A post-9/11 intelligence agency created to collect and analyze suspicious activity reports from across Minnesota is operating without an important and widely used safeguard meant to check against inapMORE »
Demonstrator at Human Rights Torch relay on April 16 in Twin Cities. (Photos by Dan Haugen)
One month after peaceful demonstrations erupted into violent melees across Tibetan areas of China, Tibetans living in the Twin Cities say they have been unable to contact loved ones in their homeland.MORE »
Cat and dog owners in Minneapolis are required by law to license their pets with the city before the animals turn 4 months old. In reality few pay the fee, and it's largely unenforced.MORE »
The number of U.S. military casualties in Iraq recently passed the 4,000 mark. According to the Web site icasualties.org, 59 of those soldiers have come from Minnesota.MORE »
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak announced this week that he will appoint Alex Jackson interim fire chief when current Fire Chief James Clack departs on March 29.MORE »
As a blogger who follows energy issues, my RSS reader is stuffed with Google alerts for keywords like "wind," "solar," and "renewable energy." I've noticed a phrase popping up over and over again usedMORE »
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