AltWeeklies Wire
Is American Family Legal Plan Duping Minnesota's Elderly?new
An agent told Florence Carlson that her money would be much better off at American Family Legal Plan. In fact, if Carlson didn't buy a living trust with American Family before she died, the costs of estate taxes and probate fees could suck thousands of dollars from her savings.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
02-17-2010 |
Children & Families
Dan Buettner's Blue Zones Teach Nine Secrets of a Longer Lifenew
Dan Buettner says he's found the secret. He visited the ragged cliffs of Sardinia and the fertile gardens of Okinawa — global hotspots of longevity, dubbed Blue Zones — where people live to be 100 at astonishing rates. He identified what they have in common and distilled their secrets into a recipe he says could add a decade to your life.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
02-03-2010 |
Media
'Baiting Bambi' Receives Increased Scrutiny as Minnesota Cracks Downnew
Someone had finally bagged "Fred," the legendary whitetail buck of Goodhue County. He was an animal whispered about for years, a cunning ghost that traveled at night and had somehow managed to avoid even Minnesota's most experienced hunters. Until now.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
01-06-2010 |
Environment
Swine Flu Summit Aims to 'Keep the World Working' During Pandemicnew
Business leaders from the largest corporations in the United States come to Minneapolis, with purses full of hand sanitizer, to learn how to cope with swine flu.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
09-30-2009 |
Science
Historic Lutheran Vote Allows Gays to Preach God's Wordnew
Lesbian Lauren Wendt, a volunteer coordinator for Goodsoil, a Lutheran group working for the full inclusion of gays and lesbians in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, can finally follow her calling into the ministry.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
08-26-2009 |
Religion
What Happens to a Reporter's Twitter Identity After a Job Move?new
In Minnesota, a reporter leaving the Pioneer Press for the Star Tribune won't be able to take her blog or Twitter along with her.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg and Kevin Hoffman |
08-19-2009 |
Media
One Nation News Earns Rep as a Copy-and-Paste Newsroomnew
Most of the stuff I found on One Nation News' website gives me major flashes of deja vu. In fact, many of the blurbs are nearly identical to A-List items I assigned, wrote, and edited last week. I could include more, but what we're really talking about here is a classic instance of copy, paste, and delete the byline.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jessica Armbruster |
07-29-2009 |
Media
Minneapolis Spending $200K to Promote Tap Waternew
The critics of the TapMPLS project ignore the fact that promoting tap water has the ability to make the city millions.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
07-15-2009 |
Environment
Minnesota Governor Cuts Healthcare for the Poornew
For over 30 years, General Assistance Medical Care has protected patients living far beneath the poverty line in Minnesota. But in the twilight of the legislative session, it became the victim of a line item veto from Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
David Hansen |
06-05-2009 |
Policy Issues
Rare Hib Disease Increases in Minnesotanew
Is the anti-vaccine movement to blame for a rise in the number of cases of a rare, life-threatening infectious disease?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
06-05-2009 |
Science
How a Minnesota Mental Health Patient Was Forced into Electro-Shock Therapynew
There were 41 cases of the controversial practice of forced, court-ordered electroconvulsive treatment in Hennepin County last year. Ray Sandford was one of them.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
05-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Craig Newmark Finds an Unlikely Ally: A Victim's Familynew
In the wake of the murder of Katherine Olson, who was killed after responding to a babysitting ad on Craigslist, creator Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster are weathering a storm of criticism.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell and Matt Snyders |
05-04-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Westlaw Rises to Legal Publishing Fame by Selling Free Informationnew
West makes its money by selling free, public information—specifically, court documents—to lawyers. On this simple model, the company rakes in a whopping 32.1 percent operating profit margin.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
04-30-2009 |
Media
Tags: legal publishing, Westlaw
Military Deserters Again Flocking to Canada to Avoid Warnew
Of the estimated several hundred deserters living in Canada, just around 40 have come forward to file asylum claims. The others, living under the radar without legal status and likely waiting to see how their peers' cases pan out, have little to stoke their hopes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Megan Feldman |
03-13-2009 |
War
The 'MinnPost' Model: Is It Sustainable?new
Beneath the optimism surrounding MinnPost's launch lingered an obvious question: Could this business model be sustainable? How to translate web traffic into enough cash flow to ensure financial independence? Sixteen months later, and deep into a nationwide recession, the question is even more apt.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
03-04-2009 |
Media
