2/17: Morning Communique

THESE DAYS

A futuristic flexible material that instantly hardens into armor upon impact will protect U.S. and Canadian skiers from injury on the slalom runs at this year's Winter Olympics.

A midlevel state appeals court on Thursday upheld the state's marriage law as constitutional, handing a defeat to same-sex couples seeking to be married in New York.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Rural Democrats have an open public forum to share their political views at Blue Is Beautiful.

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TIME WASTERS

Track the last-place finishers at the Olympics at DFL.

Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? FBI's X-Files Division... schweet.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"United Nations should be making serious investigations across the world. This is not."

-- White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, dismissing the United Nations report that encouraged the shuttering of Gitmo