Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty won’t seek 3rd term; possible presidential candidate in 2012ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty erased one doubt about his political future while blowing open another, passing Tuesday on a third-term bid while declining to say if he’ll set his sights on the White House. Pawlenty dismissed talk of a 2012 Republican presidential campaign as premature, saying he would focus on the next 19 months to finish his term strong. Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty won’t seek 3rd term in 2010; possible prez candidate in 2012ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he won’t seek a third term, a decision that may pave the way for a Republican presidential bid in 2012. Minn. mulls cremation for poor who die alone; some worry about mistakes that can’t be undoneEDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The slender figure of Guy Finch, zipped up in a body bag after the 83-year-old died alone in his Minneapolis apartment, was brought to funeral director Todd Maisch one Saturday last month. Push falls flat in Minnesota to punish group aiding family of teenage Somali pirate suspectST. PAUL, Minn. — A Republican state legislator in Minnesota has failed in his attempt to punish a group that helped line up an attorney for an accused Somali pirate. |