Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) back issues from August 2008:
THE TALL SHIPS MAKE PORT.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... From the deck of the U.S. Brig Niagara, the clipper Pride of Baltimore II could be seen Thursday approaching the Lift Bridge in Duluth Harbor. The two ships and the schooner Madeline arrived for the Duluth Maritime Festival. All three ships will be open for tours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today ...
Minnesota no battleground state for ads; Record spending nationally by Obama and McCain has included just a drop in the bucket in the state.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: BOB VON STERNBERG; STAFF WRITER Some battleground state. At least as measured in spending on campaign advertising, Minnesota has remained a backwater in the presidential race. While more than $50 million -- a record -- has been spent on ...
Airfares unlikely to match oil-price descent; With capacity cuts coming later this year, consumers should not expect fares to fall. Airlines are trying to recover more of their costs.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: LIZ FEDOR; STAFF WRITER Crude oil prices have dropped by more than $20 a barrel in the past three weeks, but don't expect air fares to decline any time soon. "Even if oil went down to $110 or $100 a barrel, the airlines have a tremendous amount of costs that ...
MOVIE REVIEW; FITTING IN; Five kids spend their senior year on camera in the refreshingly candid "American Teen.".(VARIETY)(Movie review)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER You may outgrow your high school acne scars, but the emotional scrapes endure. Or so it seems from "American Teen," a slick documentary that suggests we never really outgrow our adolescent cliques. Director Nanette Burstein spent the 2005-2006 ...
Capturing teens in their natural habitat; Filmmaker found truth is more interesting than fiction.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER The rites of teen passage have inspired feature films as diverse as "American Beauty" and "American Pie." Nanette Burstein's documentary "American Teen" demonstrates that a nonfiction account of adolescence is as engrossing as any scripted ...
Scaup ruling hurts federal credibility; The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service went overboard in severely restricting the number of bluebills that hunters can harvest in the Mississippi Flyway.(SPORTS)(DENNIS ANDERSON)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: DENNIS ANDERSON; STAFF WRITER The decision Thursday to significantly restrict the scaup (bluebill) harvest by Mississippi Flyway duck hunters this fall emboldens still further critics who claim U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) waterfowl mangers are too far removed ...
ALL'S FAIR; Three art fairs compete for attention in south Minneapolis this weekend.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: MARY ABBE; STAFF WRITER Food-on-a-stick meets art-in-the-street when three art fairs collide in Minneapolis. Yes, purists will insist that the Uptown, Loring Park and Powderhorn art festivals offer higher quality snacks than the generic deep-fry fare of the Minnesota ...
Build a ballpark and nearby development will come, they say; Aiming to avoid unfulfilled promises when the Metrodome was built, the team and the Ballpark Authority are working to enhance the nearby North Loop.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: HERON MARQUEZ ESTRADA; STAFF WRITER At Minneapolis City Hall, the area where the Minnesota Twins' new ballpark is being built is known as "the Cut," in part because it divides the struggling North Loop neighborhood from the vitality of the Warehouse District. ...
Sen. Craig's appeal to be heard Sept. 10; The Idaho Republican is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea in disorderly conduct case at the MSP airport.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Rochelle Olson; Staff Writer Arguments are scheduled to begin at 12:40 p.m. on Sept. 10 in the appeal of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's disorderly conduct conviction. The case will be heard before a three-judge panel in room 200 of the Minnesota Judicial Center ....
A somnolent return; "Brideshead" on the big screen is a slow-moving, turgid affair.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER You say "stately," I say "stagnant." The lush big-screen version of "Brideshead Revisited" is mummified by good taste, swathed in so many layers of posh art direction and somnolent performance that its life force all but flickers out. A ...
