News & Features Archive
Friday, February 10, 2012
A new ethics investigation of the House Financial Services Committee chairman's investment activities during the events leading up to and surrounding Congress' $700 billion bailout of Wall Street sets back lawmakers' election-year efforts to rebound from their record low standing with the public.
(02/10/2012)
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested that her predecessors on the high court mistimed the milestone 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
(02/10/2012)
Minnesota health plans and religious groups are taking a wait-and-see approach after the Obama administration announced a compromise aimed at stemming the backlash to a controversial health policy.
(02/10/2012)
Social issues dominated the 2012 presidential race Friday, as President Barack Obama tried to calm a storm over religion and birth control and the Republicans vying to replace him jockeyed to outdo each other in proving their conservative fervor.
A unique score for a very unique film that came out of nowhere at Cannes. Now it's won Golden Globes and received numerous nominations for "best everything" (almost) from BAFTA, the Brit's Oscars to the SAG and Directors' Guild awards to The Oscars. Ludovic Bource (BOORS) created a score that's both original and an homage to the great film composers of the early 20th century. Tune in to Flicks in Five at 11 a.m., Saturday, February 11.
With "Gotterdammerung" ("Twilight of the Gods"), the Metropolitan Opera presents the conclusion of Richard Wagner's mighty "Ring" cycle. It's a mythic story, told over the course of four operas, beginning with the creation of the world, and ending with the destruction of Valhalla. Airs Saturday, February 11 at noon.
The possibility of Delta Air Lines moving 150 jobs from the Twin Cities airport to Atlanta has many officials displeased. But airport commission officials say they're confident the airline will remain a major employer here.
Soprano Dawn Upshaw and composer Donnacha Dennehy discuss their collaboration based on the poetry of Yeats. Upshaw is one of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's artistic partners, a MacArthur Genius Grant winner and a world-renowned singer.
The Twin Cities real estate market provided some encouraging signs in January but also reasons for ongoing concern.
Short films, Denzel Washington going rogue, and a certain inter-galactic blockbuster getting a three dimensional treatment, all came up today on Cube Critics.
The group that recommends environmental projects funded with lottery money will emphasize aquatic invasive species during its next grant round.
This week, Republican presidential candidates visited the state, we looked at the expansion of sand mining and visited the Ice Hole -- a bar on Lake Lida.
For someone who has just made the Oscar-nominated documentary "Pina," perhaps the most acclaimed dance movie in years, Wim Wenders is straightforward in admitting that dance used to leave him cold.
Finally a winter-like weekend!
A 7-year-old child in Montrose, Minn. was killed by an out-of-control motorist while waiting on the sidewalk for his school bus shortly after 8:00 a.m. Friday.
The Humane Society and the United Egg Producers are an unlikely pair to lobby Capitol Hill together.
The rhythmic pounding of a 4,000-year-old Japanese drumming tradition will pulse through Minnesota in the coming weeks as the St. Paul-based Mu Daiko drumming ensemble embarks on its 15th anniversary tour.
The city of St. Paul announced Friday it will drop its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and go to trial against a group of landlords that sued the city over its aggressive housing code enforcement.
Dayton didn't respond to the plan's specifics, but praised the county for its efforts - and took a shot at the Minneapolis City Council at the same time.
University of Minnesota Board of Regents Chairwoman Linda Cohen announced that she has asked for two legal opinions to advise whether regent Steve Sviggum has a potential conflict of interest with his GOP staff job.
DFL Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the first bills sent to him this session on Thursday, and he used the occasion to blast Republican legislative leaders.
Ramsey County is dropping its countywide sales tax plan to help pay for an Arden Hills stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, and is instead proposing new user fees and parking lot naming rights.
Soprano Dawn Upshaw and composer Donnacha Dennehy join Stephen Smith to discuss their collaboration based on the poetry of Yeats. Upshaw is one of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's artistic partners, a MacArthur Genius Grant winner and a world-renowned singer.
Inspired by a federal appeals court ruling this week, a gay Fargo couple went to the Cass County Courthouse to apply for a marriage license.
The Lewis & Clark regional water system is designed to supply water to about 300,000 people in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.
The bill is moving over the objections of police, who said it could endanger officers.
Alabama Republican Spencer Bachus says he welcomes the opportunity to set the record straight in the investigation
On Thursday, President Obama approved No Child Left Behind waivers for 10 states, including Minnesota. Minnesota education commissioner Brenda Cassellius spoke with MPR News about the change.
President Barack Obama declared Friday he's
found a solution that will protect religious liberty but also
ensure that women have access to free birth control, as he rushed
to defuse an election-year political uproar that threatened to
overtake his administration.
Dam modification projects in northwest Minnesota are not only restoring fish habitats, but making river use safer for people.
The advisory group for funding of environmental projects with lottery proceeds will meet this morning for the first time since legislators tried to fire the group's executive director.
After a year of extraordinary profits pushed by high corn prices, Minnesota farmers are looking forward to planting season. But hopes of another strong season may be threatened by a scarcity of seed corn.
The state Department of Natural Resources is modifying dams on the Red River northwest Minnesota to reconnect hundreds of miles of fish habitat for the first time in decades. Many of these dams were built to hold pools for city drinking water supplies during the extended drought of the 1930s.
Eight South Korean lawmakers made a high-profile visit Friday to a modern factory park that sits just across the world's most heavily armed border and represents the last major cooperative initiative between the two rival Koreas.
Luther Warren is a most serious violinist. At 16 he was the recent winner of the Minnesota Youth Symphonies Solo Competition. He will perform the opening movement of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto this Sunday, February 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Orchestra Hall. Warren spoke with Steve Staruch in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio to talk about his performing experiences and play the piece. He was joined by accompanist Tom Bartsch.
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