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Like retailers of past, Best Buy will have to adapt to survive
Like retailers of past, Best Buy will have to adapt to surviveBest Buy CEO Brian Dunn’s highly publicized departure this week has prompted a flood of speculation about the future of the company – and...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin case puts focus on citizen crime-prevention programs
A computer programmer for Wells Fargo, John Bartholomew doesn’t own a gun; in fact he says he’s never even shot one and certainly wouldn’t carry one, even though for going-on 18 years he’s been a...
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Home sweet home: Many want to 'age in place'
Third of four articlesAs the autumn air turns crisp in Minnesota, the conversation over coffee with friends can go something like this: “Are you going somewhere warm this winter? And where would that...
View ArticleChina economic growth: World Bank reports slow down
China's economic growth will slow to a 13-year low in 2012, according to new figures released by the World Bank.The World Bank predicts that Chinese economic growth will shrink to 8.2 percent this year...
View ArticleTruce brokered in Syria, fighting on hold
UNITED NATIONS – A proposed truce in Syria came with the sunrise today, but there are many skeptics who do not expect the guns to remain silent for long, if at all.Under a ceasefire agreement brokered...
View ArticleInside US lawsuit: How Apple, publishers allegedly brought Amazon to heel
Antitrust lawyers at the Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday charging Apple Inc., and two of the nation’s largest book publishers with conspiring to artificially inflate the price of...
View ArticleWith West focused on Iran, Netanyahu moves to expand Israeli settlements
With President Obama gearing up for reelection and the international community focused on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking advantage of a distinct lack of...
View ArticleGM: Explosion at battery research facility ‘unrelated to the Chevrolet Volt’
An explosion during "extreme battery testing" Wednesday morning of a prototype energy cell at a General Motors battery research facility in Warren, Mich., injured one person and did major structural...
View ArticleEgyptian court ruling raises stakes in presidential race
An Egyptian court yesterday suspended the body chosen to write Egypt’s new constitution, upending the country's timetable for political transition — and perhaps much more.It is now clear that Egypt's...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin murder case: next legal steps for George Zimmerman
In the court of law, what’s been known to the press and the public as the “Trayvon Martin case” now becomes the “George Zimmerman case.”Formally charged with second-degree murder and taken into custody...
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Walter Mondale, author Ira Shapiro team up in praise of ‘The Last Great Senate’
It was a “once-upon-a-time’’ afternoon at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, featuring Walter Mondale and Ira Shapiro.Shapiro’s recently published book, “The Last Great Senate: Courage and...
View ArticleIt’s time to take the ‘Commuter Challenge’
If you are among the many Twin Citiians who drive alone to work or school every day, now is the time to take the “Commuter Challenge.”Metro Transit and the four transportation management organizations...
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Bullying data, an integration hearing, and a U bioethics update
Today, Your Humble Blogger is offering up several slight items of note, in part because she needs to spend a little time prepping for tonight’s MinnPost Asks event, “The Marriage Amendment: The Meaning...
View ArticleSoy supplements associated with easing of hot flashes, U of M study finds
Taking soy isoflavones supplements is associated with a reduction in the frequency and severity of hot flashes, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota and other research...
View ArticleScott Baker's elbow surgery likely to end his Twins career
As if their 1-4 start wasn't bad enough, the Twins announced Wednesday that Scott Baker will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the flexor pronator tendon in his right elbow.Baker has battled...
View ArticleApril 13 deadline for MinnRoast tickets
Tomorrow, Apr. 13, is the last guaranteed date to buy tickets for MinnRoast 2012. Next week we’ll start closing out categories as they fill.And we'll also start assigning specific seats by section, row...
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'Wits' at the Fitz; 'Spring Awakening' at the U
Friday, April 13This Show Will Make You SmarterWHAT: WitsWHERE: Fitzgerald Theater, St. PaulWHEN: 8 p.m.Andy Richter and Reggie Watts, who were both part of Conan O’Brien’s live tour during his TV...
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Did a Star Tribune reporter tweet the woman's name in Best Buy’s Dunn...
Tom LeeThe Star Tribune’s Tom Lee scored a mammoth scoop Tuesday with news that Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn’s resignation came amid a company investigation into alleged personal misconduct, which Lee today...
View ArticleFormer state Rep. Alice Johnson to run for state Senate seat
Former DFL state Rep. Alice Johnson, has registered with the state to run for office again, this time for the state Senate seat in the new District 37.GOP state Sen. Pam Wolf of Spring Lake Park is the...
View ArticleWhy the age of quantum computing is nearer than you think
Tech-buffs, investors, IT industrialists, and boffins alike eagerly await the day when the science of quantum computing yields practical technology. Physicists of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum...
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