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'Minnesota Original' to pilot a new music series
Are the Twin Cities about to get their very own “Austin City Limits”? Fingers crossed. Minnesota Original is piloting a new music series called “The Lowertown Line” that could turn into something;...
View ArticleIsrael grapples with blowback from booming drone industry
JERUSALEM — The Iranian-built drone that flew along Israel’s coastline and then penetrated deep into the country last week, getting dangerously close to the site of Israel’s nuclear complex, has...
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10 reasons why the Electoral College is a problem
One in a series of articles. You can read the whole series here.Sticking with the Electoral College system, but not yet plunging into the surprising too-little-discussed history of why the Framers put...
View ArticleAfghanistan: A former US ally says a new conflict looms
KABUL, Afghanistan — The photographs in Mohammad Younis Qanooni's house illustrate just how far he and his colleagues have fallen since they first helped spearhead America's war in...
View ArticleIn Gaza's smuggling tunnels, Egypt's interests trump Brotherhood ties
As Egypt's closure of some of the smuggling tunnels from Gaza drives up prices in the tiny coastal enclave, it has also spurred anger toward Egypt’s new Islamist president for throttling one of Gaza's...
View ArticleOhio pushes welfare recipients to find work and exit the system
Karen Owens dreams of one day getting a job — perhaps becoming certified as a substance abuse counselor. But when a state welfare official told her she had to get a job immediately or risk losing her...
View ArticleGuantánamo trial boycott? Judge says defendants don't have to attend
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants in the 9/11 terror conspiracy trial are not required to attend future sessions of the special military commission at Guantánamo, a military judge ruled...
View ArticlePutin's United Russia dominates regional elections
Pro-Kremlin candidates swept the field Sunday in thousands of local elections, which opposition leaders allege were marred by fraud. However, most analysts say they are probably an accurate reflection...
View ArticleAs sanctions crush rial's value, Iranians point fingers at Ahmadinejad
Parinaz could see the growing impact of Iran's deepening economic chaos every day while riding the Tehran subway. To make ends meet, more and more Iranians had gone underground to sell cheap Chinese...
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Legislative candidates find Tea Party’s red-hot rage has cooled considerably
Two years ago, Minnesota legislative candidates frequently were greeted with anger at doors across the state.Contempt of bank bailouts and Obamacare were the first words candidates heard as they worked...
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Finding thrown-away treasures — and giving them away
I’d often seen Kara rummaging through the dumpster outside the building where I work. I’d never spoken to her, though, until the day I mustered the courage to ask her if I could take her photo. She...
View ArticleGermany: Merkel challenger prepares for tough campaign
BERLIN, Germany — When the collapse of Lehman Brothers threatened to set off a global depression in 2008, Peer Steinbrueck stood shoulder to shoulder with Chancellor Angela Merkel to steer his country...
View ArticleIsrael's Netanyahu banks on tough guy image to win early elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come charging out of the gate with his reelection campaign, fashioning himself as a tough leader who is unrivaled in his ability to keep Israel safe and...
View ArticleDutch art heist 'a nightmare for any museum director'
Seven highly valuable paintings by artists like Matisse and Picasso were stolen last night from the Kunsthal Rotterdam in The Netherlands in what the museum director called "a nightmare."The stolen...
View ArticleOn ballots: Has pro-marijuana camp found way to win over middle America?
The failure of Prop. 19 – a California legalization measure – two years ago was widely seen as a stunning defeat for high-flying pro-marijuana forces.Yet judging by three new pot legalization proposals...
View ArticleBy taking Benghazi blame, will Hillary Clinton help or harm Obama?
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking full responsibility for the security failure last month at the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, saying President Obama would not have been involved...
View ArticleFight ends over early voting in Ohio as US Supreme Court refuses to step in
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an invitation to enter a raging election-year legal dispute in Ohio over the state legislature’s decision to eliminate one form of early voting for most voters...
View ArticleSyria: Rebels losing support among civilians in Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria — Behind the mansion they were occupying, a group of half-naked rebels whooped with joy as they cannonballed into the murky, half-filled swimming pool.It was July in the small town of...
View ArticleA solid debate ‘win’ for Obama
To me, the debate Tuesday night was a very solid “win” for President Obama, more so than most of the instant analysis or early polling suggested.Gov. Mitt Romney continued to refuse to explain his...
View ArticleVoter ID: With no evidence of either a current problem or a credible...
Recently, former Sen. Norm Coleman wrote a piece for the Star Tribune supporting the Voter ID amendment in Minnesota. In his opinion, he wrote:Is there voter fraud in Minnesota? Yes. Is it rampant...
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