claims innocence because his ankle monitor would have alerted authorities if he strayed from home.

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BATH, England, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Circus showman Gerry Cottle has revealed plans to open his own school in England aimed at reviving the traditional concepts behind the circus art form.

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PHILADELPHIA, June 7 (UPI) -- The newest installment of the Ringling Bros. Circus is a $15 million, arena-size show with a hip-hop musical score and storyline connecting the acts.

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SARASOTA, Fla., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Royal Hanneford Circus owner and clown Tommy Hanneford has died in Sarasota, Fla., at age 78.

Prairie View, Grambling players suspended

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced Thursday 17 players from Grambling and Prairie View had been suspended for one game each.

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MILWAUKEE, July 14 (UPI) -- The Great Circus Parade in Milwaukee may a thing of the past unless the state provides $1.5 million to fund the Circus World Museum.

Scientists plan Iraqi marshland project

GAINESVILLE, Miss., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Scientists are laying the groundwork for restoring a huge wetland systematically destroyed by Saddam Hussein should U.S. troops successfully invade Iraq. The project is called "Eden Again" because of the belief by many that the Bible's "Garden of Eden" wa

Pressure washers recalled

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- MCM International of Eden Prairie, Minn., has recalled 50,000 Black Cat electric pressure washers because they may contain a counterfeit ground fault circuit in
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch