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Names of health-reform bills stress affordability but costs still unaffordable for some families
By Casey Selix | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
While both the Senate and House health-care bills guarantee access to health insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions, neither one will do much to improve the affordability of health coverage for moderate to middle-income Americans in the individual market, according to wonks and critics across the political spectrum.
Collin Peterson: Health-care legislation moving in right direction
REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol on Thursday.
By Derek Wallbank and Cynthia Dizikes
Rep. Collin Peterson
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The lone Minnesota Democrat to oppose the House health-care overhaul bill said he's open to supporting health-care reform, so long as the final bill looks more like the middle-of-the-road Senate plan currently under consideration.
Actors put focus on homelessness by telling their own stories
By Cynthia Boyd | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Shawna and Rick and Marvin and Caroline: they're just like me. Only they can act and sing and — oh, yes — some of them have known firsthand what it's like to be homeless. I haven't.
MinnPost photo by Bill KelleyKatherine Kersten
Katherine Kersten on conservatism and religion
By Michael J. Bonafield | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Here's the second installment of my interview with columnist Katherine Kersten. I asked her about where conservatism is headed, President Obama and the role religion plays in her world view. Second of two articles.
Part One: Katherine Kersten on liberals, same-sex marriage and life at the Star Tribune
University of St. ThomasFritz Waldvogel
St. Thomas kick returner casts his spell with 'magical' runbacks
By Pat Borzi | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
St. Thomas Coach Glenn Caruso proudly shows off video highlights that help explain how sophomore Fritz Waldvogel has scored six TD returns this season, the second-highest total in NCAA history at any level.
Remembering JFK, the nation's first pop-culture president
By Don Effenberger | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Sunday marks the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a transitional political figure who captured the imagination of a nation and, in the process, became an iconic pop-culture symbol.
"We Live in Public" is about you and me and the dark side of social networking
By Jim Walsh | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Ondi Timoner's film "We Live in Public" is as important a piece of cultural history as has come down the pike in the last 10 years.
- Another union endorses Kelliher
- Election '10 | 11/20/09 1:04 pm
- Four Minnesota schools honored as family-friendly
- Education | 11/20/09 11:09 am
- Final ranked-choice ballot counting is wrapping up in Minneapolis
- Election '09 | 11/20/09 10:48 am
- Former IronWorld scrapped, but Chisholm attraction could be recast
- Greater Minnesota | 11/20/09 10:23 am
- Kelliher gets another union endorsement in governor's race
- Election '10 | 11/19/09 11:37 am
- Despite Vikings' opposition, sports commission approves controversial lease plan
- Vikings | 11/19/09 10:39 am
- Three Minnesotans elected to National League of Cities board
- Region | 11/19/09 10:28 am
- 10 legislators home from Israel trip, say they learned a lot
- Legislature | 11/19/09 10:24 am
- Kline demands hearing on stimulus job report errors
- Washington Bureau | 11/20/09 3:31 pm
- Senate leaders set health-care vote for Saturday evening
- Washington Bureau | 11/20/09 1:39 pm
- Medical device industry pleased with tax cut in health bill
- Washington Bureau | 11/20/09 9:22 am
- McCollum cosponsors bill imposing surtax for Afghan war
- Washington Bureau | 11/20/09 9:17 am
- Ellison calls for new strategy in Afghanistan
- Washington Bureau | 11/19/09 3:15 pm
- Franken offers bills to help homeless and foster children
- Washington Bureau | 11/19/09 3:11 pm
- Klobuchar’s food safety bill headed to Senate floor
- Washington Bureau | 11/19/09 3:02 pm
Spinoff Custom Fab Solutions learns new tricks to survive the recession
By Brad Allen | Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
“Diversify or die!” was the mantra in 2001, when the Chanhassen company was created as a spinoff from semiconductor equipment manufacturer FSI International, so it did. When the recession hit, though, it had to learn some new tricks.
Friday P.M. Report
Ryan wins Fort Snelling job, Petters says he was “set up,” FICO loses credit score fight, and leadership list issued.
