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Not so fast: Why a Vikings’ move wouldn’t be easy
To long-time followers of stadium dramas in Minnesota, the arrival of the National Football League commissioner at the Capitol today is ho-hum predictable.The grand entrance of Commissioner Roger...
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ACC's craft show in St. Paul; McKnight writing fellows named
Fans of fine craft know that the annual American Craft Council Show is a high-end juried show with work by hundreds of artists from across the U.S. and Canada. They might not know the ACC is a national...
View ArticlePitching problems piling up for the Twins
As expected, Scott Baker underwent surgery Tuesday to repair the flexor pronator tendon in his elbow, but while he was under the knife, Dr. David Altchek discovered ulnar collateral ligament damage and...
View ArticleIn China, hot money crosses borders
HONG KONG, China — For some rich Chinese, the desire to secretly move vast sums of money out of the mainland isn’t just urgent — it can be a matter of life and death.A violently lurid illustration...
View ArticleTunisia debate turns personal: 'Pray more and turn down that Metallica'
When her daughter began wearing the Islamic headscarf three years ago, Amel Bennajeh was so upset that she kicked the teenagers out of the house. They have since reconciled their relationship, but not...
View ArticleFuture expanded rail service threatens Cedar Lake Bike Trail
The Cedar Lake Bike Trail could be squeezed out of the transit trench between Target Field and Washington Avenue unless Hennepin County and the developer of a proposed apartment project can reach...
View Article'Shad Planking' offers window on US Senate race in Virginia
At "Shad Plankings" of yore, Virginia's Democratic machine would hunker down over beer and shad — the oily, bony fish that is nailed to planks and smoked here in tiny Wakefield, Va., on the third...
View ArticleClinton urges tougher UN steps against Syria
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for tough United Nations sanctions against Syria in order to force President Bashir al-Assad’s regime to abide by a ceasefire aimed at halting 13 months...
View ArticleRussia urges NATO to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov urged NATO to keep its forces in Afghanistan beyond President Barack Obama's 2014 deadline for withdrawing from the decade-old war."As long as Afghanistan is not...
View ArticleNebraska approves prenatal care for illegal immigrants
The Nebraska Legislature has voted to restore taxpayer funding for prenatal health-care benefits for undocumented immigrants, despite protests by the governor that the lawmakers’ actions would be seen...
View ArticleKeystone XL pipeline: New route, new problems for Obama?
Nebraska officials on Thursday unveiled TransCanada's newly proposed route for its controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would jog eastward to avoid the key aquifer underlying the Sand Hills region...
View ArticleParking at the Pillsbury A Mill debated
The proposed Pillsbury A Mill Complex, just across the river from downtown Minneapolis, is being touted as the future home to a community of artists by the developer Dominium. The buildings at the...
View ArticleYes, childbirth is more dangerous for women than the abortion pill
If Minnesota’s Republican legislators were really thinking about the health and safety of women of childbearing age, they wouldn’t be focusing, as they did Wednesday, on laws that make it more...
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Science: a force for freedom and human rights
Neorenaissance Chinese astrophysicist Fang Lizhi died unexpetedly on April 6, 2012, at the young age of 76. I first learned of it via an unusual source: The New York Review of Books. That a Chinese...
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Coming changes in autism definitions have parents, professionals talking
One in 88 children has a diagnosis of autism. That’s more than diabetes, AIDS, cystic fibrosis, cancer, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and Down syndrome combined, according to a recent update by...
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Intermedia Arts asks Minneapolitans: Do you read?
Ahxuen Ybarra asks people standing outside the Minneapolis Central Library if they read, and if so, what they read. Mystery is a popular answer. (Via Intermedia Arts)
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Thoughts on Swanson v. Dayton
Ben SchweigertLast week, in Swanson v. Dayton, the Ramsey County district court voided an executive order requiring a vote on union membership among the 4,300 child care providers that receive payments...
View ArticleKARE11 doesn't fully identify sports-subsidy consultant in Vikings report
This seems to be my week for Vikings stadium reporting problems; this time, it's KARE11, who used a stadium analyst Thursday night without identifying him as a spokesman for two sports-subsidy...
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AchieveMpls receives transformative $500,000 grant
There are a lot of ways for the wealthy to give back that come accompanied by healthy doses of public recognition or an association with a warm and fuzzy charitable effort. Yesterday, the family of...
View ArticleEthanol plant in Atwater fined $800,000 for wastewater discharge
State officials say the Bushmills Ethanol plant in Atwater, Minn., has been fined $800,000 for discharging waste water illegally and then lying about it.The discharges caused dissolved minerals and...
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