Andrew Luger recommended for U.S. Attorney by Klobuchar and Franken
U.S. Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar say they're recommending Andrew Luger to be the next U.S. Attorney for Minnesota.Luger must still be nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the...
View ArticleArrowhead region leads real-estate boomlet
The real estate boomlet continues … . Jim Buchta of the Strib writes, “Statewide home sales got a boost last month from buyers of second homes and lakeshore properties in the most remote corners of the...
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Two new Minneapolis bike boulevards to include traffic-calming devices
Traffic-calming devices designed to slow down motorists will be incorporated into two new Minneapolis bicycle boulevards scheduled for completion by late fall.The Presidents and Stone Arch Bridge...
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Mankato earns high marks for work-life balance
CC/Flickr/Aaron LandryMankato is cited as the eighth-best community in the nation for life-work balance.The website Nerd Wallet ranks Mankato the eighth-best community in the nation for life-work...
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Educating for democracy: the power of presence
CC/Flickr/Jeremy WilburnMost educational institutions provide more diverse experiences than online outlets, including: discussions, internships, lab work, field work, archival research, literature...
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George Mitchell brought in to mediate Orchestra dispute
Talk about bringing in the big gun… Graydon Royce of the Strib reports: “He helped broker peace in Northern Ireland. Now, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell has stepped into the...
View ArticleGay in Belize? You're breaking the law. Still.
BELIZE CITY, Belize — As a growing number of US gay couples exercise their new right to legally wed, here homosexuals wait for the day when they're no longer criminalized for being gay.This tiny...
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Does the NSA tap that? What we still don’t know about its Internet surveillance
CC/Flickr/Gary HThere have been tantalizing bits of evidence that the NSA is tapping fiber-optic cables that carry nearly all international phone and Internet data.Among the snooping revelations of...
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‘Unbanked’ Minnesotans hurt most by predatory lending
This article was supervised by MinnPost journalist Sharon Schmickle, produced in partnership with students at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and is one in a...
View ArticleWill Pope Francis get caught up in Brazil's protests?
In the four months since assuming the papacy, Pope Francis has cultivated an image among followers and non-Catholics alike as a humble leader with a record of emphasizing society’s most poor and...
View ArticleTurkish government hunkers down as world spotlight fades
With a construction helmet over her veil, Nuray Colok’s wedding attire was fully in keeping with the style of Turkey’s Gezi Park protesters.She and others who have demonstrated here in the past two...
View ArticleImmigration reform: From House Republicans, some sympathy for DREAMers
House Republicans aiming to tackle immigration reform are trying to feel out just how far they can go on one of the topic’s most central and sensitive issues: whether or not the nation’s estimated 12...
View ArticlePirate Bay founder to NSA: We know how to beat you
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Peter Sunde evidently knows a thing or two about secrecy.The co-founder of the song and film-sharing website The Pirate Bay revealed the venue for an interview for this article by...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage: Ohio judge opens new frontier for gay activists
A decision by a federal judge in Ohio Monday to grant marriage rights to a same-sex couple residing in a state that does not recognize such unions highlights a new front for gay rights activists...
View ArticleWith new gay-marriage law comes misinformation and tall tales
Have you heard the one about the Colorado baker who’s facing a jail stay for his refusal to make a wedding cake for two men who were married in Massachusetts? It’s all over YouTube and Facebook.OK, so...
View ArticleEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood scoffs at reconciliation
Behind the mosque that has become the focal point of the Muslim Brotherhood's protests, members of a dissolved parliamentary body convened yesterday to do business. The speaker sat at a table covered...
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We need to stop the Southwest Corridor
streets.mn It’s hard being a mass transit proponent in a medium-sized Midwestern city. It’s hard being an urbanist in state whose legislature is filled with mostly rural and suburban representatives....
View ArticleGov. Dayton on out-of-state trip to who-knows-where to lure business to...
Gov. Mark Dayton's daily schedule lets people — mostly the press — know about his public appearances each day.But sometimes we don't get "the rest of the story."Today, for example, is a bit mysterious....
View ArticleFranken prepping government-surveillance transparency bill
WASHINGTON — Sen. Al Franken is working on a bill that he says would bring more transparency to the way federal government surveillance programs collect Americans’ information.After the Guardian...
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Minneapolis-St. Paul’s identity crisis could mean trouble for our future
This is the first of two articles exploring strategies for ensuring the continuing vitality of the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. They are adapted from a report for the McKnight Foundation’s Food for...
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