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WEB FORECAST: Warm Temps, Partly Cloudy Skies Sunday
Expect patchy fog Sunday morning, with partly cloudy skies by the afternoon. Highs will hover around 40. Temperatures will stay warm Monday, with highs in the low 40s in the Twin Cities metro area. Click here to track your weather conditions with KSTP.com. If you have a great weather photo, send it to pics@KSTP.com. kstpVideoPlayerSyndicaster(3247252,0);
NE Minneapolis Neighborhood Fundraiser
The Sheridan Neighborhood Organization is holding a fundraising event tonight (Februrary 4). The 13th annual Sno Ball Fundraiser is at the PNA Hall at 1304 4th SE in Minneapolis. It runs from 7pm to midnight. Tickets are $25 at the door. There will be a live 12-piece band, silent auction and a fashion show. You must be 21 or older to attend.
VIDEO: Weekend Box Office Preview 02-03-2012
Hollywood Dailies host Steve Patterson talks about movies at the box office this weekend. To find movie times and a theater near you, visit KSTP.com's community web sites. Log on to KSTP.com and click on "Where You Live" and select your community. Scroll down the page and in the left column, you will see a "Community Resources" area with a link to...
State Hosts Forum on Protecting Water Resources
An advisory forum will be held for Minnesota citizens concerned about protecting the state’s water resources. The forum is part of the Minnesota Department of Health Drinking Water Contaminants of Emerging Concern Program and will discuss concerns and present opportunities to get involved in programs. The forum will give an overview of the program, a report from the Baseline Needs...
Dog Walk at the Metrodome
Dogs will be invading the Metrodome in Minneapolis later this month and you can be a part of the fun. Dog Day at the Dome is set for Thursday, February 9th from 5-9pm. Admission is $5 for dog owners and that price covers each person for up to 2 dogs. Parking is free on the east side of the stadium. There will be cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer and water provided. Dog owners...
Thursday's Child Michael
Michael picked a perfect day to visit the St. Paul Winter Carnival. This very happy and polite kid loves lego's and sledding and biking. He hopes to be a pirate or a cowboy one day! if you're interested in adopting Michael or any of Minnesota' waiting children please call 612-861-7115 kstpVideoPlayerSyndicaster(3243290,0);
Ron Paul To Visit Minneapolis Monday
Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul has five events planned in Minneapolis between now and Monday, with the final one scheduled for the Minneapolis Convention Center at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 6th, 1301 2nd Avenue South. The 12-term Congressman from Texas is also holding events in Rochester, Chanhassen, Bethel University in Arden Hills, and St. Cloud. The Minnesota Caucuses are Tuesday...
Fourth Annual Teen Driving Summit Comes to Rosemount
Teens, teachers and law enforcement gathered for the fourth annual Teen Driving Summit at the Rosemount Community Center Thursday. The topic this year is "From Impact to Inspiration," and sessions focused on reaching parents of new drivers, a public service announcement from Stillwater High School, and the Distracted Dodger game recently created by the University of Minnesota. Vijay...
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt Coming to Minneapolis
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt are bringing a special acoustic set to downtown Minneapolis next month. The veteran songwriters are will play the State Theatre on Wednesday, March 7th at 8pm. Both artists will play side by side alternating each of their own songs. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, February 3rd at 11am. Prices range from $43.50 to $79. For more information, click here...
Tickets To "Shatner's World" On Sale Tomorrow
It's William Shatner's world, and we just live in it. At least that's the name of the Star Trek Idol's latest one-man show coming to the Orpheum Theatre on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets run from $59 to $79. It's said to be a mix of storytelling, video clips, and music about Shatner's life, told in the way where no man has gone before. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m....
Carter Recalls Ambassador to Moscow
Twin Cities TV news from January 2nd, 1980:
Maybe the phantom of the past is not ready to let us go:
Carter feared that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in which an estimated 30,000 combat troops entered that nation and established a puppet government, would threaten the stability of strategic neighboring countries such as Iran and Pakistan and could lead to the USSR gaining control over much of the world's oil supplies.
Thirty years later, the news is the same, even including the threat of nuclear attack:
Carter asked the Senate to shelve ratification talks on SALT II, the nuclear arms treaty that he and Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev had already signed, and the president called U.S. ambassador to Moscow Thomas J. Watson back to Washington for "consultation," in an effort to let the Kremlin know that military intervention in Afghanistan was unacceptable.
Ivy League Economic Thinking
Jonathan at Chicago Boyz writes:
Part of what’s happening is that the economy is recovering, to some degree because the Fed is signaling that it’s going to keep suppressing short rates and buying up long-term govt debt for the foreseeable future. This is an insane policy that funnels money to Obama’s Wall Street cronies while killing low-risk investment opportunities for middle-class retirees. It seems likely to lead eventually to significant inflation. Romney, as the likely Republican nominee, should be hammering the Fed for ineptitude and corruption, for running an unsustainable monetary policy and trying to goose the markets into the election. He should be hammering Obama for trying to reinflate the credit markets to buy votes. (The residential real estate market seems to be picking up, perhaps to some degree in response to Obama’s mortgage-subsidy vote-buying scheme. But it may also be that people see inflation coming and want to exchange cash, especially borrowed cash, for real assets.)
Obama has been very bad for the country. His high tax, high regulation, high cronyism, high uncertainty policies suppress productive investment and throw vast amounts of private capital down politically favored sinkholes. Conservative and moderate/uncommitted voters alike yearn for a Republican candidate who forthrightly defends free enterprise and the opportunity society against Obama’s decadent, stratified socialist ineptocracy. Romney, the great businessman, the man who has been running for president for six or seven years, is tongue tied.
I disagree with Jonathan and the popular view of Romney’s business career. The short version is that Romney evolved into a a vulture capitalist, using debt to buy earnings and cashing out before the debt wiped out the earnings of the companies Bain Capital targeted.
CA man freed after murder charges dropped (AP)
AP - A 24-year-old man jailed for more than three months in the murders of his mother and brother was a free man Saturday after prosecutors said they would instead charge a high school friend accused in a string of serial killings. But the previously accused man now faces an immigration hearing on whether he should be allowed to remain in the country because he told officials he was here illegally.
School official quits amid charges he videotaped boys
Ind. election chief guilty of voter fraud
Did alleged homeless slayer kill woman, son?
Jury convicts Indiana elections chief (Reuters)
Virginia lacrosse murder trial set to start
In the nearly two years since a University of Virginia lacrosse player was charged with killing his ex-girlfriend, it's become easier for possible abuse victims to get a restraining order.
Father: Beheading plot suspect a dedicated teacher (AP)
Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control
New York City's activist mayor is spending millions of his own money touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague.

