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*Phillips community sweeps up the
neighborhoodhttp://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102741
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102741> John Akre, Community Voices
• The four Phillips Neighborhoods of Minneapolis, Phillips East, West,
Midtown and Ventura Village, collaborated once again onr the annual
Phillips Clean Sweep on October 11. Neighbors grabbed garbage bags and
picker-uppers to pick up trash on the streets and others joined city
garbage crews to pick up large items in the alleys.Study finds charter
schools lag behind peershttp://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102732
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102732> Kevin Karner, The Minnesota
Daily • A higher number of public school students in Minneapolis are
choosing charter schools than in the past, but research suggests that the
alternative schooling might not be the best option. Charter schools perform
worse than traditional public schools by several performance metrics,
according to a report released this month by University of Minnesota Law
School researchers.*
*PROPER NOUN BLOG | Kindness in
chalkhttp://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102734
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102734> Mindy Rhiger • You could still
see the messages written three different languages chalked on the sidewalk
in front of my daughter’s school earlier this week from the October 10th
Kindness in Chalk event. The words were faded then, but they still have me
hope.MN17A: Did house candidate Tim Miller channel Marco Rubio's awkward
water bottle moment?http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102749
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102749> Sally Jo Sorensen, Bluestem
Prairie • A number of readers have brought our attention to the way Tim "So
Not An Uncaring Ogre" Miller's
<http://www.bluestemprairie.com/bluestemprairie/2014/10/mn17a-is-ed-minn-portraying-tim-miller-as-an-uncaring-ogre-a-bluestem-factcheck-.html>
water moment in the Pioneer Public Television debate reminds them of
national Republican Marco Rubio's own, more famous awkward water moment.*
*MUSIC PHOTOS | The Gaslight Anthem at First
Avenuehttp://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102654
<http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/102654> Alexa Jones, TC Daily Planet •
On Wednesday, October 15 The Gaslight Anthem played at First Avenue in
Minneapolis.*