We don’t usually see traffic jams outside the World Headquarters of News Cut, but we had one this afternoon for about 10 minutes. The problem? Falling glass from the Wells Fargo building at Seventh and Cedar in St. Paul. MPR’s Tom Weber was the Tommy-on-the-spot photographer. Pat Skinner, the general manager of the building, said Read more →
If all of Minnesota were to get together and sing a song, (a) where would we do it and (b) what would we sing?
A new movie has its roots in the lives of a man who was ridiculed for daring to try something different.
Minnesota’s most often in the middle in terms of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.
There’s nothing like a bit of historical perspective to throw cold water on your indignation over the behavior of modern Americans. In yesterday’s thread on the weekend riot near the U of M, reader Elizabeth T. introduced us to a paper by Jeffrey M. Van Slyke entitled – wait for it – An Analysis of Read more →
So, let’s say you’re walking around Manhattan, and a low-flying 747 zooms overhead followed by a couple of fighter jets. Would you panic? Some people did when that very scenario actually played out over New York City today, according to WABC-TV. According to the report, the Defense Department was conducting “a aerial photo mission” over Read more →
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