Friday A.M. Report
Shubert renovation begins, Café Brenda closing, property taxes rising, ADC sales down.
REUTERS/Kevin LamarquePentagon to probe 'internal weaknesses' behind Fort Hood shooting
- Palestinians accuse Israel settlements of diverting water
- Tony Blair loses EU presidency bid, Belgium’s Van Rompuy wins job
- Five questions that could decide fate of health-care reform bill
- Pentagon to probe 'internal weaknesses' behind Fort Hood shooting
- Honduras interim leader may step down
- Record 9.6 percent of homeowners are behind on their mortgages
- One Costa Rican man's dream: Fly people to Mars, pick up space trash
- Spain's audience stays home for premiere of 'New Moon'
Civilian panel reviews police complaints, but gets little response
By Doug Grow | Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Members of a civilian board that reviews police complaints says of the last 21 cases they have forwarded to the Minneapolis police chief, only two have resulted in discipline.
Katherine Kersten on liberals, same-sex marriage and life at the Star Tribune
By Michael J. Bonafield | Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Perhaps no columnist in town raises a liberal's blood pressure more than Katherine Kersten. I talked with Kersten about liberal rage and other topics. First of two articles.
David Brauer: The Star Tribune op-ed page's war on Kersten
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Free Darwin on U of M campus comes with a catch
By Max Sparber | Fri., Nov. 20, 2009
ALSO: Bad news for the economy; racial tensions are either rising or falling in Owatonna; and lutes.
- Should a Polish photo grace a Minnesota investigation?
- Media | 11/19/09 9:39 pm
- Paul Demko leaves Minnesota Independent
- Media | 11/19/09 3:33 pm
- The Star Tribune op-ed page's war on Kersten
- Media | 11/19/09 10:54 am
- What should MPR do with its $5 million reporting grant?
- Media | 11/19/09 10:15 am
- Pioneer Press photographer Ben Garvin's new 'Ant Farm' collection
- Media | 11/19/09 8:45 am
- City Pages’ deep dive into the comment cesspool
- Media | 11/18/09 2:02 pm
- Star Tribune corrects self on MPR reporting
- Media | 11/18/09 8:47 am
- MPR's news ambitions, writ large and in context
- Media | 11/18/09 7:20 am
- Sarah Chayes mythbusts on Afghanistan
- | 11/19/09 3:26 pm
- At Gettysburg, What did Lincoln Mean?
- | 11/19/09 8:45 am
- Senate version of health bill may be unveiled today
- | 11/18/09 9:36 am
- Two Dems announce for Congress
- | 11/17/09 11:09 am
- Why one political scientist thinks Pawlenty will be the 2012 GOP nominee
- | 11/17/09 8:20 am
- Judge in unallotment hearing notes need to 'tread lightly'
- Courts | 11/16/09 12:07 pm
- Court hears 'unallotment' case: How much power does the governor have?
- Law | 11/16/09 8:05 am
- Unallotment suit against Pawlenty: Some interesting -- and awkward -- developments
- Legislature | 11/13/09 10:49 am
- New recommendations call into question annual Pap test
- Health | 11/20/09 10:30 am
- Outrage over new mammogram advice is misplaced
- Health | 11/19/09 11:08 am
- Why we yawn remains a mystery, but theories abound
- Health | 11/18/09 10:17 am
- No more annual mammograms? U.S. Task Force reverses its former recommendations
- Health | 11/17/09 8:26 am
- Common chemical in plastic linked to male sexual problems
- Health | 11/16/09 12:27 pm
- Is Friday the 13th bad for your health?
- Health | 11/13/09 10:30 am
- Can playing outside keep kids from becoming nearsighted?
