Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Republican National Convention is only 12 days away, but history may be made even sooner in downtown with the reopening of a St. Paul landmark.
(08/20/2008)
Campfires will be banned in the blowdown area of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, starting at midnight tonight.
(08/20/2008)
Usain Bolt of Jamaica hurtled to his second world record and
his second Olympic gold medal, finishing the 200-meter race in
19.30 seconds to break Michael Johnson's 12-year-old mark.
(08/20/2008)
2008 Summer Olympics Day 12
(08/20/2008)
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman join Midday to answer listener questions about the impact of and logistics for the Republican National Convention.
(Midday,
08/20/2008)
A new program is taking advantage of what's left of summer to help kids avoid the obesity trap.
(08/19/2008)
Olympics Day 11
(08/19/2008)
Slideshow of day 10 of the Olympics in Beijing.
(08/18/2008)
Two St. Paul men won a bronze medal in the rowing competition at the Beijing Olympics, but two other athletes with Minnesota ties are out of the games.
(08/18/2008)
Cheering from the pool deck, Michael Phelps won
his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games on Sunday to
become the grandest of Olympic champions.
(08/16/2008)
One week after Barbara Bachman's husband
was killed in a random knife attack in China that also hospitalized her with life-threatening injuries, she is back in Minnesota, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, to continue her recovery.
(08/15/2008)
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, day 7.
(08/15/2008)
Minnesota track and field athlete Shani Marks failed to qualify for the Olympic finals in the triple jump event today.
(08/15/2008)
Retirement communities are more in demand than ever, but critics say they are artificial and too exclusive.
(Midmorning,
08/14/2008)
The Metropolitan Council late Wednesday afternoon approved a $0.25 fare increase in order to cope with revenue shortfalls and increased fuel costs.
(08/13/2008)









