Teen grandson arrested with shotgun at state Sen. Kiffmeyer's home
The 17-year-old grandson of state Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer was arrested Thursday for allegedly threatening family members with a shotgun at the Kiffmeyer home in Big Lake, the St. Cloud Times reports.The...
View ArticleBuddhists from Bangladesh resettle in Myanmar, Rohingya Muslims cry foul
Buddhist families from Bangladesh are quietly crossing the border into Myanmar, where local Rakhine Buddhist groups and government agencies are helping them resettle. The move has created pressure on...
View ArticleRising church asserts itself in Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia — Two dozen stunned pro-gay rights protesters stood in a stranger’s kitchen last week. Blood streamed down a young woman's face where it had been struck by a rock.Outside the building,...
View ArticleA tussle in China over the Communist Party bowing to the Constitution
It is hard to imagine bloggers and tweeters in most parts of the world working themselves into a lather of intellectual excitement about “constitutional government.”Yet in China last Wednesday, the...
View ArticleBoy Scouts allow gay scouts, but leave ban on gay leaders in place
The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to approve the admission of openly gay youth members but left in place a ban on homosexual adult scout leaders, raising the prospect of gay scouts having to...
View ArticleDefying naysayers on all sides, Kerry keeps pushing Israelis, Palestinians to...
John Kerry made his fourth visit to the Middle East in as many months this week in order to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but the absence of any outward progress has left many observers...
View ArticleLondon angry as details about knife attackers emerge
LONDON, UK — Details about the bloodied, knife-wielding men who harangued bystanders after allegedly murdering a British soldier emerged Thursday, as shocked and angry Londoners came to terms with what...
View ArticleObama talks drones: Will it increase transparency for Pentagon to take lead?
In his widely anticipated foreign-policy speech Thursday, President Obama rejected the wisdom of a global “war on terror” and warned, in the words of President James Madison, that “No nation could...
View ArticleThief walks off with St. James Hotel's 19th century painting, doesn't get far
It was no "Thomas Crown Affair."A thief took a 19th century painting off the wall the St. James Hotel in Red Wing about 12:30 a.m. Saturday and walked out the door, says the Red Wing Republican...
View ArticleDawne Brown White to be new COMPAS executive director
COMPAS, the St. Paul-based nonprofit that connects artists with students and older adults, has named Dawne Brown White as its new executive director.She'll start June 3 and replaces Bob Olsen, who left...
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Despite compassion fatigue, United Way leader sees hope in battle against...
Worldwide United Way official Stacey Stewart sees both compassion fatigue and hope in the battle against poverty.In the Twin Cities this week to meet with community leaders of color as well as Greater...
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Finally, the Namekagon and weather combine for a perfect river day
Earth Journal writer Ron Meador is posting daily this week from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.Thursday may have been about as perfect a day as it's possible to have on the Namekagon River:Clear...
View ArticleSt. Paul to allow selling merchandise from trucks on downtown streets
Macy's is gone, so St. Paul city officials are trying a new type of retail: merchandise sold from trucks on downtown streets.The City Council approved a "mobile retail ordinance" this week, allowing...
View ArticleSome getting cold feet over proposed Minneapolis ranked-choice changes
Changes to election laws are almost always explained by saying the new rules will give voters more opportunities to participate.The flip side of the new rules, especially those made by a group of...
View ArticleWe're lousy at estimating fast-food calories
Think you know how many calories were in that fast-food meal you gobbled down at lunch yesterday?Think again. Most of us underestimate — often significantly — the calorie content of the burgers,...
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Filling my salad bowl: the joys of home-grown leaf lettuce
My Northern Garden Courtesy of Mary SchierLeaf lettuce ready for harvest.Earlier this week, I had my first vegetable harvest—some lovely leaves from my three lettuce-bowl gardens, dressed with a...
View ArticleSt. Paul hires engineering firm to investigate deadly landslide in Lilydale Park
St. Paul officials announced Friday that they've hired an engineering firm firm to examine the Lilydale Park site where two fourth-grade boys were killed in landslide while fossil hunting on a school...
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Minnesota teen pregnancies drop 30%
If the figures are bona fide, this is good news.Olivia LaVecchia at City Pages reports: “Between 2007 and 2011, the number of teens giving birth in the state dropped by more than 30 percent. That...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 5/24
The case against Majority Leader Tom Bakkfrom mnpACT! Progressive Political Blog by Dave Mindeman…quite frankly, the whole problem centers around 1 person — Majority Leader Tom Bakk. This session...
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What London gangs can teach us about London terrorists
By now we have all watched the video. A young man in a black hat, soaked in blood, the meat cleaver and knife used to butcher a British solider on a busy London street in hand, tells a gathering...
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