The best hotels in the United States

Seeded on Sun Oct 5, 2008 10:27 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Check out the 10 best hotels in the country.

travel, luxury, msnbci

New School, Closing Now

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:34 AM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

A new school is nearing completion, as voters decided to decline funding for operations -- it will be closed while other schools are crowded.

schools, education, school-funding

Live: Minnesota House Debates Transporation Funding

Seeded on Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:44 PM EST (house.leg.state.mn.us)

A live video feed from St. Paul.

politics, minnesota, transportation

Clash over transportation bills coming

Seeded on Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:34 PM EST (erstarnews.com)

"We need five brave Republicans," said [Rep. Melissa] Hortman, who serves on House transportation committees.

politics, minnesota, transportation

Why Federal Home Loan Banks put the FDIC at Risk

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:34 PM EST (mises.org)

"For those who have been speculating on how the government might bail out participants in the collapsing US subprime mortgage market, an unlikely savior has stepped forward: the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB)."

us-news, countrywide, mortgage-meltdown

Residents denied voice in city council meeting about a monster home in Edina, Minnesota, decide to use YouTube instead

Seeded on Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:14 AM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Residents were incensed earlier this month when the council declined to watch the video, saying that viewing it at that meeting would have violated policy. Residents were invited to show it at a later meeting.

us-news, youtube, edina, oaklawn-avenue

Low-income homes must be built, but where?

Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:56 PM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

When Brooklyn Park city officials began considering a luxury apartment complex that would include 20 percent affordable housing units, residents quickly responded with outrage and concern for what might happen to their neighborhood.

politics, minnesota, maple-grove, hennepin-county, met-council, brooklyn-park

APTA Awards Given

Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:15 AM EDT (thirdrail.smorgasblog.com)

The American Public Transit Association gave out its annual awards recently.

mass-transit, us-news, apta

Minnesota City: First disaster, now demolition

Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:50 PM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

There were tears and memories as the Smith family said goodbye to the 150-year-old home damaged by summer floods. I saw the damage firsthand to this city, its unreal how much the stream flooded the town.

flood, us-news, minnesota-city

Proponents of commuter line to Duluth crank up the velocity

Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:35 PM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

The proposed commuter rail line from the Twin Cities to Duluth is suddenly on the fast track with proponents pushing for train speeds as fast as 110, and possibly 125, miles per hour.

travel, rail, twin-cities, high-speed-rail, st-paul-mn, duluth-mn

Federal Transit Administration signs off on Northstar Commuter Rail project

Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:52 AM EDT (abcnewspapers.com)

Both the Chicago regional office and the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have signed off on a full funding grant agreement for the project.

transit, us-news, northstar-commuter-rail, minnesota-legislature, federal-transit-administration

Colbert to Media Matters

Seeded on Tue Oct 9, 2007 4:26 PM EDT (Media Matters for America)

Colbert: "Hey, Media Matters, you want to end offensive speech? Then stop recording it for people who would be offended."

entertainment, funny, limbaugh, colbert

Making the I-35W bridge Light-Rail ready far cheaper than expected

Seeded on Tue Oct 9, 2007 1:01 AM EDT (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Jon Chiglo, MnDOT's manager for the project, said Monday that the cost of making this particular design light-rail ready was $4.7 million. Early estimates were in the $20 million to $30 million range.

minnesota, us-news, light-rail, lrt, i35-bridge

Minneapolis Bridge at Center of Battle

Mon Oct 8, 2007 9:42 PM EDT

By Brian Bakst, Associated Press (Clipped by dieman)

The crumpled steel beams and shattered concrete of the Interstate 35W bridge are gone from the Mississippi River. These days, it's the process of replacing the span that's in disarray.

Continue reading this entry ...

bridge, collapse, mississippi-river, us-news, bridge-collapse

Implications of talk without knowledge

Seeded on Mon Oct 8, 2007 3:47 PM EDT (blog.k8gu.com)

In her piece Life Will Kill You, Katharine Mieszkowski writes A cellphone is a microwave, and basically the reason your ear gets hot is that you're warming it with a microwave.

technology, weather, cell-phones, weather-channel, junk-science, war-channel