- Health | 11/12/09 1:31 am
- Mood and food: A look at diet choice and psychological well-being
- Health | 11/11/09 12:56 pm
- Battery research aims to store renewable energy
- Energy | 11/20/09 6:58 am
- Birds migrate by 'seeing' Earth's magnetic field
- Science | 11/19/09 6:45 am
- Swarms of tiny robots to monitor the oceans
- Environment | 11/18/09 6:57 am
- Googling for family roots
- Information | 11/17/09 6:15 am
- Noise evidence could expand hurricane record
- Weather | 11/16/09 6:16 am
- Boreal forest and curbing climate change
- Environment | 11/16/09 6:10 am
- New tool helps predict possible drug side-effects
- Health | 11/13/09 6:10 am
- Scientists study finches to understand how we develop vocabulary
- Research | 11/12/09 8:24 am
- Two Walker exhibits offer glimpses of museum's past and future
- Arts | 11/20/09 2:21 pm
- Carleton alumnus wins National Book Award
- Books | 11/20/09 1:47 pm
- The rhyming life and times of Brother Ali, at First Avenue this weekend
- Music | 11/20/09 11:03 am
- Kantorei choir says thanks with a free Sunday performance
- Music | 11/20/09 10:54 am
- "We Live in Public" is about you and me and the dark side of social networking
- Film | 11/20/09 8:00 am
- Weekend's classical choices include 'Future Classics' and Minnesota Chorale's 'Bridges'
- Classical | 11/20/09 7:00 am
- What’s your pleasure? This week’s jazz picks
- Jazz | 11/20/09 6:30 am
- New Barbra Berlovitz piece opening at Bedlam Theatre
- Theater | 11/19/09 2:14 pm
- Walking Shadow presents new LaBute play
- Theater | 11/19/09 2:00 pm
- Creators bring fresh face to Guthrie's 'A Christmas Carol'
- Theater | 11/19/09 12:15 pm
- Minnesota West club members go east
- Book Club Chatter | 11/20/09 9:44 am
- Nicaragua: poetry, politics & change
- Craft of Writing | 11/18/09 7:19 am
- Indispensable resources for Minnesota readers
- Book Club Chatter | 11/17/09 3:34 pm
- Adding a third November prize drawing -- tickets to 'An Evening with Mark Twain'
- Book Club Chatter | 11/16/09 2:35 pm
- Short-Shorts -- examples by the pros
- Short Shorts | 11/16/09 8:54 am
- Book club break-ups: Readers share their stories
- Book Club Chatter | 11/12/09 2:28 pm
- November prize drawings: Betsy, Tacy and great coffee
- Book Club Chatter | 11/10/09 1:39 pm
- Mystery: the quality that keeps us reading
- Craft of Writing | 11/10/09 1:39 pm
- Why we're stuck on higher-ed attainment -- and why we need to boost it, right now
- Community Voices | 11/20/09 7:00 am
- Human rights: not to be entrusted to governments
- Community Voices | 11/19/09 7:00 am
- What's with the odd outrage over Obama's bow in Japan?
- Community Voices | 11/18/09 7:00 am
- Sure, technology can help us communicate, but it's time for a modern-day primitive approach
- Community Voices | 11/17/09 7:00 am
- What students could teach academics and policy-makers
- Community Voices | 11/16/09 8:33 am
- Tour a mine of the past, now home to technology of the future
- Environment | 11/18/09 4:01 pm
- A 'Daily Show' gotcha: Fox News called out on video it misused in report on Bachmann rally
- Politics | 11/17/09 2:11 pm
- Experience another country without leaving home
- Education | 11/17/09 8:00 am
- Graduated licensing curbs teen driving fatalities
- Health | 11/16/09 3:33 pm
- Earning a diploma in the school of hip-hop
- Music | 11/10/09 8:05 am
- Motorized 'DWI chair' makes Proctor over 10K on eBay
- Crime | 11/9/09 3:23 pm
- Sneak peek at Jesse Ventura's 'Conspiracy Theory' show
- Television | 11/6/09 11:30 am
- Ventura, Stein and Carville talk governors' elections on 'Larry King Live'
- Politics | 11/5/09 8:00 am
Expanded daily financial report shows we mean business
MinnPost | 11/19/09 10:06 am
Former University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof, who now heads the University of California, is in the middle of controversy there over steep hikes in student tuition.
Overthinking It has an interesting chart that pits the declining quality of rock music against the declining amount of oil production in the lower 48 states. (via)
Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic’s Daily Dish continues his critique of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue.”
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