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News & Features Archive
Monday, November 23, 2009
Charges against eight people involved in the
long-running probe of young men who left the United States to fight
in Somalia were unsealed in Minnesota on Monday.
(11/23/2009)
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he expects a new economic forecast coming next week will show a hole in the current two-year budget.
(11/23/2009)
Attorneys painted drastically different pictures of Tom Petters as they presented their closing arguments this morning in Petters' multi-billion-dollar fraud trial.
(11/23/2009)
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer is Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Player in the American League for 2009.
Pawlenty will travel with other state officials and business leaders to Chile and Brazil from December 5-12.
Home sales far exceeded expectations last
month, surging to the highest level in 2½ years as first-time
buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.
Hear a speech by Minnesota native and nationally-recognized political analyst Norman Ornstein, given November 20, 2009 at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.
Longtime investigate journalist Lowell Bergman turns his attention to the consumer loan industry in a new documentary "The Card Game." The joint project with the New York Times airs November 24th on PBS "Frontline." Bergman answers listener questions about his reporting on today's Midday program.
Three duck hunters are recovering after
their boat capsized in a lake in southern Minnesota.
The Anoka-Hennepin School Board is expected to re-approve a plan Monday to close six schools and reconfigure two others in the state's largest school district.
The St. Paul School Board will pick a new superintendent Monday night from a field of three finalists.
A transportation forum at the University of Minnesota Monday aims to fix what critics say is a broken funding system.
A southern Minnesota man has been found
guilty of letting two dogs die of starvation, dehydration and
exposure.
A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his
party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill
with or without Republican support because the "system is
broken."
A bipartisan coalition of Midwest lawmakers and business groups is working to promote export activity among the region's small and mid-sized businesses.
Closing arguments are set in the fraud
trial of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters, who's accused of
running a Ponzi scheme that cost investors over $3 billion.
The Minnesota Governor's Residence is all
decked out for the holidays. And people can get a look at the
decorations at three open houses in December.
Residents of St. Charles still wonder
about the future of the North Star Foods plant, seven months after
fire devastated the city's largest employer.
Officials at Giants Ridge Golf and Ski
Resort are hoping for colder weather so they can use their new
snow-making equipment.
New musicians from the SPCO, Sumni Chang and David Huckaby, perform in the studio.
Charter schools in Minnesota are bracing for a cash flow crunch that could determine whether some survive.
Even though lead paint has been banned since 1978, it's still a problem -- especially in older homes. Starting next spring, Minnesota builders and remodelers will have to comply with new federal guidelines for preventing lead contamination.
Two masters of the art of frightening fiction share the stage at the Fitzgerald Theater in the latest installment of Talking Volumes. Stephen King's latest novel is about what happens to a town that becomes surrounded by an impenetrable dome. Audrey Niffenegger's latest novel has twin teenaged girls haunted by the residents of Highgate Cemetery in London. Talking Volumes, hosted by Kerri Miller, was recorded Nov. 18.
As the Senate works on its version of health care overhaul, the question remains how the more than $800 billion cost will be covered in the budget. Some economists are concerned the taxes proposed will not work to reign in costs, nor be sustainable over the long term.
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