In 1996, Love began obtaining small acting parts again in Basquiat and Feeling Minnesota ( 1996 ), before landing the co-starring role of Larry Flynt's wife, Althea, in Miloš Forman's 1996 film The People vs. Larry Flynt, against Columbia Pictures ' reluctance due to her low profile and " troubled " past.

He began with the generally accepted proposition that Minnesota and the other states had the authority, using their police powers, to regulate commerce within their bounds.

The Saints 2010 season began in the Superdome as the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints defeated the Minnesota Vikings 14 – 9, in a rematch of the 2010 NFC Championship Game.

He began chemotherapy treatment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in early April 2006.

As 1944 began the frontrunners for the Republican nomination appeared to be Wendell Willkie, the party's 1940 candidate, Senator Robert Taft of Ohio, the leader of the party's conservatives, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the leader of the party's powerful, moderate eastern establishment, General Douglas MacArthur, then serving as an Allied commander in the Pacific theater of the war, and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen, then serving as a U. S. naval officer in the Pacific.

Minnesota Public Radio began on January 22, 1967, when KSJR signed on from the campus of Saint John's University in Collegeville, just outside St.

The league began in 1993 with 6 teams: Duluth-Superior Dukes ( Duluth, Minnesota ), Rochester Aces ( Rochester, Minnesota ), St. Paul Saints ( St. Paul, Minnesota ), Sioux Falls Canaries ( Sioux Falls, South Dakota ), Sioux City Explorers ( Sioux City, Iowa ) and Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks ( Thunder Bay, Ontario ).

The Nashville Predators ( which began play in the 1998 – 99 season ), as well as the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild ( which both began play in the 2000 – 01 season ), were the other franchises granted in this round of expansion.

It was also during this season that Minnesota began to play on a parquet floor.

Minnesota began the NBA preseason with two games in London and Istanbul, as part of NBA Europe Live 2007.

The new team began playing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, calling themselves the Lakers in honor of the state's nickname, " Land of 10, 000 Lakes ".

The Lakers ' franchise began in 1947 when Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen of Minnesota purchased the recently disbanded Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League ( NBL ) for $ 15, 000 from Gems owner Maury Winston.

Charlie Huddy was claimed by Minnesota in the expansion draft, and Mark Messier was traded to the New York Rangers a day after the season began.

The Minnesota North Stars began play in 1967 as part of the NHL's six-team expansion.

According to co-creator Allan Burns, Minnesota was selected for the show's location after " one of the writers began talking about the strengths and weaknesses of the Vikings.

When Mr. Toelken was settled he began advertising in a Minneapolis, Minnesota German newspaper seeking other German Lutherans to come to the area.

The settlement of the Champlin area began when Father Louis Hennepin, a Franciscan priest from whom Hennepin County, Minnesota gets its name, Michael Accult and Peter Dulay were captured by the Sioux Indians.

Site Selections: In the year 1879, the Southern Minnesota Railroad began building a route from Heron Lake, to Fulda.

It began in 1993 as Northwest Technical College, which has campus in other Minnesota towns, but eventually was bought by NCTC.

The neighborhood began to shift once the Minnesota Central Railway built its station on the west side of the river, resulting in the development of Railway Street and the platting of the Railway Addition in 1865.

Lake Elmo, just southwest of Stillwater, Minnesota, began with one farm in 1852 on the southwest corner of the intersection of what is now Manning Avenue and 30th Street, just southeast of downtown Lake Elmo and across the highway from the Lake Elmo Airport.

Benny Andersson Orchestra at a concert in Minnesota in 2006.

University of Minnesota, 2006

From 2001 to 2006, the Twins compiled the longest streak of consecutive winning seasons since moving to Minnesota.

Clemens made his return on June 22, 2006, against the Minnesota Twins, losing to their rookie phenom, Francisco Liriano, 4 – 2.

As part of IBM's Systems branding initiative in 2006, it was again renamed to System i. The codename of the AS / 400 project was " Silver Lake ", named for the lake in downtown Rochester, Minnesota, where development of the system took place.

In February, 2006, LifeTime Fitness ( a Minnesota company ) opened a 24 / 7 health club at the edge of the Columbia Gateway industrial park.

The University of Minnesota Rochester ( UMR ) is the newest campus of the University of Minnesota system, having been formally established in December 2006 ( although the University of Minnesota has offered classes in Rochester as a satellite site since as early as 1966 ).

In September 2006, Ventura endorsed and campaigned with independent Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, and Independence Party of Minnesota's gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson and Team Minnesota.

They traded Marko Jaric ( in a sign and trade transaction ) and Lionel Chalmers to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Sam Cassell and a lottery-protected 1st round pick in the 2006 NBA Draft.

As of 2006, Northern Lights Council serves all of North Dakota, and parts of South Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast Montana.

As of 2006, Northern Lights Council serves all of North Dakota, and parts of South Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast Montana.

As of 2006, Northern Lights Council serves all of North Dakota, and parts of South Dakota, northwestern Minnesota and northeast Montana.

As of 2006, Northern Lights Council serves North Dakota, and counties in South Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast Montana. Northern Lights Council

Anthony Kirby Puckett ( March 14, 1960 – March 6, 2006 ) was a professional Major League Baseball center fielder who spent his entire 12-year baseball career playing with the Minnesota Twins ( 1984 – 1995 ) and is the Twins franchise's all-time leader in career hits, runs, doubles, and total bases.

( Minnesota Vikings 1999-2001, Houston Texans 2002-2004, Jacksonville Jaguars 2005, Washington Redskins 2006, and Cleveland Browns 2007 )

A fictional version of its courthouse and rural countryside are also featured in director Ali Selim's 2006 independent film Sweet Land, a love story revolving around a German immigrant's settlement in rural Becker County, Minnesota in the aftermath of World War I.

In 2006, Carver attained Certified Local Government status by the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office.

* Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins First Baseman and 2006 American League MVP

Triton, coached by Don Henderson, won the Minnesota State Football championship in 1994 ( B Division ), 2000 ( AA Division ) and in 2006 ( AA Division ).

The 2006 Cobras hold a Minnesota State High School League Prep Bowl record for both the highest scoring team in a championship game ( 70 points ), as well as total scoring game for both teams ( 91 points ).

Triton, coached by Don Henderson, won the Minnesota State Football championship in 1994 ( B Division ), 2000 ( AA Division ) and in 2006 ( AA Division ).