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Apr 2008
- Wednesday, April 30, 2008
  - Franken: More trouble to come? | David Brauer
  - Saints' split doubleheader a sample of what awaits Twins fans with outdoor baseball | Pat Borzi
  - Reggae with unusual message: Jon Wayne and the Pain | Michael Metzger
  - Superdelegate update | Eric Black
  - High-powered panel to choose student essay winner on the American flag | Joe Kimball
  - DFL insiders say Franken's OK ... for now | Eric Black
  - Conservative satirist O'Rourke zings GOP, Democrats, Minnesota politics | Doug Grow
  - Daily Glean: Read his lips: screwed-up taxes | David Brauer
  - What if Molnau became governor? | Robert Whereatt
- Tuesday, April 29, 2008
  - GOP convention host committee seeking helpers | Joe Kimball
  - Farewell O Lovely Red Tail | Steve Berg
  - Colorado knows where its lieutenant governor is, but where's Molnau? | Joe Kimball
  - Big Stone II project faces increasing scrutiny | Ron Way
  - New report and focus groups address troubling findings about state's girls | Beth Hawkins
  - Protesters to protest lack of permits | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - 'New Minnesotans' is engaging Minnesota students | Amy Goetzman
  - Mayor Coleman, third-graders teaming up for Arbor Day | Joe Kimball
  - In book and talk, columnist Dionne says 'era of religious right is over' | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: U: More Minnesotans uninsured than you think | David Brauer
  - U economist helped write McCain's new health care plan | David Brauer
- Monday, April 28, 2008
  - Conservative groups sponsoring satirist O'Rourke's Tuesday appearance | Doug Grow
  - Pawlenty vetoes legislative call for ending Cuba trade, travel restrictions | Joe Kimball
  - Photo-ID voting in Minnesota: not precisely partisan | David Brauer
  - NYT's Frank Rich swims against the tide of conventional political wisdom | Eric Black
  - Steeplechaser Emily Brown: Confused, victorious and, possibly, historic | Jay Weiner
  - Strib circulation falls again; PiPress steady | David Brauer
  - DFL's Tinklenberg prevails in 6th district; unopposed Ellison, Walz re-nominated, too | Doug Grow
  - Daily Glean: Dirty dirt down by the river | David Brauer
  - From the best one-sound piece to punning adverbs | Al Sicherman
  - Fundraising report finds nonprofits seeking $1.5 billion | Scott Russell
- Friday, April 25, 2008
  - Bridge compensation fund talks stalled | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Timberwolves in playoffs -- sort of | Steve Aschburner
  - Video Report: Lake levels are up, but not enough | Dave Dahl
  - M-SPIFF: real human comedy of the reel kind | Rob Nelson
  - Open Eye moves from 'found' spaces to good home | Ed Huyck
  - Bill gives state workers leave to donate blood | Joe Kimball
  - Tinklenberg expected to get DFL endorsement | Doug Grow
  - Northrop Jazz Season will live on after Mike Vax Big Band concert | Pamela Espeland
  - Minnesota is the most promiscuous of states (when it comes to U.S. senators) | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Lexis-Nexis hits Al Franken | David Brauer
  - The House of Amore and Fede: Doing good during bad times | Roxane Battle
  - 'Comeback Kid' Carrie Tollefson faces new Olympic hurdles | Jay Weiner
- Thursday, April 24, 2008
  - Mama's is back, a good sign for pizza lovers and the city's North End | Joe Kimball
  - Norway's charm offensive douses nascent prairie fire | Chuck Haga
  - Don't look while House is busy making sausage | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Zenon, MDT offer two very different shows | Camille LeFevre
  - Advocates working to save funding for disability network efforts | Joe Kimball
  - Global warming and the Strib comics page | David Brauer
  - Twins Notes: Bonser, Gomez, Blackburn and Cuddyer | Aaron Gleeman
  - Update: Poll for state shows Coleman lead widening, and both Dem candidates leading McCain | Doug Grow
  - Video report: Classroom's chairs bounced for exercise balls | Steve Date
  - Superdelegate race: latest tallies and what's ahead | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: NTSB to Oberstar: Drop dead (with deference) | David Brauer
  - SPCO offers preview of upcoming Carnegie concert | Michael Metzger
- Wednesday, April 23, 2008
  - State rep to hold hearings on the NWA/Delta deal | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Will he or won't he? Legislators await guv's verdict on Cuban trade | Joe Kimball
  - Legislators looking at ways to overhaul state's student testing methods | Beth Hawkins
  - City, GOP officials settle hockey bets with Denver counterparts | Joe Kimball
