Filipino job seekers come home
MANILA, Philippines — The biggest gamblers at the five-star Solaire Resort and Casino on Manila Bay aren't necessarily customers rolling the dice.Among those dealing cards, mixing martinis and...
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The telemedicine tourniquet
Courtesy of Twin Cities BusinessThroughout the health care industry, people are looking for big wins from “telehealth.”Inside the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation in Rochester, a new initiative is...
View ArticleHow Madeline Albright discovered she was on Myanmar's blacklist
Madeleine Albright made it back to Myanmar this week – but first she had to get off a blacklist.The former US Secretary of State last visited the country in 1995, when it was still called Burma, and...
View ArticleMasai herders appear victims of land deal with Dubai hunting firm
Tens of thousands of Masai herders in northern Tanzania this spring are protesting a government plan to remove them from their grazing lands to make way for a private hunting firm from the Persian...
View ArticleUK's same-sex marriage act moves closer to becoming law
LONDON, UK — The UK parliament’s House of Lords voted down an attempt to derail a gay marriage bill by a 2-1 majority Tuesday night, moving the UK closer to legalizing same-sex marriage.“Pleased Lords...
View ArticleWildfire policy: Time for US to rely less on shovels, hoses, retardant?
In California, wildfire response is a fine art. The drills would be an orchestrated thing of beauty, if not for the danger inherent in the task: Firefighters wrestle hoses up steep canyons, planes and...
View ArticleCarpe diet? Chinese firm's plan to export Asian carp could help US waterways
A Chinese company is planning to open the first fishery in the US dedicated solely to the processing of Asian carp – an invasive species that environmentalists say is threatening the Great Lakes – and...
View ArticleHezbollah marks major triumph as Qusayr tips back into Assad camp
Syrian rebel forces opposed to the regime of Bashar al-Assad abandoned Qusayr Wednesday to the Syrian Army and fighters from Lebanon’s militant Shiite Hezbollah. The seizure of the strategic town after...
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Will DNA ruling's rationale eventually affect school searches?
REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAntonin ScaliaAh, Antonin Scalia. So often so infuriating to so many — until he has a one of his civil-libertarian moments.On Monday, Scalia made clear his ire by narrating, from...
View ArticleTom Emmer has high expectations to meet in 6th Congressional District campaign
Perhaps the biggest challenge that Tom Emmer will face as a Republican candidate for Congress in the 6th District is running a campaign that will meet the high expectations he already faces.Even with...
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Is bicycling partisan?
streets.mn CC/Flickr/Linh H. NguyenNew York City is quickly becoming one of the top cycling cities in the nation largely thanks to Republican mayor, Rudy Giuliani, and DemRepublIndy, Michael...
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Slowing growth could make Stillwater bridge 'a dinosaur the day it opens up'
Second of two partsCoverage of the Stillwater bridge controversy over the last 20 years has tended to emphasize "environmentalist" objections to the project, and I regularly meet people who think those...
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Tom Emmer announces congressional campaign
On Wednesday, former Minnesota legislator and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer formally announced the start of his campaign to represent Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. The seat is...
View ArticleEx-Viking Birk declines White House invite over Obama's Planned Parenthood...
WASHINGTON — The traditional White House reception honoring sports champions is a largely politics-free affair. The president gives a speech about the team's success on and off the field, the team's...
View ArticleStudy on vegetarianism: interesting but not definitive
I’ve been a vegetarian my entire adult life, so I’m always pleased when a new study comes out, as one did earlier this week, suggesting that vegetarians tend to live longer. After all, who doesn’t want...
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A surge in heroin ODs and deaths seen in Hennepin County
Nasty stuff … . Kelly Smith of the Strib says: “Hennepin County has been hit by a dramatic increase in heroin overdose deaths and emergency room admissions for overdoses, officials announced Thursday...
View ArticleFranken to look for more info on NSA phone records requests
WASHINGTON — Sen. Al Franken said he wants to learn more about the news Thursday that the federal government has a program in place to cull Americans’ cell phone records from providers.Franken, the...
View ArticleKline introduces GOP No Child Left Behind fix, hits Senate on interest rates
WASHINGTON — Let the No Child Left Behind games begin.Days after Senate Democrats dropped their NCLB overhaul plan, Minnesota Rep. John Kline introduced the House GOP’s response, one bill encompassing...
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Dribble Daily: Two Minnesotans' journey across Minnesota
Matt Scott and Alex Daily are two recent graduates of St. Thomas University in St. Paul. They created a pilot project called Unite Minnesota in hopes of creating inner city green space. As part of...
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A brief history of ideology in the Minnesota Legislature
LeftMN Last week I took a look at a new metric that attempts to measure the relative Ideology of state Legislatures and Legislators. Called “np_score” and developed by Boris Shor and Nolan McCarty...
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