Nate Minor
Some one get that bear a glove! Actually, it doesn’t appear that he needs it. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
The Internet killed the CD, brought back vinyl and led to huge layoffs in the music industry. But here’s one profession it’s created. Read more →
Paul Tosto
It’s easy to be angry reading through today’s U.S. Justice Department’s takedown of Toyota detailing the car company’s reprehensible behavior. It hard to where to start. Read more →
The San Jose Sharks made a young fan very, very happy last night — and they didn’t even win their game against the Florida Panthers. Read more →
It’s with interest that I’m watching a series of videos one of the hikers, Onamia, Minn.-native Shane Bauer, is posting on The Daily Dish this week. Read more →
Bob Collins
I’m not writing NewsCut today, or for the rest of this week, as I am on assignment investigating the starting pitching of the Cleveland Indians. Back on Monday.
The Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA today became the first team in Minnesota to wipe its name of its jerseys and sell the space to an advertiser, in this case the Mayo Clinic. Read more →
Researchers today announced they’ve discovered the gravitational waves that traveled through space/time shortly after the Big Bang. It’s the first direct evidence of the rapid expansion at the beginning of the universe. Read more →
A handful of cases from federal and state judges has sought recently to clarify a long-standing argument: When you drive a car, is it constitutional that you automatically submit to chemical testing for DUI when an officer asks you too? Read more →
Why are quad copters going to change the way news is covered? Because you can simply get better views from an unmanned tiny vehicle. Read more →
A touching moment in Austin where a young woman is hospitalized because of the drunk driver who crashed into concert goers, killing two of them last week at South by Southwest. Read more →
No matter what happens next, Jerold Young isn’t going to have a lot of money to live out his remaining years, but his Rochester, Minnesota friends are certainly looking out for the World War II vet who’s had some tough times.
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The high school kids understandably were sad and sulked a bit after losing outstanding games. And we cut them slack we didn’t extend to women athletes on a bigger stage. Read more →
There’s been a brain drain in the non-commercial space program since we decided to leave manned spaceflight to other countries, and an ongoing debate about whether it suits our planetary needs anymore, but there’s no question that there’s still inspiration in the best and brightest who figured out solutions where no man has gone before.
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Finding the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the Indian ocean is mathematically equivalent to finding a human hair in Manhattan. Read more →