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A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA Better Music, Better Life
On two occasions music festivals were held in Zhuhai. The real awesome part was that both these events were organized by my school. I turned out, the founder of TPR English was quite the involved comm...
Posted on 3/31/12 at 8:43 AM
AMY'S RANCH SLANTS Women I Admire: #2 Amy Palmiero-Winters
I was sitting the waiting area of Rapid Diesel when I first learned who Amy Palmeiro-Winters was while waiting for our Dodge pickup to get cleared for take off so I couldgo home. I had just started t...
Posted on 1/1/12 at 8:00 PM
STAFF BLOG REPUBLIC INSIDER McGovern on war and peace
It seems to me that George McGovern would know something about war and peace. He's seen both and remains a strong advocate for the latter. I covered McGovern's speech at the 2010 McGovern Conference ...
Posted on 11/17/10 at 4:59 PM
HEALTHBEAT Linkworthy 1.1
A roundup of various postings and essays that recently grabbed my attention: - MinnPost's new health care blog, Second Opinion, takes a look at the myths that have persisted about the U.S. health care...
Posted on 6/16/09 at 10:20 AM
Gadhafi, Libya's leader for 42 years, confirmed killed 
SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.
October 20, 2011
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Troop total in Iraq to drop to 30,000 by end of September
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of American troops in Iraq will fall to 30,000 by the end of this month as the U.S. winds down the war, the top U.S military officer said Tuesday.
September 20, 2011
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Video of Chinese general discussing spying leaked onto YouTube
BEIJING (AP) - Footage of a Chinese general discussing sensitive spying cases has been leaked onto Google Inc.'s video sharing site YouTube, in what appears to be an embarrassing failure of secrecy for the usually tightlipped military.
August 29, 2011
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Lockerbie bomber in Libyan capital is near death, brother says
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is near death and slipping in and out of consciousness, his brother said Monday, insisting he should not return to prison for the 1998 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people.
August 29, 2011
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Libyan rebels take most of Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gadhafi's regime. Gadhafi's defenders quickly melted away as his 42-year rule crumbled, but the leader's whereabouts were unknown and pockets of resistance remained.
August 22, 2011
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Pope demands greater ethics in business, finance decions
MADRID (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality that he says is behind Europe's current economic crisis as he arrived in hard-hit Spain on Thursday, and said morals and ethics must play a greater role in formulating economic policy in the future.
"The economy doesn't function with market self-regulation," he said.
August 18, 2011
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Cargill CEO: Governments to blame for food price hike
CHICAGO — Cargill Inc. Chief Executive Officer Greg Page, who runs the largest agricultural company in the United States, has a good idea whom to blame for the global surge in food prices at the end of 2010: governments.
By JOHN LIPPERT , August 02, 2011
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Bomb blast at Norway PM's office kills 7; gunman attacks youth camp on nearby island; 1 arrest
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A bomb ripped open buildings in the heart of Norway's government Friday, and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at an island youth camp connected to the ruling party. At least seven people were killed in the blast and nine more in the camp shootings, the peaceful nation's worst violence since World War II.
July 22, 2011
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Al-Qaida militants vow to block aid as famine ravages Africa
Al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia vowed to keep most international aid workers away despite a worsening famine, as the U.N. warned Friday that 800,000 children could die in the region from starvation.
By ABDI GULED , July 22, 2011
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Britain: Murdoch dynasty in doubt
LONDON (AP) — James Murdoch scaled the rungs of the global media empire that his father built. Now scandal taints the heir apparent, threatening to derail the expected succession and shaking the assumption that the Murdoch dynasty would preserve its tight grip over the multibillion-dollar business.
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA , July 19, 2011
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