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Record rainfall hasn’t cured what ails White Bear Lake

Record rainfall hasn’t cured what ails White Bear Lake

White Bear Lake still has plenty of room to take your overflowing lakes, Minnesota. That just goes to show you just how far the lake has been drained in recent years as the aquifer is pumped dry. Not that this 2010 image didn’t, mind you. Despite a record month for rainfall in Minnesota, it’s been…
by Bob Collins

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An assessment of NPR diversity

Edward Schumacher-Matos’ contract with NPR is up in about a month and since the NPR ombudsman authored a takedown of his employer’s coverage of the removal of Native American children from their families in South Dakota, he has written very few analyses of NPR since. Today he authored an assessment of NPR’s decision to cancel…
by Bob Collins

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Red Cross reluctant to say how it spent Sandy money

Red Cross reluctant to say how it spent Sandy money

ProPublica is trying to find out if the same thing happened with the funds for Hurricane Sandy victims, but this time the Red Cross is fighting back.
by Bob Collins

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World’s largest jet makes a MSP stop

World’s largest jet makes a MSP stop

People who like watching planes at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport gave a lot of attention over the weekend to the Antonov 225, the longest and heaviest airplane ever built.
by Bob Collins

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People are using homes as ATMs again

People who bought their homes at the low end of the housing crash are pulling equity out of their homes as a quick source of cash again.
by Bob Collins

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Man shakes off lightning strike

Gage Stroening was camping in Wisconsin when he was struck by lightning. But he still made the show.
by Bob Collins

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Is this World Cup tweet racist?

Is this World Cup tweet racist?

After the Netherlands eliminated Mexico, 2-to-1, in today’s World Cup soccer match, KLM Dutch Airlines, which apparently doesn’t need any business from Mexico, issued this tweet. ‘ The tweet was “racially insensitive,” according to Mashable and it has since been taken down. But not before stirring up Twitter. @KLM I use to fly your airline…
by Bob Collins

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A conversation with incoming NPR CEO Jarl Mohn

A conversation with incoming NPR CEO Jarl Mohn

NPR president and CEO Jarl Mohn says his commercial media expertise will help NPR grow.
by Bruce MacDonald

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Dog stops mail in Minneapolis

Dog stops mail in Minneapolis

A Powderhorn neighborhood woman has taken a dispute with the United States Postal Service to the Internet.
by Bruce MacDonald

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