Today in the Daily Planet, 7/28/07

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HEADLINES

“Fueling a debate on mileage”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5795
By Dan Haugen, Downtown Journal
Energy experts say new fuel-efficiency standard for Minneapolis taxicabs is too weak.

“Twin Cities Panel: Instant Runoff Voting a Winner”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5760
By Isaac Peterson, Minnesota Monitor
Is instant runoff voting an idea whose time has come in Minnesota?

“The labor review’s fifth decade: a struggle to protect hard-won rights”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5793
By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review
Taft-Hartley and Minneapolis Star and Tribune opposed labor rights.

“Bush’s executive order on torture leaves many questions unanswered”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5775
By Abdi Aynte, Minnesota Monitor
Just what is the CIA doing and what is forbidden?

INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

“Outsourcing Journalism”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5773
By Christopher Bunting, KFAI
Local journalism and media ethics experts discuss the trend.

“Menstrual meltdown”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5779
By Tara Mikenas, Minnesota Women’s Press
Cause of heavy periods often unknown.

“The monthly dilemma”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5780
By Pam Henrickson, Minnesota Women’s Press
Are tampons hazardous to your health?

NEW IN VOICES

“Mourning the Brown legacy”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5826
by Matthew Little, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

NEW IN BLOGS

“A hard but correct Supreme Court decision on Race”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5767
By Stephen Young, The Fifth Column

“From Mountain Home, ID”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5750
Louis Mendoza, A Journey Across Our America