GMOs and a potential US-Europe pact
The United States and Europe have reportedly begun negotiations for a new free-trade agreement that would be the biggest in the world and provide an enormous boost to both parties' sagging economies....
View ArticleHow Bradley Manning's 'aiding the enemy' charge could jolt journalism
Closing arguments in the court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning began Thursday, with the Army intelligence officer facing a potential sentence of life in prison for releasing some 700,000 classified...
View ArticleEgypt braces for rival protests: 'There are bloody days ahead'
CAIRO, Egypt — As Egypt’s rival camps gear up for mass demonstrations in Cairo and other cities Friday, after the country’s defense minister called on Egyptians to rally in support of his fight against...
View ArticleA day in the lives of ex-Twins
With the Twins groping in next to last place in the American League, their grumbling followers could take some shaky consolation in the performance on just one day — Wednesday, July 24 — by the...
View ArticleMinnesotan kicks off N.J. same-sex marriage push as GOP House supporters here...
Richard Carlbom, the director of the campaign that legalized same-sex marriage in Minnesota, is back in the thick of things in New Jersey.On Wednesday, Carlbom helped kick off “New Jersey United for...
View ArticleVoting Rights Act fallout: Holder signals tough stance on Texas
The Justice Department is unveiling a new tactic in its long-running battle with Texas over the drafting of election districts and its new voter ID law, setting the stage for what promises to be a new...
View ArticlePeggy Flanagan is new head of nonprofit Childen's Defense Fund-Minnesota
The Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota has hired Peggy Flanagan as executive director.The organization says Flanagan takes the job after eight years with Wellstone Action"first as director and founder...
View ArticleURentWise: The student-driven Yelp of U of M rental properties
Stubble Stubble: What is URentWise and how does it work?Adam: URentWise is a student-driven platform created to exchange transparent information about rental properties around the University of...
View ArticleLittle Falls schools have 'written assurance' there will be no religious...
Little Falls school officials say they have written assurances from the Central Minnesota Tea Party that there will be no harassment or religious disparagement at their event Monday.The Tea Party...
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Winton offers plan to break Minneapolis-St. Louis Park stalemate over light rail
The stalemate between Minneapolis and St. Louis Park about which trains go where in the design of the Southwest Light Rail Line might be broken if the two cities band together and the line is re-routed...
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Celebrating Ramadan in the Twin Cities
During the month of Ramadan — July 8 through August 7 this year — many Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. After the sun goes down it's time for Iftar, a meal breaking the day's fast. Several Twin...
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Goodnight moon? Study links sleep quality and lunar cycles
CC/Flickr/elPadawanWhen the moon is full, people appear to experience poorer sleep, even when they have been locked in a sleep lab for several days, shut off from moonlight or any other outside...
View ArticleRochester newspaper editor faults New Republic's article about Mayo
An article from the New Republic raising questions about the Mayo Clinic's planned $6 billion expansion in Rochester was disparaged last night by Jay Furst, managing editor of the Rochester Post...
View ArticleEthics Committee acknowledges Bachmann probe, will decide next step in September
WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it has received a report on Rep. Michele Bachmann and will decide by September whether to investigate it further.This is a very routine...
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Don Shelby: 'I would be a terrible congressman'
Kevin Diaz of the Strib got some quotes out of Don Shelby about that 3rd District congressional race.“In a belated email to the Star Tribune after a visit to the dentist, Shelby said he is ‘flattered’...
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Break the taboo here in Minnesota
Drugs. The great debate. Should we treat drugs as a health problem rather than a criminal problem? Should we change existing drug laws or not? The simple answer is yes.globalcommissionondrugs.orgSir...
View ArticleState officials request early release of health plan prices
Two state departments are asking health plans that will offer coverage through MNsure, Minnesota's health insurance exchange, to file prices for their plans a month earlier than previously required.The...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 7/26
Killing bees and butterfliesfrom LeftMN by Lois SchadewaldLast Friday’s Star Tribune reports that the monarch butterfly population is at an all time low this year citing the factors of last year’s...
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Ivey Awards founder Scott Mayer: Let's make the most of our theater power
Scott Mayer, founder and principal of the sponsorship-marketing agency Mayer, grew up in rural South Dakota and fell in love with the theater in Minneapolis, galvanized by a production of "Cloud Nine"...
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Atheists and the 'Aints'— seeking to dispel preconceived notions about our...
Courtesy of MN AtheistsMinnesota Atheists chair Heather Hegi, with an Aintsplayer in 2012.Atheism and baseball is an unlikely combo, but nevertheless, the Minnesota Atheists organization is celebrating...
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