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Why Boehner is the weakest — and most powerful — speaker in recent times
Eric Black Ink

Why Boehner is the weakest — and most powerful — speaker in recent times

By Eric Black | 03/05/13

That strange paradox is because of the Hastert Rule, which worked well in the past but makes life considerably more complicated for John Boehner.

Political Agenda

Dayton says state won't buy cleaning products containing triclosan

By Joe Kimball | 03/04/13

The chemical used in many soaps, toothpastes and industrial pesticides has been found lakes and rivers.

Earth Journal

Letter From Skunk Hollow: An orchid blooms, and then they're all in flower

By Ron Meador | 02/28/13

If orchids are hardier than is generally assumed, they are also more patient than predictable.

Shed hunter
Arts & Culture

Shed hunter

By David Gillette | 02/28/13

There's nothing more frustrating than when a favorite hobby gets professionalized.

Global Post

Chernobyl copes with nuclear fallout a quarter-century on

By Jakub Parusinski | 02/25/13

As a new structure around the destroyed nuclear reactor goes up, life for locals remains blighted.

Christian Science Monitor

Was Chelyabinsk meteor actually a meteor? Many Russians don't think so

By Fred Weir | 02/22/13

A recent newspaper poll found nearly half of its readers believe that the event could be anything from a divine message to UFOs to a US weapons test.

Legislators get earful on frac sand; public can get crash course on issues
Earth Journal

Legislators get earful on frac sand; public can get crash course on issues

By Ron Meador | 02/22/13

Hearings at the Legislature are a long look at problems associated with Minnesota's role in the national oil-and-gas boom.

Global Post

‘Seafood fraud’ shocker: one-third of fish sold in the U.S. is mislabeled

By Samantha Stainburn | 02/22/13

A new study from Oceana, an environmental advocacy group, says the most commonly mislabeled fish are red snapper and tuna.

Boreal owl
MinnClips

Boreal owl filmed preening near Duluth

By Tom Nehil | 02/22/13

A high quality video shows the northern bird of prey in its natural environs.

Global Post

Japanese turn against whaling

By Justin McCurry | 02/21/13

Report says hunts cost govt. $8.5 million a year; unsold meat leaves 6,000-ton stockpile.