A YEAR OF HEALING; One year after the collapse, a lockmaster, a social worker and the last guy off the I-35W bridge reflect on how it affected us all.(SPECIAL)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CURT BROWN; STAFF WRITER As lockmaster at the Lower St. Anthony Falls dam, Timothy Meers has been down on the Mississippi for 33 years -- watching the river, and time, flow past. Every day, he manages the currents underneath the fast-climbing concrete arches of the ...
a year of healing: I-35W bridge collapse; SUFFERING AND SURVIVAL.(SPECIAL)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Three Catholic priests were among the thousands who gathered near the broken bridge and on the Stone Arch Bridge to watch the rescue. Many recall the stench of burning chemicals and the feeling of disbelief. Police soon closed the nearby bridges as they searched for the dead. JIM GEHRZ - ...
horse racing: claiming crown at canterbury park; Track hoping main card is an ace; The biggest event of the season comes with high anticipation, and high hopes for the track's bottom line.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JACKIE FRIEDMAN; STAFF WRITER Every time Canterbury Park hosts the Claiming Crown it loses an average of $50,000 to $100,000. Yet, as the biggest day of the season approaches, Eric Halstrom, vice president of racing operations at Canterbury, refuses to ...
Enduring love, endearing film; The late author Christopher Isherwood and artist Don Bachardy open their hearts in this touching love story.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CLAUDE PECK; STAFF WRITER "Chris & Don: A Love Story," about the 34-year love between British-born writer Christopher Isherwood and California painter Don Bachardy, begins and ends in states of sunlit happiness tinged with shadow. The two met on the beach ...
Comic book hero; A comic-book superstar who's drawn some of the top-selling X-Men and Batman titles makes a rare appearance Saturday.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: TOM HORGEN; STAFF WRITER Jim Lee is one of the comic-book world's true rock stars -- he's Bono with a pencil. The first issue of his 1991 "X-Men" relaunch is still the highest selling comic of all time, with more than 7 million copies sold. Nowadays, the ...
MARK CRAIG'S CAMP CRAWL; TODAY: CHICAGO; Bears' night practice lets quarterbacks shine -- or not.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: MARK CRAIG; STAFF WRITER BOURBONNAIS, Ill. The Bears and their fans sure know how to do a night practice. A standing-room-only crowd of about 6,000 fans packed the bleachers and circled the fences around Ward Field at the Olivet Nazarene University ...
8 DIE AS JET MISSES LANDING; The corporate plane reportedly skimmed the Owatonna runway, then rose before ripping through a cornfield. Along with two pilots, the dead included East Coast business executives flying to the city on a business trip.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOY POWELL; CHAO XIONG; RICHARD MERYHEW; STAFF WRITERS OWATONNA, MINN. - As the pilots steered the corporate jet toward the airport here Thursday morning, it looked like they and their passengers had lucked out. Only an hour before, a savage summer storm had ...
fatal plane crash: Owatonna airport; RECENT MINNESOTA AVIATION DEATHS; STATE'S DEADLIEST PLANE CRASHES.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... RECENT MINNESOTA AVIATION DEATHS Nov. 2007: Four died in a small-plane crash at Faribault airport when it flipped and burst into flames while landing. Dec. 2005: Three died in a four-seat Cirrus SR22 when it plowed into a field in rural Lincoln County. ...
Neighbors watched with alarm as jet missed mark, then plunged.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: RODRIGO ZAMITH; JOY POWELL; CURT BROWN; STAFF WRITERS OWATONNA, MINN. - Ruth Hinton has lived for 40 years in the same home a couple miles west of Degner Regional Airport. "Planes fly over here all the time," said Hinton, 63. "But I have never seen one fly so ...
fatal plane crash: Owatonna airport; THE VICTIMS; Group on jet was to confer on casino work.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JENNA ROSS; STAFF WRITER Karen Sandland was one of three Tishman Construction Corp. employees scheduled to attend an Owatonna meeting about glass destined for a $2 billion casino project in Atlantic City. The other two canceled late Wednesday when work ...
fatal plane crash: Owatonna airport; THE COMPANY; Meeting with high-end glass company brought the passengers to Owatonna.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Steve Alexander; Staff Writer The businesspeople who died in Thursday's plane crash at the Owatonna airport were on their way to visit one of the nation's premier makers of high-quality glass products for architectural use. Viracon Inc., the Owatonna maker of ...
