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Gun safety instructor accidentally shoots hole in church wall
Laugh? Or cry?Mary Divine of the PiPress reports: “The instructor of a state-sponsored firearms safety class accidentally discharged a weapon in front of his students at a Minnesota church. No one was...
View ArticlePanel fines GOP group created to fund recount in 2010 governor's race
Action Thursday by the state Office of Administrative Hearings has ended the legal dispute over the Minnesota Republican Party’s handling of how to pay for the vote recount in the 2010 governor’s...
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Keeping our promise to reform child-care subsidies
When Minnesota was awarded a $45 million federal Race to the Top (RTT) grant in December 2011 to improve our pre-kindergarten early-education outcomes, we celebrated. As a member on the board of a...
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Judges rule in GOP's 2010 recount mess
“The Chairman” has dodged a legal bullet.Rachel Stassen-Berger of the Strib tells us: “Administrative judges this week ordered $1,200 in civil penalties regarding a 2010 Republican recount fund but...
View ArticleHow to go the right way on legislator pay
Brick City Blog The Minnesota State Senate passed their version of the State Government omnibus budget bill on Tuesday by a narrow 34-32 margin. 5 DFL members defected from the rest of the majority,...
View ArticleWorld’s oldest record store rocks on
CARDIFF, UK — Housed in an Edwardian-era storefront in this picturesque port city on the southern tip of Wales, Spillers Records exudes the kind of easy cool a thousand focus groups couldn't help...
View ArticleSouth Korea and China's so-called honeymoon
SEOUL, South Korea — China has uncomfortably backed North Korea since the 1950s, at times treating South Korea as a direct enemy and, more recently, a wary and reserved trading partner.But this time...
View ArticleCould mining bonanza be Afghanistan's next source of funding?
An effort to make Afghanistan’s vast reserves of minerals, oil, and gas accessible to foreign investment — a crucial source of income as foreign aid declines — has hit a road block.A draft law to...
View ArticleGuatemalan court faces calls to halt former dictator's genocide trial
Former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt is the first Latin American strongman to be tried on genocide charges. The landmark case has garnered worldwide attention, presented expert testimony from...
View ArticleSouth American leaders likely to back Venezuela's Maduro in emergency meeting
Presidents from across South America will attend an emergency meeting tonight in Lima, Peru, to discuss the contested election of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.Analysts say they will likely...
View ArticlePentagon sends troops to Jordan to counter Syria chemical weapons threat
The Pentagon's decision to send a contingent of US troops to Jordan, announced by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during a congressional hearing this week, raises the question of whether the Obama...
View ArticleBoston bombing manhunt for suspect No. 2 prompts lockdown; No. 1 killed
The Boston Marathon bombing investigation took a dramatic turn overnight as two suspects sought by federal authorities fought local police in a violent exchange of bullets and explosions.By early...
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Orchestra lockout updates; Matisse show coming to MIA in 2014
On Thursday, SPCO management reached agreement with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) on media issues and formally submitted its proposal to the musicians’ negotiating committee, which can now...
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Former NBA player Trent Tucker's new job will intertwine athletics, academics
Trent TuckerOther than attending public schools in Flint, Mich., and running a nonprofit that helps underprivileged kids, Trent Tucker, the former University of Minnesota basketball standout, has no...
View ArticleHealth-exchange board ‘diversity’ is top priority for Dayton
For Gov. Mark Dayton and the commissioners and staff advising him, “diversity” has been the key word when discussing appointments to the board of MNsure, the state’s new health insurance exchange.By...
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A Minnesota kid’s memoirs capture mid-century St. Paul
David ButwinEverybody has a story, and thanks to custom publishing, anybody can write a memoir. And most of these books will be terrific keepsakes for the writers' relatives. At first, as I began David...
View ArticleHow surveillance cameras can improve medical care
The Get Out Clause put together a music video in 2008 by performing in front of 80 different surveillance cameras.As the video released Thursday of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings make...
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Minneapolis runners gather to show support for Boston
Minneapolis runners normally meet Tuesday nights at Marathon Sports at 50th and Penn to train, but this past Tuesday as KSTP reports, they gathered to show their support for Boston in the wake of the...
View ArticleHumphrey School schedules two budget forums, one for DFL, one for GOP
As legislative leaders work on the state budget, the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota is hosting two forums to let leaders from each party explain their approach.Both...
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Boston bombing suspects: What's known about Tsarnaev brothers so far?
REUTERS/FBI/HandoutDzhokhar TsarnaevThe suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing case are brothers who appear to have roots in Chechnya, a region of Russia long roiled by Islamic insurgency.But they...
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