A world without mosquitoes? Nature posits that wiping out the Minnesota state bird might not have horrible consequences for our fragile ecosystem as most biologists would maintain. …in many cases, scientists acknowledge that the ecological scar left by a missing mosquito would heal quickly as the niche was filled by other organisms. Life would continue Read more →
Mark Dayton shelled out $28,000 to social media consultant Nicole Harrison this year, according to MPR’s Tom Scheck. What does $28,000 buy a candidate for governor? Is he listening to the expensive advice? Well, let’s see. Dayton hasn’t sent a message on Twitter since March (and it was a banal tweet at that): Dayton appears Read more →
Lino Lakes is now English-only; Iraqi insurgents are stealing blood; Comic-Con attendee gets stabbed for sitting too close; Iowa dam break; stress relief from Lifehacker
Big news in the tech world today: The U.S. Copyright Office declared it legal to “jailbreak” iPhones and other smartphones. Jailbreaking is the act of hacking a device’s operating system so it can run programs not approved by the device maker. It was previously considered a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, but the Read more →
1) To start off, I think we need to have a good laugh. Are these people for real?? Yup. Looks refreshing, at least. 2) The east coast experienced an intense heat wave over the weekend, making Blagojevich sweat even more. Maybe his lawyers should take a hint from all of these people. When commuter trains Read more →
Officials are expecting about 40,000 spectators for Saturday’s Red Bull Flugtag on Harriet Island in Saint Paul.
The NBA has fined Timberwolves’ General Manager David Kahn and the organization $50,000 each for remarks Kahn made about recently-acquired forward Michael Beasley.
On NPR’s Monkey See blog, Linda Holmes posits that after the cupcake and bacon crazes have played out, libraries will fill the void. Call it a hunch, but it seems to me that the thing is in the air that happens right before something — families with a million kids, cupcakes, wedding coordinators — suddenly Read more →
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