minnesota

I may be jumping to conclusions, but I’ve read a recent article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that gives me the impression that the first few steps are being taken to lead the Minnesota schools down the ID (iot) trail. The main purpose of the article was to say: Which I’m ok with, as long...

Mr. Randi's commentary (posted today) mentioned a story by a television reporter in the Twin Cities area, who was apparently taken in by a simple prank (which occurred a short distance from my home, by the way, *cough*), but who chose to report that a "plasma vortex" (Wow!) was more likely than...

From KARE11 and the AP: Tingelstad is running against Justice Alan Page, a former star football player for the Minnesota Vikings, who has been on the Minnesota Supreme Court for a dozen years. It is unlikely that Tingelstad will unseat Page. In 2002, the United States Supreme Court said that...

Yesterday afternoon, I spotted a UFO over a suburb of the Twin Cities. The object was certainly flying, and I could not tell what it was. It therefore qualified as a UFO. From my vantage point, it appeared to include two separate dark aircraft, one atop the other. My first reaction was that...

Minn.: Stamp Out Junk Food Buys The state of Minnesota is asking federal permission to bar people from using food stamps to buy candy bars, soda and other junk food. The change would still need the approval of the Legislature, where some anti-poverty activists call it a mean-spirited...

A story from Rochester, Minnesota (home of the famous Mayo Clinic), from the Star Tribune: The car dealer say he doesn't understand what the "big stink" is all about, and suggests that the anger is really about the dealership's refusal to offer financing.

Some of you probably thought that the tiltle of this thread is a joke. It isn't. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:

On the night before the anniversary of September 11, residents in south Minneapolis and Bloomington (home of the Mall of America) were frightened by a series of explosions. According to the Star Tribune, the explosions were from a from a pyrotechnics show over Lake Normandale. The explosions...