  - 'Clean Cars' opponent switches sides | Ron Way
  - Lessons from M-SPIFF | Rob Nelson
  - Labor, megamall lobbyists join forces in seeking public subsidy; the reason: jobs | Doug Grow
  - Daily Glean: It's hard to fly with an anvil on your tail | David Brauer
  - This Ewe group is no stranger to urban life | Scott Russell
  - 'Homegrown': a long way from Whip 'n Chill | Amy Goetzman
- Tuesday, April 22, 2008
  - Session end game: health care and the budget | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Forum tries to sort out complex fallout from subprime debacle | Dave Beal
  - McCain adviser Ridge's meeting with GOP legislators includes a bit of self-promotion | Doug Grow
  - Key to winning the White House? Candidates themselves are overrated, says political scientist | Eric Black
  - Rhyme, reason behind Emily Dickinson marathon reading | David Hawley
  - Minneapolis still trying to figure out meaning of 'free speech' | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - With summer comes gardening, golf -- and ozone pollution | Sharon Schmickle
  - Daily Glean: Could Vikings follow megamall's lead? | David Brauer
  - Pennsylvania polls diverse, but most show Clinton leading | Eric Black
  - Ballpark won't succeed as an isolated gem | Steve Berg
- Monday, April 21, 2008
  - Twins feel need to baby-sit Liriano and keep him on task | Pat Borzi
  - Tim Pawlenty: scared straight | David Brauer
  - Surprise! Film fest offers well-known pleasures | Rob Nelson
  - Strib, City Pages parent see website surge | David Brauer
  - State's next recycling target: old paint | Mark Neuzil
  - Federal highway official to take over MnDOT | Joe Kimball
  - Choose the best monosyllabic entry about Paul Douglas | Al Sicherman
  - What will Ramstad do with $600,000-plus in left-over campaign funds? | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Bitter, bitter on Da Range? | David Brauer
  - Fulbright winner will study microfinance in Morocco | Brian Voerding
  - IRS requiring smaller nonprofits to stay in touch | Scott Russell
- Friday, April 18, 2008
  - GOP ads hit gas pumps - literally | David Brauer
  - Video report: Grass fire season is upon us | Dave Dahl
  - Kersten's Arabic-school source: even more to the story | David Brauer
  - Alison McGhee turned new page with picture books | Amy Goetzman
  - Paulsen isn't counting on reliably Republican district | Doug Grow
  - Channeling Billie Holiday: Thomasina Petrus at Park Square | Pamela Espeland
  - Michelle Lilienthal: After legendary training sessions, finally the race | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: Strib takes a bite out of doggie judge's hide | David Brauer
  - These are a few of my favorite booths at ACC show | Casey Selix
- Thursday, April 17, 2008
  - Clark: Health Care Access Fund off the table | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Tony O comes to the Capitol | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Ethanol advocates, ag groups getting pushback over 'Clean Car' opposition | Ron Way
  - Twins notes: Livan, GoGo and Parmelee | Aaron Gleeman
  - Question about Minnesota? Ask Mike from California | Joe Kimball
  - Bluesman Ron Hacker is back from the brink | Michael Metzger
  - Daily Glean: Worker-sickening pig plant wins Orwell Award | David Brauer
  - Dinner with Archbishop Flynn -- for $21,000 | Joe Kimball
  - What if we could edit our past? Play explores idea | Ed Huyck
- Wednesday, April 16, 2008
  - Madia to get some national help with race | Doug Grow
  - Budget shortfall: Lawmakers and guv play nice ... for now | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Denver's Dem hockey fans taunt local GOP counterparts | Joe Kimball
  - Civic Fest plans released | Joe Kimball
  - NWA deal: Chisholm's ace in the hole | Doug Grow
  - Human rights group brings own torch to U at noon | Joe Kimball
  - Central Corridor: It's not dead, it's just napping. | Steve Berg
  - Strib to debut 'Whistleblower' blog | David Brauer
  - Wolves' Wittman is getting a pass -- and shouldn't | Steve Aschburner
  - Exhibit at Rosalux focuses on the concept of change | Molly Priesmeyer
  - Trisha Brown on paper: Tribute to dancer, artist continues | Camille LeFevre
  - Daily Glean: Markets turn red tail on NWA deal | David Brauer
  - Liriano's return: More questions than answers | Aaron Gleeman
- Tuesday, April 15, 2008
  - Chisholm waiting for fallout from Delta-NWA merger | Doug Grow
  - Remastered 'Mats -- a vein to be mined | Jim Walsh
  - Lege leaders, Pawlenty meet tomorrow about budget | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - A stomach-turning Olympic dinner with Mia Farrow | Jay Weiner
