Bob CollinsHow the health care website ended up such a mess, Wisconsin’s attempt to limit mining regulations, the latest on the teacher killing in Massachusetts, Nienstedt says were made, swimming for the arts, and the most distant galaxy ever discovered. Read more →
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Archbishop Nienstedt breaks his silence, Petters asks for the chance to get out of jail alive, the killing of a teacher in Massachusetts, the anniversary of the Beirut barracks bombing, the controversy over an anti-Tea Party ad featuring the KKK and why does pet food come from China?
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How the school shooter in Nevada got his gun, why unemployment is worse for older people, the whistleblower in the St. Paul Archdiocese scandals says she didn’t do enough, the scandalous SponeBob SquarePants headstone, and the walking dead that are the Minnesota Vikings.
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The man who confronted the school shooter in Nevada, a vow to fix the health care website, New Jersey’s governor gives up the anti-same-sex-marriage fight, a Wisconsin judge orders the state to stop enforcing Gov. Walker’s collective bargaining restrictions, Gov. Dayton to have hip surgery, and the two Boy Scout leaders who tipped over an ancient rock formation lose their gigs. Read more →
Pope Francis shakes up the Catholic Church. Child poverty in Minnesota is stuck at 15 percent. It’s like old times for Minnesota employment, except it’s not really. The U.S. can’t possibly keep up with the proper security checks for all the people it gives clearances to, the AP says. Can a comedian be a judge, too? No, a court says. And a couple is kicked out of Applebee’s because their kids were making a racket and running around. So why is Applebee’s apologizing? Read more →
Did an official tell a SWAT team to “stand down” at the beginning of the mass shooting in Washington? Wall Street parties while the Fed issues depressing news on the economy. Electronic gaming didn’t raise a dime toward the new Vikings stadium. And can you be bumped off a jury for being gay? Read more →
How did the shooter in Washington get his guns? Jerry Kill says that’ll be enough epilepsy talk, thank you. Wisconsin squeezes some teeth out of the lemon law. An electrical fire caused the big fire in Winona, and the one on the boardwalk in New Jersey, too. And the mothers and fathers who watch their children and can’t make it better. Read more →
MNSure falls short in the African American community, the White House pushes the burden of success to Russia, Missouri considers arresting feds who try to enforce gun laws, Boston says ‘whoops’ for scheduling a fire drill on 9/11, how one California community tries to beat the banks at their own game, what to do about Read more →
Rep. Walz says ‘no’ to bombing Syria, George Zimmerman can’t stay out of the news, the disaster special session ends in Minnesota, the State Police defends the high-speed chase that killed an innocent person, a woman in a hijab violates Abercrombie’s “look policy,” which violates the law, and Diana Nyad answers skeptics. Here’s today’s news Read more →
Who shoots people “just for fun?” Plus: Should Wisconsin raise the speed limit? Guns at the Minnesota Capitol. Aid to Egypt. Big bucks from cigarette taxes. Read more →
Mubarak could be back, Wisconsin spikes the idea of employers asking for Facebook passwords, Paul Bunyan humor falls flat on Bemidji, and a Pennsylvania county clerk turns DOMA on its head. Read more →
Orange is the new “whitey,” the budget deficit keeps shrinking, protection for transgender students, is there a relationship between autism and inducing labor, another singing protest in Madison, and the big lie in New Ulm.
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Obama says “there’s nothing more to see here” when it comes to domestic surveillance, there’ll be no Olympics boycott, a break — sort of — for people with high-interest student loans, no charges against racist Minneapolis police officers, who needs a $38,000 handbag, and the kid in Sartell who could teach a few things to the people who do. Read more →
Two soldiers who were shot testify in the Fort Hood trial, the Wilfs say don’t worry about that civil racketeering thing, meet the Powerball winner, the flooding in the midsection, the last King Family survivor dies, and the fungus of northern Michigan.
Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current. Read more →
It’s like old times between Russia and the U.S., why are politicians in Wisconsin so afraid of people who sing, what is H7N9 and why does it have Minnesota health officials concerned, a power outage update from last night’s storm, who’s the person in Mankato stopped for doing 148, and do you have Powerball fatigue? Read more →