June 30, 2000 - billion gallons of groundwater into the Minnesota River over the next two years while it builds a series of airport tunnels. The board took no action on the permit, but may eventually require a number of conditions be met to address citizen concerns. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports.
June 30, 2000 - Officials at Right Step Academy Charter School have announced a new learning strategy they want to begin using in classrooms this fall. The five-year-old school, with operations in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, has been under fire in recent weeks for several acacdemic and operational problems. The Saint Paul school district has set a July 15th deadline for school officials to address those problems. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
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July 3, 2000 - The Kenyan-Community-Abroad International Conference wrapped up today at Concordia University in St. Paul. The conference tackled two issues... the current political climate in Kenya and the country's growing AIDS crisis. HIV or full-blown AIDS infects almost 14 percent of the adult Kenyan population... one of the highest rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Moses Djenga helped organize the conference. He stresses that it's hard to underestimate the affect the AIDS virus has had on Kenya:
July 3, 2000 - MPR’s Lorna Benson talks with Kevin Hennessy, an analyst for Total Sports Publications, about the Minnesota Twins signing starting pitcher Brad Radke to a new four-year contract worth a reported $36 million. The deal will keep the right-hander with the club through 2004. Radke joined the Twins in 1995. He would have been eligible for free agency at the end of this season.
July 3, 2000 - As the clock strikes midnight and July 8th dawns, the fourth Harry Potter book will finally be revealed ----til now its been cloaked in secrecy -- even the title of the book "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was only leaked a few days ago. Even so its already on the bestseller lists through advance sales and a record number of copies are being published in anticipation of phenomenal demand. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Stucky, reports not everybody's impressed with the Harry Potter juggernaut.
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July 3, 2000 - ** Note host outcue ** The hotly-contested D-F-L primary for U-S Senate is generating some hefty campaign war chests. Three of the contenders vying to run against Republican Senator Rod Grams have raised a combined five-million dollars since the campaign began. Two of them - trial attorney Michael Ciresi and former state auditor Mark Dayton - are heavily financing their own campaigns with their personal wealth. But the D-F-L's endorsed candidate - state Senator Jerry Janezich of Chisholm - lags far behind in the money chase, and political observers say he'll have to start catching up to mount a credible campaign. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
July 3, 2000 - Most of the 50-thousand Alcoholics Anonymous conventioners who met in Minneapolis are now back at home. The convention last weekend was a gathering of people who face the same challenge every day of staying sober. And every day of sobriety is a victory. But to live over 40 years worth of sobriety is a major achievement, and brings with it life-long lessons. At the Metrodome on Saturday, the conventioners heard from some of the "old timers" who have been sober for at least that long. And joining us on the line is one of those "old timers." His name is Duke, who joins us from his home in Daytona Beach Florida:
July 3, 2000 - Chris Farrell, MPR Chief Economist Corresponent Monday Markets