Tunisia's double blow: political assassination, government dissolution
Tunisia has weathered riots, political squabbling, and economic crisis since protests toppled its former dictator two years ago, kickstarting the Arab uprisings. Today, this fledgling democracy...
View ArticleStates consider drone bans: Overreaction or crucial for privacy rights?
As scrutiny over US drone policy abroad grows, local and state officials are considering measures to ban their use at home.Charlottesville, Va., passed the first anti-drone law in the nation Monday,...
View ArticleMassachusetts' incredible shrinking Senate race: More Republicans bow out
The surprise decision of former Sen. Scott Brown not to run for the vacated US Senate seat in Massachusetts left an opening for other Republican hopefuls to step forward.Who would it be?, the pundits...
View ArticleSleet and snow can't stop the Postal Service — but Saturdays can
In one of its boldest cost-cutting measures yet, the United States Postal Service announced Wednesday that it will eliminate Saturday mail delivery later this year, a move that should save the agency...
View ArticleAmy Koch media saga: Who did what and when
It wasn’t really front-page news that, 13 months after the fact, former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch blamed fellow GOP legislators for publicizing damaging details about her affair with...
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A transit solution in the sky
streets.mn Since we won’t build rail transit investments where they are really needed, and we can’t even study better bus service because we might build slower streetcars, we have to get creative if...
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Dayton delivers 'surprises' throughout State of the State speech
Gov. Mark Dayton continues to surprise. On a night when most expected that the governor would deliver a short speech, essentially repeating his budget/tax proposals, Dayton turned his State of the...
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Future Tense: Blake School students ponder what the future will bring
Architecture Minnesota magazine has posted the entries for its third annual video contest, Videotect 3 (you might remember some of last year's entries, including the masterful "Twin Cities Trails")....
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NABERS: Australian for efficiency
Melbourne, Australia’s 530 Collins Street is one of the world’s most energy-efficient office buildings, thanks to a 2009 retrofit by Golden Valley-based Honeywell Building Solutions. The Honeywell unit...
View ArticleHospice use is up for dying elderly patients, but so is needlessly aggressive...
When surveyed, Americans tend to say they would prefer to die at home rather than in a hospital. And an increasing number of them are doing just that. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleRamsey County Commissioner Toni Carter attends Dublin conference on...
Ramsey County Commissioner Toni Carter is in Dublin, Ireland, this week, attending a conference on "intercultural integration."Carter, who represents much of central and western St. Paul, is part of...
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With Twins' tall pitching candidates, 'basketball team' gets ready for spring...
Kyle GibsonBaseball players don’t gawk. It’s one of those accepted rules of behavior, like bringing out the glove and cap of a teammate left on base, or spitting the shells of sunflower seeds...
View ArticleWhere the wild things aren't: Moose, other species fade with climate change
Wednesday's cancellation of Minnesota moose hunting for 2013, and almost certainly for years to come, underscores the continuing free fall of a species that some would call a walking emblem of our...
View ArticleCiresi's White Bear Lake roots led firm to take water level case pro bono
Mike Ciresi, whose law firm is leading a lawsuit against the state DNR over the shrinking water level in White Bear Lake, told city residents more about why they're doing it pro bono.“We tend to do...
View ArticleWinter storm update: Massive nor'easter could drop 36 inches in spots
Blizzard and coastal-flood warnings have been posted from New York City to Rockland, Maine – a wide ground zero for the merger of two powerful winter storms that forecasters say could yield a single...
View ArticleIs it time for Christians to celebrate pre-marital sex?
Theoblogy One of the things about being divorced and remarried is that everyone knows that I’ve had sex with more than one partner. No one seems to hold it against me because I was married before, and...
View ArticleLessons to learn from U research on disadvantaged children
Megan Gunnar is a familiar face at the state Capitol. Already this session she’s testified three times before legislators to share research on early child development conducted by her and her...
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Contentious 'Gun Week' ends, but more legislative hearings and debate await
Legislators’ Gun Week sprint is over, but the real marathon has just begun.A House committee heard hours of powerful testimony over the past three days on gun control proposals — ranging from requiring...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Wendell Anderson's 'memorable' hockey moment still brings a smile
Ah, the power of a smile.In a recent conversation, former Gov. Wendy Anderson recalled a 1955 World Hockey Championship game against the Soviet Union.What he still remembers most about that game is the...
View ArticleResearchers find no link between job stress and cancer
Although it’s widely believed that high-stressed jobs put people at increased risk of developing cancer, the scientific evidence in support of that assumption is actually quite weak.True, chronic...
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