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Pamela Huey

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Nation/world editor Pamela Huey has spent 44 years in the news business, including stints at UPI, MPR, AP and the Star Tribune. As a wire reporter, she covered politics, crime, sports, agriculture and human interest stories. She also spent seven years on Capitol Hill serving as a deputy press secretary to a U.S. senator.  


Huey was born in Fargo and is a graduate of Western Illinois University in Macomb. She received a graduate degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois in Springfield. With her husband, Paul Walsh, she raised two sons, both born in Washington, D.C., and adopted as infants. They are both African American and have immeasurably enriched their lives. She also have a step daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter.
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N.D. man traveled 113,000 miles to gather stories from elders in every town of state

A North Dakota man traveled to every town in the state, gathering memories and wisdom from the Greatest Generation.
Ron Rabinovitz signed books for children in March at the Ridgehaven Barnes & Noble.

St. Louis Park man who was pen pal to Jackie Robinson helps keep No. 42's story alive

Ron Rabinovitz has co-written a children's book, "Always Jackie," just the way Robinson signed his letters to a young Ronnie.
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Merton Strommen, Lutheran pastor who dedicated his life to young people, dies at 100

His avocation was music, but God's calling to the ministry changed his career direction.
In this undated file photo, American rock and roll singer Buddy Holly performs in the 1950s.

Buddy Holly's music, his story live on 60 years since day the music died

Mary Huey asked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for his signature and for his favorite hymn after he preached at Riverside Church in New York City in

Signature in hymnal sets Minnesota woman on search for MLK's favorite hymn

My Aunt Mary 's encounter with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. set me on a search to find his favorite hymn.
Buddy Holly performing with Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup at the Fiesta Ballroom, Montevideo

Buddy Holly band member Tommy Allsup, who saved his life with a coin toss, dies at 85

He lost the coin flip with another band member, missing the plane that crashed on "The Day the Music Died."
Carl Bernstein before his Q-A at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday.

Man who helped oust Nixon dissects Clinton for Mpls. audience

Famous Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein talked all things politics to a packed house in Minneapolis on Thursday night.
A light rail train struck a car Sunday afternoon, April 12, 2015, in downtown Minneapolis, leaving the tracks blocked. The collision occurred about 12

Light rail train hits minivan making errant turn in downtown Mpls.

Trains in both directions were stopped, and passengers were allowed to disembark.
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Obituary: Jack Puterbaugh, DFL stalwart and advance man for JFK's final trip

Husband, wife among 3 to die in 2 traffic crashes in outstate Minn.

Pedestrian struck by Green Line train in St. Paul

Minnesota Guard will not be going to Liberia, after all

As Ebola outbreak subsides, deployment called off.

July 11, 2004: Home is where Brokaw's heart is

2013: Minnesota's Freeman family watched historic tragedy unfold

2013: Minnesota's Freeman family watched historic tragedy unfold

The memories of Minnesota's former first lady are succinct and vivid. The Freemans and their 15-year-old son, Mike, would mourn the passing of the nation's 35th president at four historic events that November weekend.

For JFK's advance man, a routine mission turned hellish

He recounted scouting sites, saying no one anticipated trouble.
FILE -- President John F. Kennedy slumped down in back seat of car after being fatally shot in Dallas in this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo. Jacqueline Ken

2013: Jackie's Secret Service agent tells his story

Clint Hill, the person closest to the assassination who is still alive, was tormented by guilt for years. North Dakota native has now funneled his energy into telling his story.
Publishers Clearing House "Prize Patrol"

The lure of the Prize Patrol

I entered again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again. Mailings were multiplying faster than rabbits.

Suspect in traffic stop assault is caught in Wis.

A 20-year-old St. Paul man who is accused of assaulting a Washington County deputy sheriff during a traffic stop Thursday night was apprehended in Luck, Wis., Saturday night.
A group of men view of the wreckage of a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane in a snowy field outside of Clear Lake, Iowa, early February 1959. The crash, on

2009: Buddy Holly: The tour from hell

The story of the long, cold nights on the road before the Day the Music Died, 50 years ago.
Buddy Holly's wife to attend 50th anniversary tribute

Buddy Holly's wife to attend 50th anniversary tribute

Maria Elena Holly will join Monday night's 50th anniversary tribute in Iowa to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper.

Q&A with Buddy Holly's widowed bride

Maria Elena Holly was a newlywed and mother-to-be when husband Buddy Holly's plane crashed in Iowa 50 years ago. Now, she returns to the venue where Buddy staged his last concert and takes time to answer a wide range of questions about the legacy of her husband's music and the circumstances leading up to when the music died.

Pamela Huey: A dramatic recount -- and ultimately, a clean election

Rolvaag, contacted at his Bowstring Lake home in northern Minnesota, reminisced about the election 20 years ago.