  - Delta ramps up merger campaign online | David Brauer
  - Chest compressions anyone? CPR for bystanders | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - A Wild tradition: pre-planned noise and spectacle | Pat Borzi
  - Daily Glean: A merger of unequals | David Brauer
  - Voyageurs' proposed shoreline buys are in limbo | Mark Neuzil
  - Teen takes Tutu's message to heart: 'He can relate to us' | Delma Francis
- Monday, April 14, 2008
  - See and be seen at the Millard Fillmore Dinner | Joe Kimball
  - City Pages loses its last news vet to Minnesota Monitor | David Brauer
  - Franken says his special interest is the middle class | Joe Kimball
  - Behind the scenes of judging the Minnesota Book Awards | Amy Goetzman
  - Kersten's Arabic-school source: more to the story | David Brauer
  - Well-spoken Madia worked his brains out for DFL nod | Eric Black
  - Let's hear it for the best cheering squad -- then try an odd mode of word choice | Al Sicherman
  - Superdelegate throws support to Obama | Doug Grow
  - Not dead yet: proposed Vermilion State Park | Ron Way
  - Daily Glean: Strib lights up for smoking shacks | David Brauer
  - Proposed standards may get pushback from nonprofits | Scott Russell
- Friday, April 11, 2008
  - Hammering out budget deficit slow going | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Video report: What does snowy spring mean for summer temps? | Dave Dahl
  - Katie McMahon: It's never too late for a St. Pat's fix | Michael Metzger
  - School's stage play is one of several peace events in Archbishop Tutu's busy weekend | Cynthia Boyd
  - Singing is Arne Fogel's thing: 40 years and counting | Pamela Espeland
  - Daily Glean: God versus man in Minneapolis | David Brauer
  - Franken outraises Coleman, barely | David Brauer
  - Progressive Christianity is getting back onstage | Steve Scott
- Thursday, April 10, 2008
  - GOP taking no chances of a surprise 'Sen. Ventura' | Joe Kimball
  - Mayor Coleman urges St. Paul City Council to reverse opposition to longer GOP bar hours | Joe Kimball
  - House to debate health care bill today | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Ellison backs Madia for DFL endorsement in Third Congressional District | Eric Black
  - The Cuddyer dominoes | Aaron Gleeman
  - High def, high pressure: Advent of HD TV has some news anchors sweating | Christina Capecchi
  - Interact's play explores the brain -- through the heart | Ed Huyck
  - Daily Glean: Buy the friendly skies | David Brauer
  - Once in jeopardy, landmark St. Agnes School survives -- and thrives | Joe Kimball
  - Capital city previews its comprehensive plan at noon today | Joe Kimball
  - Medical marijuana: A politically risky vote? | Robert Whereatt
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008
  - Bridge inquiry: Short on details, short on time | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Wild playoff series pits convention cities, sites | Joe Kimball
  - St. Paul Chamber of Commerce rolls out Central Corridor support ads | Joe Kimball
  - State's Tibetan community well represented at today's torch protest in San Francisco | Jay Weiner
  - New Strib editorialist crosses the ad-edit barrier | David Brauer
  - Central Corridor's future? Pawlenty's cagey and DFLers are grim | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - The speed of JAO | 612 Authentic
  - Norling exhibit: Suburbia in all its gore and glory | Jim Walsh
  - Como's rare Corpse Flower has begun to bloom | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman and the Petraeus hearings: the transcript | David Brauer
  - I'm back and counting superdelegates | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Coverage of Petraeus betrays us | David Brauer
  - Will North Minneapolis become another housing-market casualty? | Steve Berg
- Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  - Soon to debut: 'Strib TV' | David Brauer
  - Zambian delegation checking out state's disability efforts | Joe Kimball
  - Democrats in Denver readying rewards for energy-efficient convention delegates | Joe Kimball
  - Disbeliever night: 'A little treasure' at Nye's | Jim Walsh
  - Torch relays a burning issue since their start at Hitler's '36 Olympics | Jay Weiner
  - A California lawsuit with Minnesota echoes | David Brauer
  - Daily Glean: Pawlenty to gorillas-- Drop dead | David Brauer
  - The circulation puzzle: How low can a local publisher go? | David Brauer
  - EPA brass, staff grapple over lead rules | Mark Neuzil
- Monday, April 7, 2008
  - Forum tries to sort through complicated housing, economic problems | Dave Beal
  - Capital city officials dismayed with wholesale vetoes of St. Paul projects | Joe Kimball
