Life from Minnesota Public Radio

Twins owner remembered as family man, businessman

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:45:00 -0600

Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad was remembered at his funeral as a hard-driving businessman and a dedicated family man.

Chamber orchestras flock to St. Paul

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:00:00 -0600

For the next month, the Twin Cities will play host to an extraordinary orchestral event. Four of the worlds top chamber orchestras will join the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for what's believed to be the first ever International Chamber Orchestra Festival.

Travel is down, but the world is still calling

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Heading into the holiday travel season, AAA predicted the first decline in travel in six years because of the economy. But people still are figuring out ways to take trips. Rudy Maxa has ideas for smarter travel in 2009.

Twins owner Carl Pohlad dies

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:14 -0600

Minnesotans in business, sports and philanthropic circles are looking back on the life of Carl Pohlad, who died yesterday at the age of 93.

Rising star plays music that's old-timey and new

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:00 -0600

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles conquer the Twin Cities music scene.

Former Viking Carl Eller sues Minneapolis police

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:07:54 -0600

Eller alleges officers violated his civil rights, used excessive force and concealed videotape evidence when they subdued him during an arrest last April.

Inside Islam

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:39:07 -0600

Irshad Manji, out with a PBS documentary titled "Faith Without Fear," and Dalia Mogahed, co-author of "Who Speaks for Islam?" and senior analyst for the Gallup Organization, appeared together at the Aspen Ideas Festival for a discussed Muslims and society moderated by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg.

Vikings season ends

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:04:21 -0600

The Vikings were knocked out the NFL playoffs in the first round when they lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 26-14 at the Metrodome.

Vikings' ticket sales avoid local TV blackout

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:51:20 -0600

Fans purchased more than 20,000 tickets over six days, assuring there will be no local TV blackout when the Minnesota Vikings play Philadelphia at the Metrodome on Sunday in the NFL playoffs.

Carol O'Connell and the covenant of the crime novel

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0600

Carol O'Connoll's new novel "Bone by Bone" opens with a human jawbone sitting on the front porch of a house in a small California town.

Longtime central Minnesota radio man signs off

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:58:51 -0600

A central Minnesota broadcasting icon retired this week. For the past 56 years, many Minnesotans grew up listening to radio announcer Cliff Mitchell on KASM-AM in Albany. At 80 years old, Mitchell decided it was time to leave the airwaves.

Vikings get another extension on ticket sales

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:13:56 -0600

The NFL has given the Minnesota Vikings one last chance to sell out the Metrodome for Sunday's playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles. The team says it has 3,100 tickets left to sell.

New stadium equals stimulus, Vikings say

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:00:31 -0600

The Minnesota Vikings have an idea for stimulating the economy: a new football stadium. The team says it would create more than 5,500 jobs and provide $500 million or more to contractors in the state.

Minnesota time capsule awaits 2058

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:00:00 -0600

Minnesota seals its sesquicentennial time capsule Jan. 6. SPAM, White Pine seeds, photographs of the Winona floods and children's notes about Barack Obama winning the presidency are part of what Minnesotans attending the state's bicentennial in 2058 will discover.

Stretch of I-494 closed this weekend

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Traffic could be slowed down this weekend in the south metro as a stretch of I-494 will be closed for a construction project.