May 2, 2001 - Women's technology group, GraceNet, hands out Dis-Graceful awards to companies who use sexist images to push their product.
May 2, 2001 - Saint Paul officials say the Charlie Brown hotline is one of the hottest lines in town. Many in the capital city are optimistic the follow-up to last summer's popular series of Snoopy statues will be even more successful. The promotion is part of the city's tribute to Saint Paul native Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Organizers say dozens of Saint Paul businesses have lined up to sponsor the Charlie Browns. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
May 3, 2001 - INTRO-- One of Minnesota's award-winning children's authors is out with a new book. Kate Dicamillo's (dee come ELLO) won the Newbery Honor for her first story, "Because of Winn-Dixie." Now she's written "The Tiger Rising," which follows a boy named Rob, his friend Sistine, and a live tiger Rob finds while walking through the Florida woods. Dicamillo says her main goal was to write a good story.
May 4, 2001 - An Indian Tibetan photographer discusses his photographs of Tibetan nomads.
May 4, 2001 - The lives of the Tibetan nomads are captured in photographs.
May 4, 2001 - Napster is like a ghost town lately because of court orders to cut back drastically on songs.
May 4, 2001 - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled religious and political leader, will make his first visit ever to the Twin Cities this Monday. Minnesota is home to the second largest population of Tibetans, almost one thousand strong. Local Tibetans practice Bhuddism, and teach their young people ancestral music and dance. Ngodup Tsering (No-doop SARE-ing)is organizing a group of young Tibetans who will preform traditional songs and dances for the Dalai Lama. I asked him to describe the different types of Tibetan music.
May 4, 2001 - A popular literary press is leaving the Twin Cities after more than 20 years of publishing the works of new and emerging authors. New Rivers Press closed its doors earlier this year because of financial difficulties. Now, it hopes a move to Minnesota State University Moorhead will revive the publishing house. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson reports.
May 7, 2001 - For six years, Ruth Reichl was the most powerful food critic in the world. Her columns in the New York Times could propel a chef to immediate stardom or the unemployment line. These days she dispenses culinary tips to the readers of Gourmet Magazine -- which has seen a big jump in readership and advertising revenue since she took over as editor two years ago. But there was a time early in her career, when Reichl's influence seemed unlikely. In the 1970s she was living in a Berkley commune when she decided to accept a job as a restaurant critic at New West Magazine. In her new book "Comfort Me With Apples" Reichl recalls those early years and her friends' disappointment in her career choice.
May 8, 2001 - Time Warner Books are opening its doors to undiscovered authors using electronic publishing arm called iPublish.com