CORRECTIONS.(NEWS)(CORRECTIONS)(Correction notice)
Aug 01, 2008 ... CORRECTIONS The name of photographer Adam Grim was misspelled in Wednesday's paper. He was the grand prize winner in the adult division of the 2008 Show Off Savage photo contest. In a story on Page 01D Thursday about Social Security prepaid debit cards, U.S ....
dining; THE HOT FIVE; Eat locally at one of these Midwestern-minded restaurants.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Rick Nelson; Staff Writer THE HOT FIVE Eat locally at one of these Midwestern-minded restaurants. COMMON ROOTS CAFE A casual, counter-service operation that demonstrates how "local foods" and "expensive" don't have to be attached at the ...
the dish.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Cynthia Dickison; Staff Writer Stealing `Thunder' The synopsis is breathless, and purple: "Fearing certain death, shamed Father O'Malley travels in the dark of night to the cliffs of Mohr under strict orders from the church: `You must nary speak a word for 50 years.' At ...
The 35W Memorial Bridge; The events of a year ago demand attention and respect.(NEWS)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Where were you a year ago today, at 6:05 p.m.? If you live anywhere in Minnesota, chances are you remember. The collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge across the Mississippi River took 13 lives and changed countless others. For people all across the state and beyond, the event and the site ...
Readers Write.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MCCAIN'S AD Could have been worse John McCain's new ad asks us to associate Sen. Barack Obama with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. That's pretty mean. But at least it wasn't George Bush and Dick Cheney. McCain has dibs on them. ROD CHRISTENSEN, ...
Curt Erickson pioneered training in instrument-flying; The Savage retiree translated a childhood fascination with flying into a lifelong career in aviation services.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: BEN COHEN; STAFF WRITER As a child, Curtis Erickson of Savage was fascinated with the air mail pilots who buzzed over his family's farm during the 1930s in Dawson, Minn. Erickson, a Minnesota aviation pioneer in flight-instrument training, died July 27 in ...
Minnesota sends more goods out of country on weak dollar.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Dee DePass; Staff Writer Minnesota-manufactured exports jumped 8.5 percent to $4.2 billion during the first quarter compared with the same period in 2007, state officials said Thursday. The slumping U.S. dollar and more orders from Canada helped boost sales of ...
Emergency workers say Franco was behind wheel; The trial opens in the fatal Cottonwood bus crash with the prosecution focused on establishing the driver of the van.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: PAM LOUWAGIE; STAFF WRITER WILLMAR, MINN. - The first emergency workers to arrive at the fatal Cottonwood school bus crash scene in February described for a jury Thursday how they found Olga Franco pinned in the driver's seat of the van that hit the bus. ...
FRINGE FESTIVAL REVIEWS; On opening night of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, critics fanned out to see and evaluate these shows. Stay tuned for more reviews in coming days.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Graydon Royce; Rohan Preston; Eric Ringham; Brian Leehan; Staff Writers; John Townsend Depth of a Moment Oy. I had high expectations for "Depth of a Moment," Lisa Fay and Jeff Glassman's physical theater piece. It comes with a strong recommendation from a Village Voice ...
YOUR FRINGE GUIDE; MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SHOW TITLE / DESCRIPTION / VENUE (life seed). A woman attempts multiple methods of re-creation to evolve. Venue: Lab Theater10:008:307:00 1:00 7:00 10.10 Post 9.11. Humor for 9/12 from a woman paralyzed by fear as told by Edgar Allen Poe to ...
School menu criticism is off-base, officials say; A study by the Cancer Project says schools offer too many processed meats. School officials said the study is biased and ignores the healthful options.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: PATRICE RELERFORD; STAFF WRITER Minneapolis Public Schools got a failing grade in a national study of the amount of processed foods such as hot dogs and breakfast sausage served in big city school districts. But it's a bitter pill for a district that has worked to make ...
item world; local news and views.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Graydon Royce; Chris Riemenschneider; Patrick Lee; Sara Glassman; Jon Bream; Staff Writers What's the word now? Laura Osnes has stepped down from her throne as Sandy in the Broadway production of "Grease"; the Eagan actor's last day was July 20. She and ...
