Today in the Daily Planet, 10/24/07

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HEADLINES

“A home of her own”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7613
by Anne Hamre, Minnesota Women’s Press
Women buyers are changing the face of home ownership.

“Korean Quarterly to celebrate tenth anniversary at Augsburg College”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7612
by Colette Davidson, Special to the TC Daily Planet
When Martha Vickery adopted her Korean daughter back in 1990, she and her husband Steve Wunrow had no idea that they would one day become the voice of the Korean American community in Minnesota. Seventeen years later, the couple is celebrating the tenth anniversary of their brainchild, the Korean Quarterly, a St. Paul-based publication serving Koreans living in Minnesota and around the world.

“City Council votes to fund 70 percent of NRP phase two”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7638
by Anna Pratt, The Bridge
City officials support cornerstone of neighborhood involvement — for now

INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

“St. Paul City Council Debate: Ward 2”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7637
by Mike Wassenaar, SPNN
Saint Paul City Council Candidates Bill Hosko and Dave Thune talk about issues affecting Saint Paul and Ward 2 with SPNN’s Mike Wassenaar. The general election in Saint Paul is Tuesday, November 6, 2007.

“Coleman: If war comes to Iran, ‘It’s not going to be Israel alone'”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7627
by Jeff Fecke, Minnesota Monitor
If a war with Iran becomes necessary, Israel would have American support. That’s the message Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., gave in an interview with the Jerusalem Post last Wednesday.

“Franken half-answers the questions about Iraq”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7628
by Eric Black, Minnesota Monitor
My esteemed former colleague Pat Lopez of the Strib got Al Franken to do what he wouldn’t do for me — talk about his “evolution” from Iraq war supporter to critic to opponent.

NEW IN VOICES

“Home, sweet home”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7617
by Michele St. Martin, Minnesota Women’s Press
What makes a house a home?

NEW IN BLOGS

“Ancestors Dark and Light”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/7634
by Rosemary Ruffenach, Rosemary Writes