http://wcco.com/realitychecken-USSat, 19 Jul 2008 01:29:53 GMT5http://wcco.com/realitycheck/battling.gas.ads.2.773009.htmlIf you believe everything you see on television the next U.S. Senator from Minnesota will cut your gas prices. ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/battling.gas.ads.2.773009.htmlThu, 17 Jul 2008 03:46:13 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/reality.check.ventura.2.772090.htmlFormer Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's reasons not to run for U.S. Senate aren't really surprising. It's something we've heard before -- he says the media will attack his family and the system is unfair to third party candidates. ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/reality.check.ventura.2.772090.htmlWed, 16 Jul 2008 04:10:17 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/ad.organizing.workers.2.767488.htmlThe air war is on in the U.S. Senate race with Minnesota's largest labor organization demanding that Republican Sen. Norm Coleman condemn a TV ad it calls demeaning to workers. ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/ad.organizing.workers.2.767488.htmlThu, 17 Jul 2008 18:24:50 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/free.money.contributions.2.762585.htmlIt's one of the best kept political secrets in Minnesota: Free money. The state will give you $50 for contributing to an election campaign. ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/free.money.contributions.2.762585.htmlThu, 03 Jul 2008 04:19:03 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/us.senate.money.2.757341.htmlIt's already the most expensive U.S. Senate race in the country and it's not yet running at full speed. The eye-popping numbers are a sign of a tumultuous Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken headed this way. ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/us.senate.money.2.757341.htmlThu, 26 Jun 2008 03:55:57 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/franken.iraq.ad.2.751700.htmlDespite soaring oil revenues, Iraq is not paying to rebuild the country, and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken says the U.S. should stop paying for reconstruction. ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/franken.iraq.ad.2.751700.htmlThu, 19 Jun 2008 04:00:30 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/mccain.campaign.ad.2.746224.htmlIn his bid for the presidency, John McCain's first Minnesota television ad is meant to be serious, and reassuring. It tackles one of McCain's biggest strengths and weaknesses: the war in Iraq. But it never mentions the word "Iraq." ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/mccain.campaign.ad.2.746224.htmlThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:30:35 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/minnesota.2008.election.2.740569.htmlBarack Obama's visit to the Xcel Energy Center to claim the Democratic nomination was no accident. It was a challenge to Republicans trying to claim Minnesota in the presidential "win" column this year. So is Minnesota becoming a Republican state even possible? ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/minnesota.2008.election.2.740569.htmlThu, 05 Jun 2008 04:32:04 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/speedy.road.construction.2.735163.htmlThe Minnesota Department of Transportation said the new Interstate 35W bridge construction is not only on track but ahead of schedule. They said they'd complete the new bridge in just 17 months but, so far, it is 100 days ahead of schedule. ]]>http://wcco.com/realitycheck/speedy.road.construction.2.735163.htmlThu, 29 May 2008 04:21:47 GMThttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/bridge.collapse.report.2.729844.htmlhttp://wcco.com/realitycheck/bridge.collapse.report.2.729844.htmlThu, 22 May 2008 04:08:21 GMT