Wishing for a bold trade? Liriano would've been bait; The once-dominant pitcher is an injury risk and winning games in a mediocre league, but other teams would have coveted his acquisition.(SPORTS)(JIM SOUHAN)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JIM SOUHAN; STAFF WRITER In July, the Brewers added CC Sabathia and Ray Durham, the Cubs added Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin, the Dodgers added Casey Blake and Manny Ramirez, the Tigers added Kyle Farnsworth, the Yankees added Pudge Rodriguez, Damaso Marte and Xavier Nady, ...
JOURNAL: CANADA GEESE FLYING AGAIN.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Jim Gilbert In the Twin Cities area, many of the Canada geese, mallards and wood ducks that lost their flight feathers early in the summer are now flying again. All ducks, geese and swans of North America shed their flight feathers and spend time as ...
Agent-turned-exec Lawton hits the ground running; The ex-North Star is living a hectic life as he and the Tampa Bay Lightning's aggressive new owners rebuild the team.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: MICHAEL RUSSO; STAFF WRITER Brian Lawton thought he was prepared for anything. After 14 years of being a player agent sparring with general managers over dollars and cents, the first overall pick of the 1983 NHL draft by the North Stars gave it all up to ...
We're all a-Twitter about texting, but remember: Text responsibly.(NEWS)(JAMES LILEKS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JAMES LILEKS; STAFF WRITER At the risk of stating the obvious, a new Minnesota law goes into effect today. What? You ask. Goldfish leash ordinances? Shoe taxes to pay for running paths? No. (Not this year.) The new law bans texting while driving. I approve. ...
LOCAL MUSIC; A couple of bands screaming for attention; Four Letter Lie and Gloria make a motion toward a national emo/punk buzz.(VARIETY)(LOCAL MUSIC)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER; STAFF WRITER When homegrown rockers Motion City Soundtrack signed a record deal with Epitaph Records back in 2002, a lot of local music scenesters had the same reaction: Who?! One of the headliners at Sunday's Warped Tour out at ...
the bounce; Who's up; Who's down.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Cynthia Dickison; STAFF WRITER Who's up Terry Gilliam and Johnny Depp are planning another go at "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote," whose first incarnation seven years ago was so plagued by setbacks that it never got off the ground -- but did spawn the highly ...
Medals for errant raid send wrong message, Rybak says.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Steve Brandt; Staff Writer Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said Thursday that giving medals for valor to eight police officers who participated in a botched raid last year sends the wrong message to the community. Rybak said an investigation has determined that ...
THE CHEAP SEATS; The Megabus, catching on as a low-cost way to travel, was an economical, if not always relaxing, ride to Chicago and back.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: EMMA L. CAREW; STAFF WRITER As I waited to board the Megabus for a red-eye trip from Minneapolis to Chicago the other day, I couldn't help but flash back to my dreaded marching band tour in high school: 40 hours on a coach bus from Minnesota to San Diego. ...
JUDAS PRIEST VS. SCORPIONS; MONSTERS AT MYTH; The two metal giants perform in Maplewood six days apart (and have plenty else in common).(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER; STAFF WRITER If Maplewood Mall allowed tailgating, it would be like "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" all over again for the next two weekends. - The mall's noisemaker neighbor Myth nightclub landed a coup with Saturday's concert by Judas Priest, whose ...
Jury weighs spirit of pastor on trial for fraud.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JON TEVLIN; STAFF WRITER Neulan Midkiff is either a naive and trusting pastor whose desire to do well by doing good got him in trouble, or he's a sly man so greedy he was willing to deceive his friends and neighbors to get rich. A jury in U.S. District Court ...
Humor regenerates `Mummy'.(VARIETY)(Movie review)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRISTY DESMITH Special to the Star Tribune When we pick back up with Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, they're a bored, retired couple clinking their teacups in Oxfordshire, England. Set in 1947, the new film takes place 24 years after the original 1999 movie and ...
