February 19, 2001 - K-rations were created at the University of Minnesota by Anel Keys, a professor at the University. They were tested at Fort Snelling. He also one of the first to discover the dietary fat causes heart disease.
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February 19, 2001 - MPR's Andrew Haeg reports on a bill that would limit the governor and other constitutional officers from receiving money for outside work has passed its first major test. The House Governmental Operations Committee approved the bill, and will soon send it to a vote by the full House.
February 19, 2001 - Despite the abrupt national economic slowdown, Minnesotans remain fairly upbeat about their personal circumstances. A Minnesota Public Radio and the St. Paul Pioneer Press poll indicates more than 80 percent of state residents feel their household financial situation will be the same or better a year from now. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports..
February 20, 2001 - The president of the Dakota Minnesota and Eastern Railroad rejected a proposal by Rochester city officials this afternoon TUESDAY that would have secured the cities support for a rail expansion - as long as the freight tracks bypassed the city. Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally reports
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February 22, 2001 - A rapid snowmelt -- at least when measured on a geologic time scale -- is already underway in the earth's polar regions. In just the past 50 years scientists have documented an average temperature increase of 4 degrees in the Arctic and Antarctic. The effect of the temperature change is most visible in areas where plants and animals are pushing further into once barren landscapes. Environmental photojournalist Gary Braasch (BRA-shh) has documented these changes in his new exhibition of photographs called "Polar Thaw: Global Warming in the Arctic and Antarctic." I met up with Braasch at the Science Museum of Minnesota today where his pictures are on display.
February 22, 2001 - Governor Jesse Ventura has announced a plan that he hopes will provide more health care coverage to Minnesota's children. Ventura teamed up with the Minnesota Council of Health Plans and the Children's Defense Fund to announce an outreach program to insure more Minnesota children. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
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February 27, 2001 - President Bush will address a joint session of Congress tonight. In the first major policy speech of his presidency, Bush is expected lay out plans for a one-point-six trillion dollar tax cut. He will also propose funding increases for education, the military and Medicare. We asked two Minnesota Congressmen for a preview of the President's speech. Eighth district Democrat James Oberstar says he doesn't think the President's proposal is fiscally sound: