October 3, 2000 - Five people and a Minnesota company will receive the Twin Cities International Citizen Award tonight in St. Paul. The recipients were selected for their efforts to increase international understanding and cooperation. One of the recipients is only 15 years old. Kasia Paprocki has been working to end child labor since sixth grade, when she realized that the soccer balls at her school could have been made by children. She eventually convinced the St. Paul school board to ban soccer balls made by child laborers. She says she and her friends were surprised that the board didn't already have such a policy.
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October 6, 2000 - The 19th annual Twin Cities Marathon takes place this Sunday.The 26.2-mile course begins near the Metrodome in Minneapolis and finishes at the State Capitol in St. Paul. 85 runners have competed in all 18 previous Twin Cities marathons. 73-year-old Mary Lou Carlson is the oldest female runner of this elite group. Carlson's husband inspired her to start running. He took up the sport while she was in her fifties... at first she thought he was crazy...especially when he ran in the winter.
October 6, 2000 - MPR's Brandt Williams reports on dirt finally being turned on the long underdeveloped parcel of land in downtown Minneapolis known as Block E.
October 6, 2000 - FOR FRIDAY MORNING Imation Corporation warned investors yesterday that its third quarter results would fall below expectations. The Twin Cities-based data storage and image management company will eliminate about 10 percent of its total workforce. Imation's poor performance is a big change of fortune for a company that a year ago was enjoying strong growth. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
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October 9, 2000 - Sports fans across the nation will get a chance to watch rookie quarterback Dante Culpepper and the rest of the Minnesota Vikings in prime time when they take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Metrodome on Monday Night Football. The unbeaten Vikings are hoping to extend their 4 and O record. The Buccaneers are 3 and 2. Bill Brown is a former Vikings rusher who played from 1962 to 1974. He played in 3 Super Bowls and understands the pressure this year's team is facing after getting so close to the Super Bowl in 1998. He says he likes what he's seen so far this season:
October 9, 2000 - Chris Farrell talks about gas prices and oil prices.
October 9, 2000 - People in the fifth congressional district will have a choice of five candidates in November. Stalwart Martin Sabo is running again as are four OTHER candidates who aren't letting Sabo's seeming lock on the seat stop them from making a run for it. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports: