November 20, 2001 - 28-16 victory for the Vikings against the Giants.
November 20, 2001 - The Minnesota Twins say they will make an appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court in hopes of reversing a Hennepin County ruling that the Twins' lease requires that the team play the 2002 season in the Metrodome. Major League baseball owners have voted to eliminate two teams from the league and the Twins are considered a prime candidate. The Twins are being considered for contraction in large part because the team has failed to secure public funding for a new stadium. A new task force will meet for the first time today to discuss ideas for funding sports stadiums in Minnesota. Republican Representative Kevin Goodno of Moorhead is a member of the stadium task force. He's on the line now.
November 16, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Minneapolis businessman Harvey MacKay about a group of state business leaders that will meet with Governor Jesse Ventura to discuss the future of the Minnesota Twins. The group is working on a proposal to buy the team from owner Carl Pohlad. They're also exploring ways to get a new ballpark.
November 13, 2001 - From Minnesota Public Radio this is Future Tense for November 13. I'm Jon Gordon. It's a huge week for video game players and electronics retailers, as Microsoft and Nintendo roll out their new game machines. X-Box from Microsoft is due in stores Thursday, while Nintendo's GameCube arrives three days later. Analysts say despite the slow economy, the 20 billion dollar video game industry is robust. Sean McGowan is co-founder of PlayDate Inc, a toy industry market services firm. ((bite 1)) X-Box, GameCube and the year-old Sony PlayStation 2 are expected to do so well this holiday season, they could help lift third and fourth quarter profits for retail chains like Best Buy and Circuit City. McGowan says it's a unique time for the industry. ((bite 2)) It's going to be a fierce battle for the hearts and minds of video game players. Microsoft alone is will spend 500 million dollars to promote X-Box. Which game console will be the big winner? ((bite 3)) Sean McGowan with Play Date Inc ((button)) In the news& The number of subscribers getting high-speed access to the Internet through cable television lines jumped 15 percent during the third quarter. That's according to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. The 825,000 new subscribers brings the total number of U.S. cable modem users to 6.4 million. That's about 9 percent of the homes that are able to receive the service. Cable lines remain the most popular way to get broadband Internet. A fledgling aerospace company took another step toward making private space flights yesterday as a rocket-powered plane soared 9,000 feet over the Mojave desert. Xcor Aerospace's EZ-Rocket is outfitted with twin, 400-pound-thrust rocket engines. The flight was the fifth for the EZ-Rocket, which burns isopropyl alcohol and liquid oxygen, consuming about $75 worth of fuel during each short flight. The company hopes to eventually build a craft capable of flying regularly to altitudes of 60 miles that could allow scientists to conduct experiments in microgra
November 9, 2001 - Sun Country Airlines is up for sale. The Twin Cities-based airline announced yesterday that it is in immediate need of cash. Sun Country is the biggest local competitor to Northwest Airlines, but it has not made a profit since it came under new ownership in 1998. The sole owner of Sun Country, Milwaukee-based entrepreneur Bill La Macchia, has personally been underwriting the losses. Now La Macchia has removed himself from the board of directors and given full decision-making power to presdient and CEO David Banmiller. Mr. Banmiller is on the line now.
November 7, 2001 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interview Wy Spano, co-editor of the newsletter Politics in Minnesota, about recent Minneapolis elections, and the big changes it represents. Minneapolis and St. Paul have both elected a new mayor. State Senator Randy Kelly apparently won the St. Paul mayor's race by about 400 votes. Unofficial results from all 119 precincts show Kelly beating St. Paul City Council member Jay Benanav. In Minneapolis, internet consultant R.T. Rybak overwhelmingly defeated Sayles Belton, even though the incumbent outspent her challenger three-to-one. In a surprise upset, one of Sayles Belton's staunchest allies on the city council, Jackie Cherryhomes, was also defeated. In total, when the city council meets in January, it will have seven new members.
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October 29, 2001 - The US Supreme Court decide on whether those who create digital child porn be punished the same way those who make in-person child pornography.
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October 23, 2001 - The Federal Trade Commission could rule as early as today on whether to allow General Mills to buy Pillsbury for 10.5 billion dollars. Approval would end a review process that has lasted much longer than either company originally expected. The merger would place General Mills among the top five food manufacturers in the world and anti-trust concerns have slowed the approval process. University of Minnesota Economics Professor Jean Kinsey joins us on the line.