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Inside the Daily Planet, 12/21/10

By Pax | December 21, 2010

Former FBI agent Rowley and 134 others arrested at White House by staff, The Uptake • Former FBI Agent Coleen Rowley was one of 17 Minnesotans demonstrating in front of the White House, Thursday, December 16. She and 7 other Minnesotans were arrested and charged by the Washington police. All but two paid a $100 fine and were released. 135 people were arrested including Daniel Ellsberg and Chris Hedges. The group gathered at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue just as Washington’s first snow began to fall. Continue Reading

Snow Job: Blizzards, alienation, and the market’s invisible hand

By Rich Broderick (Ground Zero) | December 14, 2010

This past weekend, at the height of the blizzard that descended on the Twin Cities, my son and I got out our cross-country skis and went on an expedition.

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Inside the Daily Planet, 12/10/10

By Pax | December 10, 2010

Holiday haute cuisine in St. Paul by Kristal Leebrick, Park Bugle • ood is the center of most holiday celebrations, and this is the time of year when local eateries and food vendors fill their menus and shelves with specialty items. Whether you’re looking for tradition or trendy, we can help. The Bugle has compiled a short list of some of the fare (and fun) you can find at area businesses this month. Books for Africa and Thomson Reuters sign $1.2 million agreement by Guy Western, Mshale • Books for Africa, the largest shipper of donated text books to Africa and Thomson Reuters – Legal, the legal publishing behemoth, on Monday signed a $1.2 million agreement aimed at supporting governing institutions and the rule of law in Africa’s emerging democracies. MUSIC | 30 Epic minutes with Far East Movement by Kate Gallagher, TC Daily Planet  • By the time Far East Movement took the stage shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday night at Epic, the crowd was ready to “fly like a G6.” Continue Reading

U of M faculty members call for an investigation into death of research subject

By Molly Priesmeyer (Tiny Yurt) | December 8, 2010

Dan Markingson was deemed incompetent. Then, days later, he was deemed competent enough to take part in a research study that ultimately netted the U of M hundreds of thousands of dollars-and possibly led to Markingson’s violent death.

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A simple and positive idea

By Dick Bernard (Outside the Walls) | November 30, 2010

A great friend clued me in on a project a friend of hers was doing: to deliver 1000 greeting cards to military service persons, their families or veterans. It has a deadline of December 10, 2010, and the details are here.

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Hey, Sheriff Fletcher—I’ve got a question

By Karen Hollish (The Hollish Papers) | November 17, 2010

Three emails, five voice mails and 23 days later, I finally heard back from the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office about our Data Practices Act request.

As for the 33 terrorist groups the department investigated in 2009, according to its own report?

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We love St. Paul!

By Mary Turck (News Day) | November 17, 2010

The Gallup survey is done, the Knight Foundation Soul of the Community report is written, and the verdict is that we St. Paul-ites love our city. And that’s important, according to the researchers, because of a strong correlation between good feelings and growing economies.

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