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May 18, 2013
The Newsstand is the Daily’s newsroom blog. The purpose of this blog is to increase transparency of our coverage and give reporters an opportunity to blog news that doesn’t make it into print.
Fri, 4/12, 7:40pm (1 month ago)
The number of sexually transmitted disease cases increased by 10 percent in 2012, according to new data released by the Minnesota Department of Health.
Cases of chlamydia rose by 7 percent, while gonorrhea had the biggest increase with 35 percent. Meanwhile, syphilis dropped by 15 percent, according to MDH data.
Chlamydia rates…
Fri, 4/12, 5:25pm (1 month ago)
Though it’s still waiting for $20 million in state bonding, the City of Minneapolis released a staff report Friday voicing its intention to redesign Nicollet Mall, which hasn’t been reconstructed in over 20 years, according to the Star Tribune.
The city will seek out four design teams, who will then publicly…
Fri, 4/12, 3:59pm (1 month ago)
Two women were shot and wounded at the campus of New River Community College in Christiansburg, Va.
One of the victims was airlifted to the hospital while the other was taken by ambulance. There have been no updates on their conditions.
The suspected shooter was arrested and taken into custody. No information…
Thu, 4/11, 8:00pm (1 month ago)
A new study found hostility online is increasing, and it's spilling over into life offline.
One in five people said they stopped talking to someone in person after disagreeing online, according to a survey conducted by coorporate consulting firm VitalSmarts. The company also found young people were four times as likely…
Thu, 4/11, 4:21pm (1 month ago)
A spring snowstorm led to hundreds of flight cancelations, dozens of car accidents and mass transit delays early Thursday in the Twin Cities area.
Over five inches of snow fell in Minneapolis and the western metro area Thursday morning and afternoon, and the National Weather Service expects another two-to-three inches to…
Wed, 4/10, 12:29pm (1 month ago)
Twin Cities home prices continued to increase in March, while the number of home listings declined, the Pioneer Press reported.
The Pioneer Press reported the median sale price of a Twin Cities home was $176,000 for the month of March, up 17.4 percent from March of last year, according to data from…
Mon, 4/8, 8:46pm (1 month ago)
A candidate for Minnesota Student Association President, Adam Motzko, has dropped out of the race and came out in support of Mick Hedberg's campaign in a statement Sunday.
"The issues facing students here at the University of Minnesota will only be successfully addressed if we come together as one unified voice," Motzko…
Thu, 4/4, 11:40am (1 month ago)
Police arrested two juveniles Tuesday after they carried toy guns onto a Metro Transit bus in North Minneapolis, authories said Wednesday, according to the Star Tribune.
People at a bus stop at 35th and Fremont Avenues N. called police after seeing the juveniles with replica rifles, said Metro Transit spokesman John…
Thu, 4/4, 10:42am (1 month ago)
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture warned consumers Wednesday of possibly tainted meat products sold at several coops and dining spots in the Twin Cities.
The MDA discovered that smoked pork and beef pepper sticks produced by Belgrade Meat Center were contaminated with Listeria bacteria, the Pioneer Press reported. The MDA discovered…
Tue, 4/2, 7:31pm (2 months ago)
A task force funded by the National Rifle Association presented a plan Tuesday suggesting the training and arming of security guards at every school in the nation.
The recommendation was part of 225 pages on how to improve school security in response to December’s Newton, Conn., massacre that left 20 first-graders…
Mon, 4/1, 6:15pm (2 months ago)
To architecture senior Alice Yonke, watercolor paint is a “natural medium.”
“You have brushes that are made from animal hair and paints that are made from minerals,” she said.
This Friday, Yonke will share her natural art at the 2013 Sustainability Symposium on the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, where students…
Mon, 4/1, 4:21pm (2 months ago)
President Barack Obama joined 30,000 children and parents in festivities Monday for the annual White House Egg Roll on the South Lawn, the Associated Press reported.
The president participated in the egg roll and read popular children's book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" to a group of boys and girls. Obama also…
Mon, 4/1, 3:54pm (2 months ago)
Prosecutors announced that they will seek the death penalty in the trial James Holmes, the man accused of going on a shooting spree in a movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., last July.
The announcement came just days after a judge rejected Holmes' lawyer's request for a trial delay and entered a…
Fri, 3/29, 6:00pm (2 months ago)
Steve Minn, an ex-Minneapolis City Council member, has resigned as a commission member of the city's public housing authority after it was discovered earlier this year he used fake names to bash a business rival in messages to City Hall.
The Star Tribune reported in January that Minn, who operates Lupe…
Thu, 3/28, 9:04pm (2 months ago)
North Korea's leader said his rocket forces are ready to "settle accounts with the U.S." in response to U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers joining military drills with South Korea, according to the Washington Post.
The preparation plan, signed by Kim Jong Un, ordered rockets on standby to strike the U.S. mainland, South…
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