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    Jill Biden to make campaign stop in Minneapolis Friday

    Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is expected to make a campaign stop in Minneapolis on Friday. Specific details of the event were not released. Biden, a community college teacher, will likely discuss issues surrounding education and college affordability.
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    President Obama's campaign announced that Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is coming to Minneapolis Friday to speak at an event, the Star Tribune reports. No other details were released about the visit.

    MPR News says this is the first time Biden, a community college teacher, will be campaigning on her own in 2012 and will most likely discuss education issues and college affordability.

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