December 11, 2001 - With chances that Major League Baseball could delay plans for a year to eliminate the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos, Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Minnesota State Representative Harry Mares about what Minnesota legislators will need to accomplish this session regarding a ballpark discussion in order to save the Twins team.
December 10, 2001 - School board members in Osseo will meet tomorrow to discuss options for cutting next year's budget. The Board voted last week to look at a four-day school week as a way to save money. They also voted for several other changes, including increasing the distance secondary students must live from school to receive busing. Dr. Chris Richardson is the superintendent of the Osseo Area Schools. He says the reaction from parents so far has been mixed.
December 10, 2001 - That's MPR's Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell.
December 10, 2001 - In the first start of his NFL career, Vikings quarterback Todd Bouman (take a BOW, man) threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns to lead Minnesota over Tennessee 42 to 24 yesterday at the Metrodome. Bouman, starting in place of the injured Duante Culpepper, connected with Randy Moss seven times for 158 yards. The Vikings are now five and seven on the season. Joining us now is Sean Jensen who covers the Vikings for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. That's Sean Jensen who covers the Vikings for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
December 10, 2001 - "Hacktivism" is the practice of defacing Web sites to make a point. It happens dozens of times every day. This is Future Tense for December 10th. I'm Jon Gordon. Anthropologist William Taggart at the University of Arkansas has been studying why hackers hijack Web sites and replace front pages with their own messages. ((q/a)) William Taggart at the University of Arkansas. For an archive of defaced Web sites, visit the website alldas.de. That's www.a-l-l-d-a-s dot d-e. ((button))
December 6, 2001 -
December 6, 2001 - The Twins are being considered for contraction in large part because the team has failed to secure public funding for a new stadium. A poll published this week by the Minneapolis Star Tribune shows 67 percent of Minnesotans are still opposed to the use of public money for a ballpark, even though the Twins might be eliminated next season. A statewide task force will hold a public hearing in Alexandria later today so rural Minnesotans can weigh in on the stadium debate. Minnesota's Director of Planning Dean Barkley is on that task force, and he speaks with MPR News.
December 3, 2001 -
December 3, 2001 - A fourth quarter comeback fell short yesterday as the Minnesota Vikings lost to the Steelers 21 to 16 in Pittsburgh. After starting quarterback Duante Culpepper left the game with a knee injury, backup Todd Bouman like "taking a bow" came in and threw two touchdown passes, but it wasn't enough to overcome a 21 to three deficit. The Vikings are now four and seven and have virtually no chance of making the playoffs. Sean Jensen covers the Vikings for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He says unlike other games this year, at least the Vikings didn't give up after falling behind.
December 3, 2001 - Sara Jane Olson will appear in a Los Angeles court later today for a hearing into whether she can withdraw her guilty plea. On October 31st, Olson plead guilty to charges of possessing explosives with intent to murder L.A. police officers in the 1970's, when she was part of the radical Symbionese Liberation Army. She told reporters outside the courthouse that she was really innocent, but was worried she couldn't get a fair trial after the September 11th terrorist attacks. The judge later asked her to reiterate her plea in court and she did. Then, about a week later, she filed papers with the court that said she wanted to withdraw her plea, and face trial. Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola University in L.A., comments.