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February 13, 1998 - The long program of men's figure skating, the one that decides the medals, will be broadcast tomorrow night. Jay Weiner is covering the Nagano Olympics for the Star Tribune newspaper. He says the contest is still up for the grabs, but the front-runners are the talk of the town.
February 13, 1998 - In Minnesota 's tobacco trial the state's attorneys began playing a controversial videotape of a Philip Morris official. It's a recording which tobacco attorneys fought vigorously to keep out of the state's case saying it would bias the jury. That tape followed cross-examination of a Johns Hopkins researcher who told jurors smoking causes several kind of cancers. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports.
February 13, 1998 - Mainstreet Radio's Catherine Winter has this remembrance of Terry Wilkey, former Bovey police chief. Wilkey spent more than 30 years on the town's police force and the 800-some residents of Bovey all knew him. But his fame spread much farther; to the Twin Cities, even as far as Texas and North Carolina…because of Terry Wilkey, the writer.
February 13, 1998 - A bill to allow wolf-hunting in Minnesota has died in the state Legislature, but proponents say the idea is still very much alive. Minnesota Public Radios Eric Jansen reports from the Capitol.
February 13, 1998 - State Representative Tim Pawlenty (pah-LEHN-tee) bowed out of the Governor's race today. The Republican Representative from Eagan says he's giving up in the face of the momentum of Lieutenant Governor Joanne Benson's campaign, combined with St Paul Mayor Norm Coleman's likely entry into the race. Coleman says he'll announce this Sunday whether he'll run for Governor. Political commentators Bob Meek, a Democrat, and Tom Horner, a Republican, say it's very likely he'll run. Horner says Coleman would join an already strong field of Republican candidates: Republican political commentator Tom Horner, and Democrat Bob Meek.
February 13, 1998 - An executive order from Governor Carlson, which takes effect today, will create a new statewide victim services agency. Its purpose is to consolidate the funding for all of the state services for victims of crimes and domestic abuse into one agency. Some long-time workers in the area of victim services say the center could be the death-knell for local, grassroots crisis centers. And they're worried that a state center would leave many victims without the help they need. Minnesota Public Radio's Gretchen Lehmann reports.
February 13, 1998 - If you had to pick some of the greatest places on earth where would you begin? For the Science Museum of Minnesota the challenge was considerable and nearly limitless, but eventually they whittled down their list to seven dramatic locations in Africa, Tibet, Greenland and the Amazon. The museum then set out to film them for an IMAX movie called "Greatest Places on Earth." Many of the places are remote, stark, and dangerous. For the African segment of the film, the museum hired wildlife guide Mike Myers to take the photographers into the Okavango Delta and Namib Desert where some of the highest sand dunes in the world are found. Myers told Minnesota Public Radio's Lorna Benson the region was extremely rugged, but also incredibly scenic.
February 16, 1998 - Honeywell production and maintenance workers are back on the job today after approving a contract and ending a two week strike yesterday. The company backed down on a plan to pass along some of the costs of health care benefits to the workers, but the union swallowed the plan for lower pay and pensions for new employees. John Remington is a professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Minnesota. He says the union vote didn't really decide the issue, and expects it to pop up again during the next round of negotiations: John Remington is a professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Minnesota. Sun 28-MAY 12:21:30 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
February 16, 1998 - Norm Coleman has put an end to the speculation and officially declared himself a candidate for governor. Coleman also pledged to abide by the Republican endorsement process despite the fact that he's getting a late start rounding up convention delegates. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports.
February 16, 1998 - The strike of 25 hundred Honeywell workers is over. Teamsters Local 1145 rank and file voted by a extraordinarily thin margin yesterday to accept Honeywell's latest contract offer. Many union memebrs are angry with the deal. They say their colleagues should have held out for a better contract. The first shifts reported back to work last night. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...