  - Strib's bridge writers shut out of Pulitzers | David Brauer
  - Got free time? Write a book: It worked for Toby Barlow | Amy Goetzman
  - Pulitzers announced at 2 p.m. | David Brauer
  - Minneapolis' Hyatt Regency to be GOP committee HQ; McCain likely gets St. Paul Hotel? | Joe Kimball
  - Service finds matches for openings on nonprofit boards | Scott Russell
  - Choose the choicest cheerleaders | Al Sicherman
  - What a deal: house swapping, life swapping | Christina Capecchi
  - With Douglas out at 'CCO, TV anchors are no longer 'safe' | Roxane Battle
  - GOP convention planners promise big news this morning | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: A poor Choice? | David Brauer
  - Online series peeks behind curtain of modern dance | Camille LeFevre
- Friday, April 4, 2008
  - Today was a good day for Al Franken | Doug Grow
  - Lawmaker's motives questioned in AG inquiry | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Baseball scheduling begs question: Who's on first? | Pat Borzi
  - Video report: Snowiest March ever? Not even close | Dave Dahl
  - Swanson probe leads to DFL sniping in the House | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Chief of Nixon's plumbers reprises Watergate's unlearned lessons | Dave Beal
  - Will state leave No Child behind? Don't bet on it | Cynthia Boyd
  - Pappas calls Thune's remarks 'inappropriate' | Joe Kimball
  - KBEM radio launches Reel Jazz film series | Pamela Espeland
  - Filed your state tax return early? Check for errors | Robert Whereatt
  - Flip your wig: Ann Landers comes alive at History Theatre | Ed Huyck
  - Runner Keeler Ramacier is 'poster grown-up' for Sunday's women-over-40 marathon | Jay Weiner
  - School districts pursue superintendent candidates | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Late-night budget madness: sweet forgiveness at the Capitol | Doug Grow
  - Guitar man Daithi Sproule trots globe to beat the band | Michael Metzger
- Thursday, April 3, 2008
  - Audio report: Unique 1950s home on the auction block | Todd Melby
  - Ventura wrestles with what really happened on 9/11 | Roger Buoen
  - Lovett is White Bear schools choice but also in running for Burnsville post | Joe Kimball
  - Nicaraguan orphans traveling here as 'stars' of fundraiser for new facility | Joe Kimball
  - More head-scratching with latest Zetia study | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Pennsylvania primary trend bad news for Clinton, poll finds | Doug Grow
  - Free Jason Kubel! | Aaron Gleeman
  - Scorsese rolls with new Stones documentary | Rob Nelson
  - Daily Glean: State constants -- Capitol squabbles, stadium fights, wind | Doug Grow
  - Twists, turns on proposed state park and 'Clean Cars' bills | Ron Way
- Wednesday, April 2, 2008
  - Bonding bill passes House by wide margin | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Minnesota joins effort to speed up environmental compliance | Mark Neuzil
  - Bonding bill coming to House floor today | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Sviggum's confirmation: Smooth going...so far | G.R. Anderson Jr.
  - Mama mia! Here's what that all-Italian ad said | Joe Kimball
  - Audio report: Twins fans belt out "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" | Todd Melby
  - If it holds, bonding bill would be boon to capital city | Joe Kimball
  - Using health-care access money to balance the budget: illegal? | David Brauer
  - Fourth District GOP challenger juggles college papers, position papers | Brian Voerding
  - Daily Glean: Foreclosure relief -- start the bidding | David Brauer
  - One-woman show illuminates trio of first ladies | David Hawley
  - The bonding bill's evolution: how it's happening | David Brauer
- Tuesday, April 1, 2008
  - GOP convention also will feature giant 'nonpartisan' civic event | Joe Kimball
  - Pining (and planting) for a healthy forest | Mark Neuzil
  - Remorse led to 'The Lyncher in Me' | Amy Goetzman
  - Democratic, Republican conventions both wooing bloggers | Joe Kimball
  - Murder mystery authors doing world promotional tour on their own dime | Joe Kimball
  - It's the Jesse and Larry show live tonight | Don Effenberger
  - Poll: Klobuchar approval rating high | Doug Grow
  - You'll really get to know Cuddyer, the new voice and face of the Twins | Pat Borzi
  - Rapson remembered | Linda Mack
  - Expanded definition of fundraisers is puzzling nonprofits | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: De-plane! De-plane! | David Brauer
  - What presidential candidates -- and the rest of us -- can learn from chimps | Sharon Schmickle

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