Bob Collins
Nazi salute? Nope. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
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A couple of Twin Cities Millennials are getting some love on the Forbes website today for their Theater of Public Policy. Read more →
The plug was pulled on Al Gore’s Current TV this afternoon and the Al Jazeera America era is underway. Qatar-based Al Jazeera paid $500 million to buy Current TV. “Some people ask, ‘Is it jihad journalism?’ It’s hard to have a dignified conversation about that,” Paul Beban, the Denver correspondent, tells the Denver Post. Read more →
Republicans are more likely to get the majority of their news from TV. Democrats favor newspapers.
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Nate Minor
Timbuktu exists in our minds as a mythical far-off place. It exists in reality too, on the edge of the Sahara, though it’s gone through hell recently.
Paul TostoAs someone who used to cover business and the economy, I was impressed by Best Buy’s willingness on Monday to lay its dirty linen out for review. The results of an internal report found ex-CEO Brian Dunn had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a female subordinate and that company founder and Twin Cities business Read more →
Eric Ringham
Hart Van Denburg
Duluth city workers aren’t making friends with thrill-seekers that enjoy the adrenaline rush of cliff jumping near the turbid waters of Amity Creek. Workers pruned a cedar tree that sits atop the popular cliff jump known as ‘The Deeps’ to locals.
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The 2010 race for Minnesota governor might not be as close as the 1962 contest — an election decided by 91 votes out of 1.25 million cast — but it appears we are headed for another recount.