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Ed events: Hmong New Year, Gordon Parks Day and more
You know what the worst part of being an education reporter is? It’s having an inbox full of invitations to terrific events at which young people are going to variously discover, share and change the...
View ArticleShe stole the show at the Party Congress
HONG KONG — If she looks like a reporter, walks like a reporter, and asks questions like a reporter, she must be a reporter, right?Not necessarily in China.That was the lesson from a strange side story...
View ArticleViolence against women in Latin America: Is it getting worse?
Like the majority of women in Colombia, Viviana Hernandez won't leave her house without makeup. She applies a thick layer of foundation and outlines her slightly deformed lips with red liner. She draws...
View ArticleAdvair misused: Article describes troubling details of the overselling of an...
In its latest “Side Effects” investigative report, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, in conjunction with MedPage Today, examines how “a potentially dangerous drug became commonly prescribed.”It’s a...
View ArticleReligious violence feared after bus bombing in Kenya
Fears of religious violence in Kenya are on the rise today following a weekend bus bombing in Nairobi’s predominately Somali neighborhood, the third explosion there this month.Eyewitnesses said a male...
View ArticleWoman hits 'like' on Facebook, gets arrested in India
The police in Mumbai arrested Monday a 21-year-old college student Shaheen Dhada for a Facebook status update and her friend Renu Srinivasan for clicking "Like" on the update. The case is the latest in...
View ArticleFor Syrian rebels, a relentless game of cat-and-mouse
In the flat, open Syrian-Lebanese border region, the strapped Syrian rebels have no choice but to let ground they capture fall back into enemy hands. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) lacks the weaponry it...
View ArticleHamas wins over its doubters in Gaza with battlefield prowess
Hamas’s headquarters, commanders, and weapons caches may have taken big hits in the past week, but not its popularity, which appears to be rebounding. Gazans fed up with the Islamist organization’s...
View ArticleTrapped in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza — The death toll from a punishing Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip reached 100 Monday night, making it the deadliest day of the conflict according to the Hamas-run Gaza health...
View ArticleHouse Speaker-designate Paul Thissen: ‘First job is fixing the budget long term’
As DFLers prepare to take back control of both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature, House Speaker-designate Paul Thissen sat down with MinnPost to discuss what he considers priorities for the coming...
View ArticleChaos at shooting guard will hurt the Wolves’ playoff chances
The news that Brandon Roy underwent his seventh knee surgery Monday and will be lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves for about a month was grim but hardly surprising.It laid bare the folly among those...
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MinnPost expands Earth Journal, with support from numerous donors
MinnPost illustration by Hugh BennewitzRon MeadorRon Meador will be expanding his environment and energy reporting and analysis for MinnPost to at least twice a week, effective today.Ron, a former...
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One-party rule doesn't guarantee unity on issues of environment and energy
First of two parts“The last two years have been the longest six years of my life in politics.”– Sen. John Marty, DFL-Roseville, on returning to the majority.For historical perspective on Minnesota’s...
View ArticleTom Rukavina jokes and stories abound at his legislative retirement roast
Retiring state Rep. Tom Rukavina's goodbye roast in Mountain Iron Monday night sounds like a raucous and touching affair.More than 400 ate brats and Polish sausage to honor Rukavina, said the Duluth...
View ArticleTest of Lowry Bridge lights will brighten span between North and Northeast...
Colorful lights on the new Lowry Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis will change every five to 10 minutes tonight, as Hennepin County tests the various lighting configurations.The bridge over the Mississippi...
View ArticleNew DEED chief restructures the agency to add a second deputy
Katie Clark, who was appointed the new commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development last month, is putting her team in place and adding a new top deputy position.The agency...
View ArticleJim Graves has 'open mind' about challenging Bachmann again in 2014
After losing the 6th District Congressional race to incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann by a smaller margin that most expected, hotel owner Jim Graves says he has an "open mind" about...
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With weekend freeze, soil drought likely to linger into 2013
With the first real freeze coming in this weekend, Paul Huttner at MPR writes: “With the deep and prolonged cold wave, our still thawed (and bone dry) soils in Minnesota will likely freeze up for the...
View ArticleMinnesota River water quality improves
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says water quality in the Minnesota River continues to improve, reports Fritz Busch of the New Ulm Journal. Tests conducted in August found improvements in...
View ArticleMinnesota turkey gets pardon but lots of its pals are cooked
A live turkey was in the governor's office Tuesday, as Gov. Mark Dayton conducted the annual Thanksgiving rite of pardoning a bird and noting the donation of tons of meat to food shelves.The tom turkey...
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