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May 23, 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.
Wed, 7/28, 2:45pm (3 years ago)
A federal judge blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's much-protested immigration law on Wednesday, according to a Star Tribune article.
United States District Court Judge Susan Bolton blocked portions of the law, which is still set to go into effect Thursday, including a section that made it illegal to fail…
Fri, 7/16, 1:19pm (3 years ago)
In response to complaints about reception problems, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Friday the company would offer free bumper cases to customers, according to a wired.com blog.
Customers who have already purchased a bumper case will be offered a full refund.
"We’re not perfect," Jobs said at the press conference held in California…
Tue, 7/13, 10:44am (3 years ago)
U2 has rescheduled the North American leg of its 360° tour that was postponed in May due to lead singer Bono's emergency back surgery, the group announced Tuesday.
The band will visit TCF Bank Stadium on July 23, 2011, and tickets purchased for the June 27, 2010 concert will be valid for…
Thu, 7/8, 11:59am (3 years ago)
The University of Minnesota is hoping $20 million of commercialization profits will strengthen future research.
President Bob Bruininks said at Wednesday’s Board of Regents meeting that the money has come entirely from the commercializing of university research and technologies and that the funds could be used for science, as well as…
Wed, 7/7, 2:00pm (3 years ago)
The University Of Minnesota Board Of Regents voted Wednesday to nominate the Northrop Mall district to the National Register of Historical Places.
In 1997 the Mall was designated as a Regents Campus Historical District and was listed in 2009 as National Register of Historical Places eligible.
President Bob Bruininks is currently working…
Fri, 6/18, 5:11pm (3 years ago)
The Minneapolis city council approved a settlement Friday granting $35,000 to a 63-year-old victim of a car accident with a city employee.
In December 2007, a city employee driving a front end loader ran a red light and hit Minneapolis resident Lynda Gronberg's vehicle. Gronberg suffered "significant injuries" and her…
Fri, 6/11, 5:52pm (3 years ago)
President Bob Bruininks presented his annual budget recommendation to the Board of Regents on Friday.
Among the budget’s highlights was the continual decrease in state funding and a subsequent $152 million budget hole the University must address in fiscal year 2011.
To help illustrate the effect this year’s budget crisis is having,…
Thu, 6/10, 11:52am (3 years ago)
Minneapolis has the biggest racial gap in unemployment in the nation, according to a study released Tuesday by the Washington, D.C. think tank the Economic Policy Institute.
Blacks in Minneapolis are more than three times more likely to be unemployed than whites, with the unemployment rate for blacks at just…
Fri, 5/28, 2:14pm (3 years ago)
With a sea of nurses behind them, representatives from the Minnesota Nurses Association announced Friday that 12,000 nurses will walk away from their jobs on Thursday, June 10 if a contract agreement cannot be reached.
"We feel that this is what is needed in order to get bargaining going again so…
Thu, 5/13, 4:39pm (3 years ago)
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents granted tenure to 90 faculty at a committee meeting Thursday, simultaneously promoting them to associate professors. One assistant professor was denied a permanent position at the University.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Tom Sullivan said the University has a 55 percent…
Thu, 4/8, 8:12pm (3 years ago)
On Thursday afternoon, Mayor R.T. Rybak detailed his plan to prepare for an additional $9.2 million in state aid cuts. Rybak stressed that certain pre-emptive financial decisions made by the city mitigated the severe impact the cuts had on the city.
According to the Star Tribune, Rybak defended Minneapolis for practicing…
Tue, 4/6, 3:23am (3 years ago)
A University student was stabbed in an attempted robbery at approximately 9:40 p.m. Monday, according to a University police public safety alert.
The student was hospitalized, but is in stable condition, according to the alert.
The robbery and stabbing occurred as the victim was jogging by 11th Avenue Southeast and Sixth Street…
Tue, 3/30, 8:15pm (3 years ago)
Low wage workers received a boon in the form of the Hiawatha light-rail line, according to a University of Minnesota study released Tuesday.
A low wage worker is someone earning $1,200 or less, monthly; roughly 900 low wage workers have moved near certain stations on the Hiawatha line.
The transit corridor has…
Wed, 3/24, 8:12pm (3 years ago)
Against all odds, racinos are back on the table in the state House of Representatives, according to a Star Tribune article.
House Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Finance Division Chair Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, added the provision to a different bill that passed the committee.
The bill will face a tougher vote…
Wed, 3/24, 6:35pm (3 years ago)
Relations between the University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council (the agency in charge of constructing the Central Corridor Light Rail) have soured further, according to an article in Finance and Commerce.
After months of face-to-face meetings, including a few mediated by Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, the two have resorted…
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