Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
February 9, 2001 - Commentator Dale Connelly may have been spending too much time in his front room recently, which resulted in a few thoughts about his furniture. Dale Connelly can be heard weekdays on the Morning Program on Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music service.
February 9, 2001 - MPR’s Art Hughes provides a summary report on Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton’s 2001 State of the City address. the mayor highlighted successful city initiatives, lower unemployment and crime, downtown construction, and a strong arts in downtown.
February 12, 2001 - From Minnesota Public Radio this is Future Tense for February 12th. I'm Jon Gordon. It's decision day for Napster...as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule on the music industry's copyright lawsuit against the digital music-sharing company. Dwight Silverman of the Houston Chronicle is our Napster analyst...te tells us what to expect from the court today. ((q/a)) Dwight Silverman is computer columnist for the Houston Chronicle.
February 12, 2001 - Leaders of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association are urging Northwest Airlines mechanics to prepare for a strike in less than a month even though President Bush says he'll keep the workers on the job past the thirty day cooling off period if an contract agreement isn't reached. The National Mediation Board released the airline and the union from negotiations over the weekend triggering the count down to a March 12th strike the White House says it will block. Minnesota Pubic Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
February 13, 2001 - The Centers for Disease Control launched an ambitious campaign to cut the number of people infected by HIV in half by the year 2005. At least one Minnesota AIDS organization claims the state's AIDS and HIV positive population is on the rise -- marking a significant reversal of recent trends. Meanwhile AIDS authorities in Wisconsin say recent numbers including a nine and a half percent jump in new HIV infections and an 11-percent increase in AIDS related deaths, will make it difficult for the state to meet the new CDC goal. Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally has this report:
February 13, 2001 - The University of Minnesota is keeping the heat on state lawmakers to spend more money on the school than what the Governor is proposing. Yesterday (mon) U-of-M President Mark Yudof went before the Senate Higher Education Budget Division to press his point. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports:
February 13, 2001 - (OPEN WITH TRACK 1 "Je cherche un homme"... fade under after "or Tom...." 20 secs in.... run under until the tape starts) To those who have heard the voice before, she is instantly recognizable. To many others -- just say "Catwoman" and they'll reply -- "Eartha Kitt." Thirty years after she appeared on the Batman TV show it's still her most famous role... and she doesn't seem to mind. Her sex kitten image endures even into her 70s. But there is much more to Eartha Kitt both as a person and a performer. Born the daughter of South Carolina sharecroppers, her family was abandoned by her father when she was 2...her mother died when she was 6. After being passed from neighbor to neighbor for a couple of years she was taken in by an aunt living in Harlem. It was there she began showing her talent for language and dance, which, despite having to repeatedly overcome the barriers of discrimination, was eventually to lead Eartha Kitt to international acclaim as a singer, and a star of stage and screen. In the Rogers and Hammerstein's production of "Cinderella" opening tonight at the Historic State Theatre in Minneapolis, Kitt plays the fairy godmother. But she believes she has more in common with Cinderella.
February 13, 2001 - A new poll shows half of Minnesotans support Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone's decision to seek a third term next year. In the first poll since Wellstone announced his re-election plans, Wellstone's job approval is the highest it's been since he took office, but Republicans say he's still vulnerable.
February 14, 2001 - Human rights activist Jim Keady is in the Twin Cities to discuss his work exposing conditions in Nike Shoe factories. Keady spent one month last summer living in Indonesia on the wages of an average Nike factory worker. But his interest in the world's top shoe manufacturer started a couple of years earlier, when he was fired from his coaching job at St. John's University in New York for refusing to abide by a contract that required him to wear and promote Nike products. Keady says it would have been morally wrong to support Nike while workers in Indonesia can barely support themselves on Nike wages.
February 15, 2001 - The Twin Cities' airport is one of the region's most vital economic assets. Yet the public officials charged with planning its future have never known with much confidence just how important it is. The Twin Cities Airports Task Force has released a report which goes some distance toward gauging the contributions of the airport to the regional economy. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.