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Kara Goucher wins the 5,000 at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. [Associated Press]

U.S. Track and Field Trials: Duluth native Kara Goucher wins, earns second Olympic berth

Kara Goucher has an early birthday party planned Saturday at home in Portland, Ore. She turns 30 on Wednesday and, with her family in town from Duluth, it's the perfect time to celebrate a milestone age, not to mention her first national championship.

The Duluth fireworks explode over the Duluth/Superior harbor behind the Aerial Lift Bridge on Friday evening in celebration of the Fourth of July. (Clint Austin / News Tribune)

DULUTH FIREWORKS: They're expensive, but the show surpasses all others

So much for Minnesota’s reputation as the land of modest reserve. When it comes to the Fourth of July, Duluth showed Friday that it knows how to pull out all the stops.

Competitors learn tricks of the treasure hunt in Cloquet's "Amazing Race"

Considering it spanned a couple of miles in Cloquet and not all over the world, the Carlton County Historical Society’s version of CBS’s “The Amazing Race,” was a pretty good one.

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Cirrus Design Corp.’s the-jet prepares for a smooth landing at the end of its 48-minute maiden flight at Duluth International Airport on Thursday morning. The plane is a prototype for the-jet, which is still several years away from full production. (Clint Austin / News Tribune)

Cirrus' the-jet takes wing

“ ‘November 280 Charlie Juliet, you are cleared for takeoff’ ... That’s got to be about the coolest thing in the world that I have ever heard,” said a grinning Bill King, vice president of business development at Cirrus Design Corp., as his company marked a milestone: the maiden flight of its first jet aircraft Thursday morning.

FOURTHFEST: Martin Zellar hits Bayfront with his southern rock

Duluth's fireworks in 1988 were city's shortest, but most memorable

At first, many of the spectators — blanketing the Duluth hillside and jamming Bayfront Festival Park 20 years ago this Fourth of July — assumed the shower of sparks and bursts of color spraying from the ground were just part of the show. They cheered until the first explosion.

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Restaurant inspections 2008
The Duluth News Tribune reviewed nearly 140 restaurant inspections of all traditional sit-down bars and restaurants in the Twin Ports area over the past year. Of the restaurants in Duluth, 68 percent had at least one critical violation. Of the restaurants in Superior, 65 percent had a critical violation.