Authorities are investigating the shooting of a truck driver by squirrel hunters. The St. Louis County sheriff’s office says the 56-year-old semi driver was
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A court has awarded Xcel Energy Inc. $116.5 million over the federal government’s failure to open the Yucca Mountain nuclear storage facility on
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Refugees from Myanmar who settled in Minnesota are watching the situation back in their homeland with concern. Some 200 protesters gathered at the State
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For the crews that removed the twisted wreckage of the Interstate 35W bridge from the Mississippi River, it was a challenging, tiring and
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Nick Nelson is passionate about the Packers, and about Minnesota’s new smoking ban.
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“Who bans books? … The mass media. Which books do they ban? Scholarly books. Virtually all of them.” Scholarly books, you see, don’t get coverage in the mass media. “In short, we, the mass media, ignore what our best and brightest produce.”
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An Illicit Puccini Affair! (Oh: A Lost Composition, Too.) “Hundreds of letters and photographs found stuffed inside in a long-forgotten suitcase have thrown a tragic new light on the secret life of the great Italian composer Giacomo Puccini - and may also reveal a lost operatic composition.”
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“Shakespeare had it easy. He lived in inherently stageable times: people lived in communities; were largely illiterate and so communicated through speech. … But the world has changed. People are spending more and more time online, some living virtual Second Lives or interacting in chatrooms.
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“In the last few years, two American filmmakers, Vincent Gallo and John Cameron Mitchell, have depicted actual sex in their films — and have not been shy about admitting it. Recently, the Oscar-winning director Ang Lee earned an NC-17 rating for his ‘Lust, Caution.’
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Carlin Romano argues the case for book reviews, which are disappearing in American newspapers.
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Biofuel researchers at the University of Minnesota had the chance to show-off their work to United States Senators. More Political News More Project Energy
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Lots of Minnesotans are car slobs. When we asked readers, “Do you or somebody you know drive a junk-filled car, a mess on wheels?” we heard from them: “Hi, my name is Jolene, and I′m a dumpster driver,” wrote Jolene Koch, Pine City, Minn. Also from their friends, siblings and spouses: “My wife drives the ultimate mess on wheels. She proves daily that it is possible to put 10 pounds of stuff in a …
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Tania Head’s dramatic and unsubstantiated tale of surviving the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center brings to mind Lillian Hellman’s self-proclaimed heroism against the Nazis.
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TUESDAY, OCT. 2 How to win the fight! Change orders and claims. 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. $75 members, $150 nonmembers. Call 763-413-0669. Sponsor: American Subcontractors Association, Minnesota. Waste-wise fleet efficiency workshop. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Commercial Finance Fleet Services, 3 Capital Drive, Eden Prairie. $50 members, $75 …
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For the crews that removed the twisted wreckage of the Interstate 35W bridge from the Mississippi River, it was a challenging, tiring and unforgettable experience. More I-35W Bridge Collapse News More Transportation News More Minnesota News
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