The sports arena “arms race” in the Twin Cities took a step forward today when the Minnesota Wild and Xcel Energy Center announced a “technology upgrade” that includes a new video scoreboard that will be six times larger than the one that’s there now. It was installed in 2000. The Wild press release indicates the Read more →
White Bear Lake still has plenty of room to take your overflowing lakes, Minnesota. That just goes to show you just how far the lake has been drained in recent years as the aquifer is pumped dry. Not that this 2010 image didn’t, mind you. Despite a record month for rainfall in Minnesota, it’s been Read more →
Edward Schumacher-Matos’ contract with NPR is up in about a month and since the NPR ombudsman authored a takedown of his employer’s coverage of the removal of Native American children from their families in South Dakota, he has written very few analyses of NPR since. Today he authored an assessment of NPR’s decision to cancel Read more →
ProPublica is trying to find out if the same thing happened with the funds for Hurricane Sandy victims, but this time the Red Cross is fighting back. Read more →
People who like watching planes at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport gave a lot of attention over the weekend to the Antonov 225, the longest and heaviest airplane ever built.
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People who bought their homes at the low end of the housing crash are pulling equity out of their homes as a quick source of cash again. Read more →
Gage Stroening was camping in Wisconsin when he was struck by lightning. But he still made the show. Read more →
After the Netherlands eliminated Mexico, 2-to-1, in today’s World Cup soccer match, KLM Dutch Airlines, which apparently doesn’t need any business from Mexico, issued this tweet. ‘ The tweet was “racially insensitive,” according to Mashable and it has since been taken down. But not before stirring up Twitter. @KLM I use to fly your airline Read more →
Are we finally at a turning point where solar energy makes sense? Read more →
NPR president and CEO Jarl Mohn says his commercial media expertise will help NPR grow. Read more →
A Powderhorn neighborhood woman has taken a dispute with the United States Postal Service to the Internet. Read more →
As a bicycle commuter I’m always a little leery of the abundant Canada geese that foul the paths around Twin Cities lakes. They stand their ground and appear a little threatening, especially when they have young ones in tow. (To be sure, they probably feel the same way about me.) It doesn’t hurt to give Read more →
Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” manuscript goes for $2 million. Read more →
What to do with a Zamboni in midsummer? Read more →
The huge increase in oil production in North Dakota and Montana has brought an equally huge jump in oil and chemical spills tied to drilling. Read more →
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