Franken introduces student mental health bill
WASHINGTON — Sen. Al Franken used a Wednesday hearing on gun violence to preview a new bill he said would increase students’ access to mental health care at schools around the country.Franken’s Mental...
View ArticleWhy liberal Martin Sabo is allying with the deficit hawks
Former Congressman Martin Olav Sabo popped up in the news recently as co-chair of the Minnesota branch of the national Campaign to Fix the Debt. His co-chairs are former Congressman Tim Penny and...
View ArticleSodaStream is outside the mainstream
The most controversial Super Bowl ad this year may be from SodaStream, a new product that turns tap water into seltzer water and that has been showing up on the shelves of Twin Cities’ department...
View ArticleFormer FBI official calls ATF choice Jones 'atrocious'
“Atrocious,” you say?Dan Browning and Paul McEnroe of the Strib say: “A former director of the Minneapolis FBI office sent a letter this week to members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee...
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Chilly missives in orchestra lockouts; Fashion Week nears
Despite earlier hints that the ice might be breaking between musicians and management of our two locked-out orchestras, the news remains glum. In a statement released Wednesday, the musicians of the...
View ArticleFor Chinese studying in US, graduating into an uncertain future
It’s Saturday night, and Wei, a senior majoring in economics and math, is having pizza and French fries with his American roommates in the dining hall of a prestigious liberal arts college inNew...
View ArticleWhy Argentina is reaching out to Iran
After years of impasse, Argentina and Iran this week announced an agreement to work together on solving one of the deadliest anti-Semitic attacks anywhere since World War II. The deal emerged in the...
View ArticleMali war pulls France's Hollande out of polling slump
After six months of shrinking approval ratings amid stubbornly-high unemployment and slow economic growth, French President François Hollande has reversed the downward slide in the polls as the public...
View ArticleSyria aid effort: Why more money isn't necessarily good news
ATMEH, Syria — The more than $1.5 billion in aid, pledged this week by international donors, no doubt comes as a welcome development to the limping Syrian relief effort.King Abdullah of Jordan said his...
View ArticleKerry Senate seat now has contested primary: Stephen Lynch hat in ring
Rep. Stephen Lynch, a former union ironworker with South Boston roots, announced a campaign for the US Senate Thursday, setting up a contested Democratic primary for the seat being vacated by John...
View ArticleUS economic backsliding temporary? Maybe not if 'sequester' hits
When the government reported Wednesday that the economy shrank in the most recent quarter, forecasters generally said not to worry. This was a temporary slowdown, driven by one-time factors.Defense...
View ArticleAnkara: Blast outside US Embassy kills staffer, bomber; journalist in...
ANKARA, Turkey — Two people have died after a suicide bomb exploded Friday outside the US embassy in Ankara, the city's governor said.Ankara Governor Alaaddin Yuksel said one of the dead included the...
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A boom is underway in Uptown
The economy may still be sputtering like a car engine trying to turn over in below- zero weather, but Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood is roaring. Modern apartment buildings have risen on former...
View ArticleFirst election-change bill would offer 'no-excuse' absentee voting
The raft of DFL-backed elections changes expected this session started trickling in Thursday as Rep. Steve Simon moved forward with a bill that would allow voters to cast an absentee ballot for any...
View ArticleMinnesota’s law schools feel the pain as student applications decline
Thursday morning Don Lewis walked into his office at Hamline University, where he is dean of the College of Law, clutching the folded up, unread copy of the New York Times he hadn’t gotten to read at...
View ArticleObesity fact or fiction? Conflicts of interest mar 'myth' effort
Many of the beliefs we have about obesity are myths or presumptions that have no good scientific evidence to back them up, according to a paper published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine...
View ArticleFormer Gov. Wendell Anderson is honored on his 80th birthday
Former Gov. Wendell Anderson turns 80 today, and plans to celebrate by taking grandchildren to the Gopher women's hockey game tonight.Anderson was governor from 1971 to 1976, and presided over some...
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Minnesota kitty, missing lawn, snacks on wheat
If the frigid temperatures and crusty ice and snow that seem to be coating everything have you down dreaming of summer, rest assured that you're not the only one. As YouTube user Cocolalla Bound found...
View ArticleB. Todd Jones' ATF confirmation just got tougher
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Attorney for Minnesota B. Todd Jones, already faced an uphill battle toward confirmation,...
View ArticleSt. Paul District Court dismisses case against Hebrew National
TC Jewfolk A St. Paul judge has thrown out a case against Hebrew National which claimed that their hot dogs and other meat products weren’t entirely kosher. United States District Judge Donovan Frank...
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