U of M students and administrators to rally at Capitol Thursday
University of Minnesota students and officials will rally at the state Capitol Thursday for the annual "Support the U Day."University President Eric Kaler and members of the Board of Regents will...
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Winona State dean fired for sexual misconduct; totem-pole killer gets 15 years
James William Murphy, former dean of Winona State University’s College of Business, was fired earlier this school year for having sexually inappropriate relationships with several male students and...
View ArticleFranken asks Obama to justify airstrikes against Americans
WASHINGTON — The same day Sen. Al Franken signed a letter asking the Obama administration to justify killing American citizens with ties to terrorists, a Justice Department memo detailing just that...
View ArticleNo snow emergency, but St. Paul plans major street plowing
St. Paul plow crews will try to clear snow from city streets Wednesday and Thursday, after a succession of small snowfalls that clogged the roadways.This is not a snow emergency, though, so there won't...
View ArticleMinneapolis mayoral, City Council candidates detail finances
The first reports from three Minneapolis mayoral candidates — all of them City Council members — have been filed:• Betsy Hodges, who did not actively raise money until after Minneapolis Mayor R.T....
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Al Franken 'favors' Minnesota press
I guess it’s a strategy … At Politico, Dylan Beyers writes: “Minnesota Sen. Al Franken [Tuesday] reiterated that he only talks to local Minnesota press. Onboard Air Force One with President Obama …...
View ArticleMayor Coleman goes to D.C. to help launch book on after-school programs
It won't show up on the bestseller lists, but St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is proud to be part of a new book about the importance of after-school programs to a community's overall health.Coleman is in...
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House gun hearings open with charged — but polite — arguments from both sides
“Nothing prepares you to hear the news that your father has been murdered with a gun.”That opening statement from Samuel Rahamim came at Tuesday’s packed House committee session on the first of three...
View ArticleDayton, Jesson working to get federal funding for MinnesotaCare
State officials had little progress to report after a conference call Tuesday with the feds about securing funding for MinnesotaCare, a well-regarded public health program for the working poor.Gov....
View ArticleMinnesota moose dropping like flies
We are losing moose faster than, well, millionaires to South Dakota, that’s for for sure. Steve Karnowski of the AP says: “Minnesota canceled the state's 2013 and future moose hunting seasons...
View ArticlePaulsen tells U fellows he won't run for Senate
WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen told a group of University of Minnesota fellows that he has no interest in running for U.S. Senate, according to a university professor, but a Paulsen...
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Gun advocates vent over proposed restrictions on assault weapons
Tim Jezierski was away at work when a man called his home and threatened to kill his wife and family. She started loading the guns.“He said he was going to come and shoot them,” Jezierski said, but the...
View ArticleWalker vs. Dayton smackdown: Which governor has the better economy?
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From Kick-the-Can to Red Rover: Honest tax reform must begin with tax...
As we've talked with thousands of Minnesotans about the state's budget realities and trends, they've literally gasped with disbelief when they've seen the "kick-the-can" tricks and gimmicks used to...
View ArticleIn State of State, Dayton blames tax cuts for budget woes
You know there’s been a sea change when the governor is blaming tax cuts on the state’s limp economic performance for the past decade.Patrick Condon of the AP says: “Gov. Mark Dayton argued in his...
View ArticleGov. Dayton's 2013 State of the State Address
Here is the text of Gov. Mark Dayton's 2013 State of the State Address, provided by the governor's office:In a State of the State Address, as in life, it’s important to assess where we are, remember...
View ArticleCan Google Maps make Africa safer?
ABUJA, Nigeria — Armed with laptops and smartphones, more than a hundred young Nigerians fanned out across Nigeria’s capital last week, helping to Google map their oft-forgotten, mostly avoided West...
View ArticleIn Ontario, abuse of 'hillbilly heroin' being replaced by real thing
Front-line drug-treatment workers and law enforcement officials in Ontario have been waiting for the other shoe to drop for nearly a year.It was last March when the provincial government removed...
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Jukebox divas from Minnesota: The Andrews Sisters
Wikimedia CommonsThe Andrews Sisters in 1952Even into her mid-70s, Patty Andrews was a natural performer. Through 1989, the former star of the Andrews Sisters sang on cruise ships to Hawaii, Venezuela...
View ArticlePolice brutality echoes pre-revolution Egypt
TANTA, Egypt — In gray and crumbling downtown Tanta, the air still burned from the tear gas fired by police forces the night before.One of Tanta’s own had been killed — tortured by police, his family...
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