Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
November 17, 2000 - The Minnesota Wild face off against the Sabres tonight in Buffalo, New York. The expansion team currently sits at the bottom of their division. But the Wild's poor record hasn't kept fans from packing the team's downtown St. Paul arena. Fans have been especially good to the team's Minnesota Players, including center Darby Hendrickson. Hendrickson was a star at Richfield High School and the University of Minnesota before moving on to play professional hockey in Toronto and Vancouver. I met up with him at a team practice at Parade Stadium in Minneapolis. He says Candada was great, but he's much happier playing for his hometown:
November 17, 2000 - Robyne Robinson opened an art gallery, Flatland Gallery. She is one of the strongest, most visible advocates of art in the Twin Cities.
November 17, 2000 - From Minnesota Public Radio this is Future Tense for November 17th. I'm Jon Gordon. Today, the dotcom meltdown: --tease cut-- Internet retail companies in trouble...after this news.
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November 20, 2000 - A giant internet marketplace for the automotive industry sputters. A free online reference service is going to be offered by librarians.
November 20, 2000 - The dot-com boom seemed too good to be true, and in some ways it was. The tech-heavy NASDAQ is down 35 percent from its high last March. Nationally, 22-thousand employees of Internet companies have been laid off, and scores of dot-coms have closed their doors... In the Twin Cities, once high-flying firms Internet firms including Net Perceptions and Techies-dot-com have laid off hundreds of staffers. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports on how the national Internet shakeout is affecting the Twin Cities' high tech business scene.
November 20, 2000 - After years of wrangling, the University of North Dakota is preparing to decide the future of the schools Fighting Sioux nickname. The Sioux name was chosen in 1930, and is a focus of school pride. Since the 1960s people have challenged the name, some charging it is offensive to Native Americans. A commission studying the use of the Sioux nickname held its final meeting today. Next month the U-N-D president will recommend keeping or changing the nickname. The states board of higher education will make the final decision. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson reports.
November 20, 2000 - Northwest Airlines appeared in federal court in Minneapolis this afternoon, asking a judge to grant a temporary restraining order to prevent the mechanics union from conducting an alleged illegal work slowdown. The airline says a large number of flights were cancelled or delayed last weekend -- as a result, it says, of union mechanics' refusal to work according to their contract. Northwest and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association which represents more than ten thousand Northwest workers ... have been holding negotiations on a new contract. The National Mediation Board recently recessed those talks, and both sides have been using some pretty inflammatory language. Northwest CEO John Dasburg called the AMFA wage demands quote bizarre unquote, and AMFA last week sued the airline for its alleged failure to negotiate in good faith. In court lawyers for Northwest told the court a very high number of flights were delayed or cancelled last weekend. MPR's Andrew Haeg is covering the story. Has the judge made a decision yet?
November 20, 2000 - Jay Wiener, reporter for the Star Tribune INTRO: A group searching for a way to privately finance a new Minnesota Twins ballpark is looking at some new ideas. Later tonight, the group... called New Ballpark Ink... will release an outline of their plan to finance the project. They want any developer of the ballpark.... who would put up cash to make the project a reality... to get development rights to OTHER parts of Minneapolis. Joining us on the line is Jay Wiener, a reporter with the Minneapolis Star Tribune. -- Who behind this group New Ballpark Ink? -- What is the new finance plan? -- Why do they feel the need to propose this? -- What about competitive bidding for development rights? -- How valuable would guaranteed development rights be? -- What's the reaction from the city council?
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