Earth Journal Circle presents 'Climate change: Right here, right now'
On Monday, Feb. 25, MinnPost's Earth Journal Circle will present "Climate change: Right here, right now," a substantive discussion of how Earth's changing climate is showing up in Minnesota's natural...
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Demand for high-interest payday loans soars in Minnesota
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New regulations of compounded medicines mean fewer options at higher prices
Macular degeneration affects more than 2 million Americans, and is especially common in Minnesota due to a higher prevalence in populations of northern European heritage. By serendipity in 2006, a...
View Article'No go' on McKinley for Lonnie Dupre
Well, there’s always another January. Beth Bragg of the Anchorage Daily News reports: “A day that dawned with the possibility of a rare wintertime summit of Mount McKinley instead became the day a...
View ArticleIn reversal, Spain woos investment from Latin America
European leaders, smarting from high unemployment and dismal approval ratings at home, spent the weekend meeting their Latin American counterparts in Santiago, Chile. One item on the agenda: urging...
View ArticleHow troubling is Jacob Lew's $1 million bonus from Citigroup?
Jacob Lew, President Obama's nominee to succeed Timothy Geithner as secretary of the Treasury, has spent most of his working life in government service. As a young man, he served under Democrats...
View ArticleIn Japan, sadness and frustration over Algeria hostage crisis
TOKYO — Japan had been bracing itself for bad news since reports emerged that its nationals were among those missing after the first exchanges of gunfire in last week's In Amenas hostage crisis.But...
View ArticleIn Beijing, migrants remain in the shadow of China's rise to wealth
Comparing the Divide: In Los Angeles and Beijing alike, millions of workers who have left their homes and often their families in search of prosperity find themselves at the very bottom of the...
View ArticleUS sees signs that China is tiring of North Korea's antics
US officials are taking heart in mounting evidence that China, while still worried about the repercussions of a North Korean collapse, is tiring of protecting its troublesome ally.Though wary of each...
View ArticleFor French troops nearing rebel ground, Mali fight is no ordinary mission
French Army columns, scores of vehicles, and hundreds of soldiers rumbled north into centralMali today, down dirt roads and among the grass and acacia trees, heading toward the rebel's main stronghold....
View ArticleJudges slap down Obama 'recess appointments.' Case headed to Supreme Court?
The partisan battle over “recess appointments” took a new turn Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that President Obama violated the Constitution when he made such appointments to fill vacancies...
View ArticleMorsi declares state of emergency after dozens killed in Egypt
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi announced a state of emergency and a curfew in the three Suez Canal provinces where deadly violence has flared for three days. At least three people were killed in Port...
View ArticleHow the networks choose some of those TV shows
If you’ve ever thought that network TV shows might just as well be chosen by a random bunch of drunks working for cigarette money — sometimes they might be.How do I know? I was one of them.In truth, I...
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Education advocates laud Dayton's proposed funding, but worry about...
That low moan rumbling through the air at the state Capitol this week? That’s Minnesota’s education advocacy community trying to figure out how to simultaneously express its gratitude and look a gift...
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Rep. Wills (57B) needs to re-read Legacy Amendment objectives
mnpACT! Progressive Political Blog Rep. Anna WillsI noticed this letter to the editor from District 57B Representative Anna Wills of Apple Valley-Rosemount.Let's see if you notice a problem here:To...
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Anger over gun proposals is palpable, pervasive at RiverCentre weapons show
“The government wants to take our guns.”That’s what many folks who gathered at the RiverCentre in St. Paul over the weekend for The Minnesota Weapons Collectors Association (“Our Heritage, Our Right”)...
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Highlights from Red Bull Crashed Ice in Saint Paul
Saint Paul saw the return of Red Bull's "Crashed Ice" event this weekend, a race that takes ice skaters off of flat rinks and on to a course with hills, banked turns and jumps. Vimeo user Kevin Gilmore...
View ArticleSome worry about Minnesota moose numbers, but DNR says hunt will go on
While no one seems to know for sure why the moose population in Minnesota is declining, the state DNR says hunting isn't the problem and plans another limited hunt in the fall.The Duluth News Tribune...
View ArticleMinneapolis pedal pubs getting their first city regulations
It is possible to pedal down a Minneapolis street and drink beer at the same time, but it’s not possible to do that for four years without someone from city government noticing.Welcome, all of you...
View ArticleObesity raises risk of dying in traffic accidents, study finds
People who are obese are more likely to die in traffic accidents than their slimmer peers, according to a study published online last week in the Emergency Medicine Journal.Other research has suggested...
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