Making La Belle Vie's seared foie gras
In the first episode of a new web video series, Above the Burner, by Keane Amdahl, 'La Belle Vie' chef de cuisine Mike DeCamp demonstrates the latest foie gras dish on the restaurant's menu and offers...
View ArticleLast chance to comment on psychiatry's controversial diagnostic 'bible'
It’s your last chance to give the American Psychiatric Association (APA) your feedback on the upcoming fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Orders, or DSM-5.This...
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Dayton vetoes GOP's business tax relief bill — will it affect stadium vote?
Courtesy of the Governor's OfficeGov. Mark DaytonGov. Mark Dayton vetoed the Republicans' business tax relief bill Friday morning, even though there were not-so-subtle suggestions that his signature...
View ArticlePolice Chief nominee Janee Harteau seeking ‘collaborative’ community...
Minneapolis’ new nominee for police chief stressed the importance of “collaborative partnerships” with the community in her first meeting Thursday with the media.“A leader is only as good as the people...
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Don't put your Amy Senser story next to an ad with a roadside ditch
Amy Senser's hit-and-run trial drew media like moths to a flame, but news sites got burned — repeatedly, in at least one case — by not policing the ads that ran with the copy.Here's the one of the...
View ArticleForbes: Stadium will enrich Vikings owner Wilf, not help taxpayers
Forbes columnist Mike Ozanian, who writes about the intersection of money and sports, has been giving a national audience a close look at Minnesota's stadium debate.He says today that the big proposed...
View ArticleMoveOn.org plans Wednesday protest of Bank of America in Minneapolis skyway
The local MoveOn.org movement says it plans a protest rally against Bank of America Wednesday at noon in a Minneapolis skyway.Although the protest appears to be targeted at BoA, organizers say they are...
View ArticleHiring stumbles, Romney opts for non-credibility
The April jobs numbers are bad. Yes, the White House and the Obama campaign would like you to know that it was the 26th straight month of job growth, but the net gain of 115,000 (non-farm) jobs, was...
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Three days of intense lobbying before Monday's stadium vote
There will be a lot of behind-closed-doors Minnesota history written in the next nearly 72 hours. Tom Scheck, at MPR, says: “The Minnesota House is set to vote on a Vikings stadium bill on Monday. That...
View ArticleAngry GOP not inclined to help Dayton's priority (stadium) after losing its...
Republican legislative leaders are very angry that Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed their business tax relief bill this morning, and say they don't think they can work with him anymore. They said the tax bill...
View ArticleHouse bonding bill on hold for some last-minute tweaking
House Speaker Kurt Zellers said that the GOP is working to adjust its roughly $500 million bonding bill, which stalled in the chamber Thursday night because of objections from Gov. Mark Dayton.The...
View ArticleBipartisan supporters again make case for new Vikings stadium
Bipartisan supporters of a new Vikings stadium made their case again Friday afternoon and assured the public that their plan has enough support to pass when it comes up Monday for a floor vote in the...
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Mapping stories: Our rural Minnesota youth
This marks the final week of MinnPost's yearlong series, Rural Minnesota: A Generation at the Crossroads. The project was made possible by the Otto Bremer Foundation.From Lancaster in the far northwest...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup: 5/4
Cinco de Mayofrom Barataria by Erik HareIt started as invasion by France to collect a debt, but the larger and better equipped French invasion force was defeated by a ragged group of Mexicans, some...
View ArticleBachmann made only two teensy mistakes
In an interview with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting network, U.S. Rep Michele Bachmann said that she was "extremely careful" in what she said said during her presidential campaign and got...
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Vikings bill: How the Senate voted
Following House passage of the Vikings stadium bill, the Minnesota Senate took up their version of the bill on Tuesday afternoon and voted in favor of the bill late last night with a 38–28 vote. To...
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Switzerland)
WASHINGTON — Rep. Michele Bachmann lives in Stillwater, hails from Iowa and works in Washington, D.C. — and as of March is a citizen of the country of Switzerland.Bachmann’s spokeswoman confirmed that...
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How do businesses orient themselves? Exploring the Twin Cities'...
MinnPost illustration by Andy SturdevantIt rained all weekend, as you probably know, and as much as I wanted to stroll through Whittier and see the tour of the Artists in Storefronts project, or report...
View ArticleJustin Morneau's latest injury leads to Brian Dozier's arrival and roster...
Justin Morneau exited Monday's game with soreness in his surgically repaired left wrist, immediately flying from California to Minnesota to be examined by team doctors and admitting that the injury had...
View ArticleRussian airplane goes missing over Indonesia with 44 onboard
A Russian passenger plane has gone missing over Indonesia, with at least 44 people onboard.Indonesian authorities say it may have been hijacked or crashed into a mountain, according to Russian news...
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