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NEWS DAY | Sometimes a D is a good grade

By Mary Turck, News Day

The Star Tribune and Pioneer Press headlined Minnesota's "D" rating on school reforms — but that rating could be a good thing. The bad grade came from Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst, and has nothing at all to do with how well Minnesota educates students. By most measures, Minnesota's student achievement is among the best in the nation. The pattern of the StudentsFirst report is consistent: states with high student achievement get failing grades on its education "reform" rating.

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Goodbye, Macy's — I'll miss the popovers

By Mary Turck, News Day

Photo by SanFranAnnie (published under Creative Commons license, some rights reserved)

Years ago, when Macy's was Dayton's and my children were young, we went there once a year for lunch in the elegant River Room.

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Minneapolis reports: Crime is up! Crime is down! What?

By Mary Turck, News Day

Photo by Alan Cleaver, published under Creative Commons license

The City of Minneapolis trumpeted the good news in a December 26 press release:

"Minneapolis crime numbers for 2012 stay among the lowest levels in decades — Serious crime nearly flat, violent crime sees a single-digit increase over 2011."

The Star Tribune had a different take on the same numbers:

"Violent crime on the rise in Minneapolis this year."

So what's really going on?

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Clyde Bellecourt arrested while drinking coffee at IDS Crystal Court on Christmas Eve

By Mary Turck, News Day

UPDATED 6:20 p.m., 12/25/2012 - Christmas Eve — a time of peace, a time of good will, a time to handcuff and carry off to jail a 75-year-old American Indian leader who came downtown to shop and hav

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Daily Planet Originals

What you need to know about chained CPI — a (relatively) simple story

By Mary Turck, News Day

I admit it — when I read that the latest fiscal cliff debate was over chained versus unchained CPI, my first reaction was to hide my head under a pillow until it all goes away.

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