One nation, under DOOMTREE; The Twin Cities' second best-known rap crew just made its first tour together. Now it's back home to celebrate its first all-star CD with a concert tonight.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER; STAFF WRITER They famously used to live together in a house/hovel in Uptown. Over the past month, six of them moved back in together in a van on the road. We wanted to hear how it went. The nine members of the Doomtree collective -- five ...
the big gigs.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Jon Bream; Chris Riemenschneider; Staff Writers; Tom Surowicz POP/ROCK Between solo shows and performances with the Hardways, Martin Zellar is squeezing in two outdoor Gear Daddies gigs this summer, including Aug. 23 in their hometown of Austin. In the late ...
ON BUSINESS; Pioneer in `clean tech' coming back to his Minnesota roots; Venture capital investor Doug Cameron is joining Piper Jaffray's renewable-energy and clean-technology investment business.(BUSINESS)(NEAL ST. ANTHONY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: NEAL ST. ANTHONY; STAFF WRITER Doug Cameron, a noted scientist and investor with Minnesota roots, has left Silicon Valley's Khosla Ventures and plans to join Piper Jaffray's renewable-energy and clean-technology investment business this month as managing director and ...
WILL YOUR LIFE CHANGE? A number of new laws take effect in Minnesota today, affecting everyone from young drivers to caucus-goers to concert-goers and issues from global warming to dangerous dogs. Here's a capsule look:.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Mike Kaszuba; Staff Writer DRIVING AND TEXTING: During the first six months, newly licensed drivers under age 18 cannot carry more than one passenger under age 20 unless they are immediate family members. During the next six months, they cannot carry more than three such ...
Accept no substitutes when it comes to music.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Mike Kaszuba; Staff Writer Rep. Joe Atkins was miffed last year when he thought about buying tickets to a concert featuring several rock `n' roll bands from the 1950s. "It turned out to be a bunch of fakes," he said. So Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove ...
NIGHTLIFE; PIRATES of the ST. CROIX; A rum shot called Kill-Devil? A rum flight called Walk the Plank? Aye matey, there be a pirate bar in Stillwater.(VARIETY)(NIGHTLIFE)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: TOM HORGEN; STAFF WRITER Arrr! Ever wonder why pirates always say that? Me too. I'd say it has something to do with all that rum they drink and the way it burns their throats on the way down. Now Stillwater, a place that knows how to drink, has its very own ...
on the list.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Tom Horgen; Staff Writer Gimme Shelter Foundation may be closed, but one of its owners, Zak Khutoretsky, aka theDEVIOUSone, is trying to keep underground electronic music alive in downtown Minneapolis. The veteran DJ debuted a new weekly night last Friday ...
remembering.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Littman, Rosemary R. age 83, of Aitkin, formerly of McGregor and Brooklyn Center, died Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Aitkin Health Services in Aitkin. She was a former teacher's aid at the Earle Brown Elementary School in Brooklyn Center. She is survived by her husband, Rudy Littman; 2 ...
Principal in Parish fraud gets 13-year prison term; The judge rejected pleas for leniency in the case of mortgage fraud and money laundering. Co- defendants got five and 10 years.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JAMES WALSH; STAFF WRITER Michael Parish, the architect of what prosecutors call the largest mortgage fraud scheme in Minnesota history, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 13 years in prison. His co-conspirators, who included his wife, Ardith, and his son-in-law, ...
critic's picks.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: NEAL JUSTIN; STAFF WRITER Easy riders Ewan McGregor may be retired from fighting the Sith, but he's still up for epic adventure. For the second time, he and buddy Charley Boorman have documented a super-duper motorcycle trip. "Long Way Down" (8 p.m. Saturday, ...
Ex-MnDOT official Pitt is fired again; Homeland Security investigated why she had been hired as a security specialist after she was let go here.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: TONY KENNEDY; PAUL McENROE; STAFF WRITERS The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has fired Sonia Pitt, the former MnDOT emergency response executive who lost her state job for failing to return to Minnesota in the days after the I-35W bridge collapse. Pitt ...
