February 3, 1998 - The Twins stadium is alive again at the State Legislature…just two months after lawmakers killed it. The stadium's chief cheerleader this time around is State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Roy Terwilliger, who says he has a plan Minnesotans will like a lot better than anything the Twins proposed last year.
February 3, 1998 - Best-selling author Tom Clancy is the new majority owner of the Minnesota Vikings. The offer is for about 200 million dollars and surpasses the record price paid for a National Football League franchise. Clancy pledges to keep the team in Minnesota and wants to make the Vikings one of the premier franchises in the NFL. Tom Clancy is the author of such military thrillers as "The Hunt for Red October," "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger,". He was ranked 27th last year on Forbes magazine's list of the highest-paid "entertainers" His estimated gross income was 50-million dollars. He's a Baltimore native whose love of football began as a boy when he attended the same church as Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas. Four years ago, Clancy also led an unsuccessful effort to buy the New England Patriots four years ago.
February 3, 1998 - Sportfishers have a new gadget to try out, if there's any room left in the boat. A Brainerd man is introducing AquaView- a device that goes beyond sonars and depth-finders, and actually lets you watch the fish take your bait -or ignore it, as the case may be.
February 3, 1998 - Minnesota and ten other states have subpoenaed Microsoft for documents about how Windows 98 will include Microsoft's Internet Explorer software. New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco says the states are focusing on whether Microsoft is forcing users of its operating software to use its Internet technology. The Justice Department is making the same case in federal court in Washington D-C. Chris McKenna is a spokesman for the New York Attorney General.
February 6, 1998 - Peace activists have gathered in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon to protest any military action against Iraq. About 200 people have gathered outside the Federal Courthouse building. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste joins me on the line now from Minneapolis .
February 6, 1998 - Eagan based Cray Research, a division of Silicon Graphics, says it will speed the development of its supercomputers to better simulate nuclear explosions. The federal government has awarded a five million dollar contract to Cray Research, as part of a program to ensure the safety of the country's nuclear stockpile. Mark Goldman, director of business strategy for Cray Research, says today's supercomputers aren't powerful enough to do what the government needs them to do.
February 9, 1998 - It's deadline week at the state capitol. Legislators have until Friday to get principal policy committees to pass their pet bills; legislation that doesn't make it through committee is effectively dead for the session. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste joins us from the capitol to take a look ahead at this week's action.
February 9, 1998 - MPR’s Dan Olson reports on Next Innovations, a Minneapolis organization that trains young non-profit employees business and leadership skills….and possibly the next generation of non-profit managers.
February 10, 1998 - A logger in northern Minnesota is preparing to cut a tract of century-old red pines known as "Little Alfie" in Superior National Forest. Environmental advocates lost a series of court challenges to prevent logging of as many as 6-thousand trees on a one hundred acre site. As of 4pm today, the logging can begin. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure is at the logging site and joins me on the line.
February 11, 1998 - The U.S. Forest Service is still on standby near the Little Alfie logging site, as preparations continue to cut some 6000 old red pine. Protesters failed once again to get a legal hold placed on the cutting when the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to issue an injunction this morning. While protesters gathered in downtown Minneapolis , they did not appear at the Little Alfie Site in the Superior National Forest. Minnesota Public Radio's Mary Losure has been covering the developments in Orr, and joins us now.