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U of M Press gives lavishly illustrated Sami folk tales new life
Folk tales and myths may have come from ancient oral traditions, but it takes a great illustration to give these stories lasting power in today’s highly visual culture.Between 1930 and 1976, artists...
View ArticleSaudi student in US gets life in prison for bombmaking scheme
A Muslim student who had spent four years in the US on an academic scholarship from Saudi Arabia was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for attempting to assemble an improvised explosive device.The...
View ArticleBBC news scandal: How big of a threat to British journalism?
Disciplinary action is underway today against BBC staff involved in a botched report on its flagship current affairs show, as the corporation struggles to get a grip on one of its worst crises and...
View ArticleWidening Petraeus scandal comes at already troublesome time for Pentagon
News of the latest figure in the widening soap opera that is a Federal Bureau of Investigationinquiry – now involving Gen. John Allen, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan – comes at a...
View ArticleDoes Obama have a mandate?
Writing in the St. Louis Beacon, Prof. Joel Goldstein argues that Pres. Obama's reelection victory was bigger than it may have looked, and that the voters gave Obama a solid mandate to proceed with...
View ArticlePetition seeks ouster of anti-gay activist from Anoka-Hennepin task force on...
In recent weeks yet another chapter has been opened in the controversy over the Anoka-Hennepin School District’s handling of bullying. A group of parents and students is petitioning school board Chair...
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Dayton will push for a 'fair and simple' tax system during the 2013 session
Minnesotans are weary of lurching from one state budget crisis to another, so Gov. Mark Dayton's key commissioners are crafting tax and spending reforms they hope will be built to last.Myron...
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MCAD's Art Cellar and the ephemeral art of hand-made signage
Spending part of a Saturday afternoon last week at the Art Cellar, the art materials store located at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, I was reminded of an essay I read on Salon.com last year...
View ArticleFasting may not be necessary before cholesterol test, study finds
Most people do not need to undergo a nine-hour fast to get accurate results from a cholesterol-screening blood test, suggests a Canadian study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.If...
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With Scott Baker gone, Twins have free-agent pitchers to consider
Twins starting pitchers combined for a 5.00 ERA during the past two seasons to rank dead last in the league, and they head into the offseason with only Scott Diamond locked into a rotation spot. Terry...
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Food Stamp Challenge: Try living on $31.50 for food for a week
An imam and a man who knows poverty up close and personal came together in understanding the other day.It happened over a grocery cart.Said the first, Tamim Saidi, 39, who came to Minnesota 20 years...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON — Congress returned to work this week, and was promptly given one major task to accomplish before the end of the year — stave off the so-called “fiscal cliff.”That term has been in the...
View ArticleMayors, including Rybak, head to Washington to protest impending cuts
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and a dozen mayors from around the country will be in Washington, D.C., Thursday to lobby lawmakers about the effects of the fiscal cliff.Organized by the U.S. Conference...
View ArticleGive to the Max Day offers one-stop, online giving opportunity for nonprofits
Thursday is the fourth annual"Give to the Max Day," a 24-hour effort to raise money for nonprofit organizations.Many organizations are holding special events to attract attention to their cause and...
View ArticleState Sen. Jeff Hayden of Minneapolis to be deputy leader of majority caucus
State Sen. Jeff Hayden of Minneapolis has been named deputy leader of the state Senate's DFL majority caucus, which will take control of the body when the Legislature convenes in January.Hayden had...
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Salon's sexiest man of 2012: A Chris Kluwe Q&A
Courtesy of the Minnesota VikingsChris KluweThis year, Minnesota Vikings punter and passionate same-sex marriage defender Chris Kluwe scored the No. 1 spot on our list of the sexiest men of the year....
View ArticleRybak's name floated as possible new Democratic National Committee chair
An item today in Politico says Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has to be considered a possible successor to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, should she decide to step...
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Big Milwaukee bank sued for 'complicit' role in Petters fraud
Now it gets interesting … again. At the Strib, Jennifer Bjorhus and David Phelps report: “BMO Harris Bank, as current owner of M&I Bank, was accused Wednesday of "aiding and abetting" the $3.65...
View ArticleWithout hockey fans, St. Paul welcomes Crashed Ice races back to town
Last winter, St. Paul's first Red Bull Crashed Ice event drew tens of thousands of people downtown. So with the NHL lockout canceling the Wild's season so far, and downtown bars, restaurants and shops...
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Crafted to Last: Forthcoming film documents Minnesota craft-brew boom
Minnesota has been undergoing a brewery boom in the past few years, with a new brewery seeming to open its doors every week. With all these new brewers stirring the kettle, Minnesota craft beer now...
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