Monday, September 08, 2008
Duluth News Tribune


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Sam Freundschuh (left) and Chris Ellian sell a power supply to Paul Greenlun at their business, NOXEM Computers, in downtown Duluth. The two UMD freshmen repair computers, build custom computers and sell some used parts. [AMANDA HANSMEYER / NEWS TRIBUNE]

Fuse Duluth creates connections for young professionals

Chris Ellian and Sam Freundschuh spent their final summer before college launching their first business. “I skipped an all-night graduation party to take possession of the [building],” Ellian said.

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5 Reasons why the Vikings will win / Packers will win

The moment so many Vikings and Packers fans have waited for has arrived: The Week 1 matchup between revamped Minnesota and Brett Favre-less Green Bay at Lambeau Field in front of a national audience on Monday Night Football.

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Christian Hesch runs to the finish line of Grandma's Minnesota Mile as Thomas Morgan follows behind him on West Superior Street Sunday morning. Hesch won the race in 4 minutes, 10 seconds. AMANDA HANSMEYER / NEWS TRIBUNE

Hesch wins road race

Steeplechaser Carrie Messner-Vickers didn’t make the 2008 U.S. Olympic track team and didn’t want to race in Europe this summer, so she has been running on America’s roads. Her travels included coming to Minnesota for the first time for Sunday morning’s second Grandma’s Minnesota Mile-Duluth.
Physical therapists Lois Kubow (left) and Sarah Ziring, both of Duluth, position an upper-body ergometer Saturday in the new SMDC Lakeside Clinic. The clinic is scheduled to open today. [CLINT AUSTIN / NEWS TRIBUNE]

SMDC opens new Lakeside clinic today

Chris Russ walked through the glass doors of SMDC Health System’s Duluth Clinic in Lakeside on Friday afternoon and gazed. “You almost want to cry,” said Russ, clinic administrator, as she pointed out all the new clinic has to offer — a new mammography department, a much larger area for physical therapists, more exam rooms and space for three more doctors.

Federal takeover of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac could reverse housing crisis

WASHINGTON — The historic seizure Sunday of mortgage finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is expected to strengthen the nation’s sinking housing sector by lowering mortgage rates and jump-starting the obscure background market that is vital to home lending.
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Sports in pictures: Sept. 1-Sept. 7

Hermantown head football coach Daryl Illikainen holds "The Hammer" while talking to his team after they defeated Proctor 7-6 on a last second goal-line stand Friday night at Hermantown High School.

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CLINT AUSTIN / NEWS TRIBUNE Shane Bauer of Laughingstock Designs sells a series of T-shirts with positive messages he designed on Aug. 30 at Pride Festival in Duluth.

Designer takes fun seriously

Shane Bauer might be the one guy in Duluth few people know, but most have probably heard from. An up-and-coming graphic designer who works from a small bedroom in his Piedmont home, Bauer creates positive, sometimes comical messagesthat are popping up all over town — on personalized greeting cards,Fitger’s new Web site and the “Elect Papa Murphy’s” campaign signs plantedin local yards a couple of months ago.

Training grants help Northland employers adjust to shifting economy

Even though Northstar Aerospace recently cut its staff by about 15 percent because of a struggling customer, the Duluth manufacturer of precision aircraft components is preparing for an anticipated shortfall of qualified workers as its business grows in the future. The company is counting on a state grant to help meet its future need for skilled machinists and other workers.

Steger blasts movement for more oil drilling

Arctic explorer Will Steger said Sunday that the collapse last week of another Arctic ice shelf is yet another reminder of the already occurring impacts of global climate change.


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