St. Paul Council to vote on RNC grant; The $50 million federal grant will reimburse the city for security expenses during the GOP convention.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CHRIS HAVENS; STAFF WRITER A $50 million security grant awarded to the City of St. Paul by the federal government for the Republican National Convention is likely to win approval from the City Council next week. The Department of Justice approved the city's ...
I-35W bridge collapse: one-year anniversary; REBUILDING OUR NATION'S ROADS: TO DO NOTHING WOULD COST MORE; While Congress responded quickly to help rebuild the 35W bridge, it has yet to find the answers -- or the $140 billion needed to make repairs and upgrades nationwide -- to address the problem of an aging infrastructure laid bare by the collapse of the 40-year-old span.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: EMILY KAISER; STAFF WRITER WASHINGTON It was a year ago today that the 35W bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, stunning a nation that had long taken its vaunted highway system for granted. "A bridge in America just shouldn't ...
Morneau's streak has scouts dazzled; The Twins first baseman has been ripping the ball for most of July, and he credits a simplified approach at the plate for much of his success.(SPORTS)(SID HARTMAN)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: SID HARTMAN; STAFF WRITER Visit with scouts from other teams who watch the Twins, and many believe Justin Morneau has the potential to be one of the great players to ever play in the major leagues. He can do it all. Since July 7, Morneau has hit ...
Dancing their way to the Fringe; The Minnesota Fringe Festival, in full swing this weekend, features more dance than ever. What gives?(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: CAMILLE LEFEVRE Special to the Star Tribune Penelope Freeh and Stephanie Fellner arced, swirled and swung their slim muscular limbs through space before settling into a quirky, intriguing love duet. The Minneapolis ballerinas were performing an excerpt from ...
Study alleges bias in mortgage loans.(BUSINESS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: H.J. CUMMINS; STAFF WRITER Income does not explain why minority borrowers got a disproportionate number of subprime mortgages in the run-up to the current foreclosure crisis, a study released Thursday concludes. That study also ranked cities by the mortgage ...
Swimmer's efforts sunk by law; The triathlete was nabbed during an illegal swim in Lake Nokomis.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Paul Walsh; Staff Writer The long arm of the law reached halfway out into a Minneapolis lake this week and busted a triathlete in training. Thomas L. Kleven, 41, of Minneapolis, said he entered Lake Nokomis on the east side Tuesday about 6 p.m., aware that he ...
The Greatest American Hero; Kevin Costner warms up this fresh take on modern presidential politics.(VARIETY)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER You've had it drummed into your skull since junior high civics class: Every single vote counts. Diebold machines and hanging chads notwithstanding, it's still a resonant, if improbable, message: Any citizen of our nation might cast the deciding ...
Bid for Taste of Minnesota fails; asking price too high.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: Chris Havens; Staff Writer The Taste of Minnesota festival is back on the market. Cities 97 radio personality Brian (BT) Turner said Thursday that he and event promoter Kevin Campbell have decided not to complete their tentative deal to buy the annual summer ...
Women eager to sink teeth into hot teen vampire novel; "Breaking Dawn," Stephenie Meyer's latest vampire romance novel, goes on sale tonight - and women are already swooning.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: KIM ODE; STAFF WRITER Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series, whose fourth installment, "Breaking Dawn," goes on sale at midnight, is about a romance between high school students, the vampire Edward and ordinary Bella, and is being marketed to teenagers. But woe to the ...
TWINS 10, CHICAGO 6; A feisty but fruitful finale 1,150 HRs traded; Two clutch home runs brought an already excited crowd to its feet as the Twins won a pivotal series.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2008; ... Byline: JOE CHRISTENSEN; STAFF WRITER The Twins didn't need to acquire a future Hall of Famer on Thursday to send their fans into a tizzy. After sitting idle again at the nonwaiver trade deadline while the White Sox added Ken Griffey Jr., the Twins relied on their old ...