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A Novel Idea: Beer Sales in a Stadium

Alcohol sales may soon be coming to a stadium near you.

The University of Minnesota could make up to $2 million a year if the Senate Finance Committee passes a new bill allowing the school to choose where it sells alcohol during sports events.

Currently, Minnesota law states that the University has to let all vendors sell alcohol or have a dry stadium. The bill would allow the school to limit the sale of liquor …

A Drop in the Bucket

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has managed to get both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to pass his new job bill, which will spend $15 billion on creating new jobs.

Mark Zandi, an economist and former presidential campaign advisor to John McCain, estimates 250,000 new jobs might result from the bill. Though at first that might sound like a reasonable number, it’s only around 3 percent of the jobs that have been lost …