Sex among young adolescents is rare, study finds
Despite public perception, sexual activity among young adolescents — those 13 or younger — is rare in the United States, according to a study published Monday by researchers from the Guttmacher...
View ArticleTaxpayers League ridicules e-pulltab funding plan for Vikings stadium
Now the Taxpayers League of Minnesota is piling on over the state's Vikings stadium financing plan, too.Phil Krinkie, Taxpayers League president, has joined the chorus of critics decrying the use of...
View ArticleWoman's double-voting case resolved
Margaret Schneider, the 86-year-old St. Peter woman who voted twice in a primary election last year, reached a plea agreement with Nicollet County prosecutors and won't go to jail.Schneider, who has...
View ArticleMayor Coleman says Gillette building reuse for Saints ballpark won't fly
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has reiterated his stand against reusing the old Gillette building in Lowertown as part of the new Saints ballpark.Art gallery owner Bill Hosko has been pushing the plan to...
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Beth Hawkins' EDTalk: A Reporter's Take on Education
04/15/2013 5:30pm - 7:30pmLocation: Honey205 East Hennepin Avenue, MinneapolisEDTalks is a lively new series that engages young professionals on public education issues in Minneapolis. Each program...
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Search time for Mayo subsidy 'alternative'?
An “alternative” might be worth looking at. At MPR, Tom Scheck writes:“When Minnesota lawmakers return to the state Capitol on Tuesday to focus on a two-year budget, they will also weigh whether to...
View ArticleLocked-out Crystal Sugar workers get ready for fifth contract vote
For the fifth time, locked-out American Crystal Sugar union workers will vote on the company’s contract offer, reports Dave Olson of the Grand Forks Herald. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers...
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Death rates rise at geographically isolated hospitals, study finds
This article was produced by Kaiser Health News.For 15 years, Congress has bestowed special privileges to some small remote hospitals, usually in rural areas, to help them stay afloat. Medicare pays...
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Princeton letter: One more salvo in the how-women-should-live war
Any of you out there sick of "leaning in"? Well, put on a flexible flak jacket and get ready to face the latest salvo in the war of words about how women should live their lives.Mary StanikThe most...
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Best Buy, other turnaround stocks lead 2013 rally
Best Buy Company, Inc., whose stock was among those that investors loved to hate last year, joined forces with previously maligned stocks to lead a first-quarter rally.Richfield-based Best Buy saw its...
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Novel follows the orphan train to Minnesota
In the days before social services, birth control and easy communication with family networks, children who were lost, orphaned or abandoned by parents unable or unwilling to care for them had no place...
View ArticleSt. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to announce he's running for third term
Chris Coleman will make it official today that he's running for a third term as St. Paul mayor.It's been obvious for months, but he's held off on the formal announcement until now.Gov. Mark Dayton is...
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Minneapolis mayoral candidate Gary Schiff Q-A: 'Every neighborhood should...
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of interviews with six candidates for Minneapolis mayor. Only those who have filed with the Hennepin County Elections Department to form a campaign finance...
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Group backed by Koch brothers targets GOP, DFL legislators
Residents in Edina received 11-by-6 inch glossy mailers claimimh their legislator wants to raise taxes “even more than Mark Dayton.”A new round of political mailers is arriving in selected mailboxes...
View ArticleAssociated Press drops 'illegal immigrant' from style guide
Many newspapers and journalists across America will no longer use “illegal immigrants” in stories after the Associated Press announced today it’s dropping the term from its style guide.While actions...
View ArticleDoes Sweden have a racial profiling problem?
A recent campaign by Stockholm police to crack down on illegal immigrants by racial profiling at the city's subway turnstiles has formed the backdrop to a reignited debate about racism, as Sweden...
View ArticleSudan's Bashir starts freeing prisoners, polishing up legacy
In a surprise move, Sudan’s president Omar Al Bashir announced this week he will release all political prisoners and launch talks with opposition groups. Today his government freed seven opposition...
View ArticleColombia: Activist deaths and postponed peacetalks highlight struggle over land
At least two peasant leaders in Colombia have been murdered in the past several weeks, heightening concerns about the security of opposition figures and human rights defenders as the government and...
View ArticleNorth Korea bars entrance to Kaesong industrial park
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has decided to bar entry to South Korean workers to the joint Kaesong industrial park, and is currently permitting South Koreans staying at the border town to leave the...
View ArticleFannie Mae record profit: How long until it pays back bailout money?
The mortgage giant Fannie Mae said it racked up its highest profit ever during the 2012 calendar year – a signal of housing-market recovery that raises hopes that US taxpayers will recover billions of...
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