April 11, 2002 - Business leaders and academics will gather at the University of Minnesota today for the 2002 E-commerce Conference. Participants will discuss how companies can make their e-commerce profitable, and take a look at businesses that have set up successful models. Less Wanninger is the conference chair and a professor at the Carlson School. He's on the line now.
April 11, 2002 - The University of Minnesota will announce a plan this morning to cut expenses in its athletics departments. The plan is expected to call for the merger of the men's and women's athletics programs plus the elimination of men's golf, women's golf and men's gymnastics. Joining us on the line with his perspective is Mark Dienhart who was the men's athletic director at the U of M from 1995 to 1999. He's now a Senior Vice President at St. Thomas University.
April 9, 2002 - That's Lisa Donniff of the Minneapolis Downtown Council.
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April 9, 2002 - Emergency rooms are getting crowded, and more than half the nation's hospitals are "diverting" ambulances to other hospitals. That's the conclusion of a recent study from the American Hospital Association. The overcrowding of ER's is especially bad on the East and West Coasts, but the problem is getting worse here in the Twin Cities too. Joining us on the line is Dr. Brent Asplin, a member of the national task force on emergency department crowding, and he's an ER doctor at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
April 8, 2002 - Nearly two weeks after they hoped to finish up the session, Minnesota lawmakers are back at the capitol today, hoping to bridge some large differences on key issues. Legislators have yet to agree on several fronts, including how they are going to balance the budget. Laura McCallum is Minnesota Public Radio's Capital Bureau Chief, and she's on the line now.
April 4, 2002 - The number of people using government websites is on the rise. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.
April 4, 2002 - College Hockey's version to the N-C-double-A basketball's Final Four will get underway today at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. What's known as the Frozen Four will begin this afternoon with a national semifinal game between the New Hampshire Wildcats and the Maine Blackbears. Tonight at 6:30, the Minnesota Golden Gophers take on the Michigan Wolverines in the other semi. Joining us on the line to talk about the Frozen Four is Doug Johnson, publisher of "Let's Play Hockey."
April 3, 2002 - The people who watch the heavens for intelligent life are busy thinking about what they'd say back, if they ever heard anything. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute recently convened a group of scientists, musicians, artists, and astronomers in Paris to talk about some of these issues. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.
April 2, 2002 - Minnesotans are digging out from an April snow storm that dumped three to six inches of snow across central Minnesota, and it's snowing again this morning. The storm has wreaked havoc on Minnesota's highways. Yesterday, in the Twin Cities alone, more than 45 people were injured and there were more than 200 reported accidents. Mike Mauren from the Traffic Management Center says conditions are poor again this morning.