Daily Planet headlines: Bike/walk to work, agriculture bubble, foreclosure crisis, smiley-face killers
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Jay Gabler
Date:
May 08 01:34 UTC
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Hit the streets
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11335
by Melissa Slachetka, TC Daily Planet
The temperature has finally risen above freezing, but unfortunately
gas prices are also on the rise. For savvy city dwellers, it's time
to put on a biking helmet or walking shoes and head outside. From
the Great Commuter Challenge to a new the brand-new Freewheel Midtown
Bike Center, the Twin Cities are gearing up for <a href=" http://
www.bikewalkweek.org">Bike/Walk to Work Week May 12-18</a> and Bike/
Walk to Work Day on May 14.
Minnesota's bubble economy: the critical need to prevent our farmland
boom from busting
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11333
by staff, Minnesota 2020
Minnesota agriculture is riding high -- perhaps too high to be
sustainable. Clearly, price bubbles are forming around farmland and
commodities that threaten the long-term health of Minnesota's huge
food and agriculture economy.
Foreclosure solutions
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11314
by Batala-Ra McFarlane, Insight News
The escalating rate of home foreclosures is putting American
homeowners in crisis-mode. As of March this year, more than "900,000
households [were] in the foreclosure process, up 71% from a year ago,
according to a survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association. That
figure represents 2.04% of all mortgages, the highest rate in the
report's quarterly, 36-year history."
The smiley-face killers: a born-in-Minneapolis urban legend takes wing
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11332
by Steve Perry, Minnesota Monitor
If you missed Kristi Piehl's breathless April 25 KSTP-TV report on
the pair of retired NYPD detectives who believe there's a network of
serial killers murdering college men around the country -- over 40 to
date, they claim, and perhaps up to 100 -- then you've probably also
missed the overnight growth of a new urban legend on the web.
INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET
Views and Reviews
Art note: Tasty "Lutefisk Sushi" at Altered Esthetics
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11307
by James Sanna, TC Daily Planet
The word “cartoonist” tends to evoke Saturday-morning buffoonery
rather than fine art. The word “illustrators” might be more
respectable, but in this case it would be completely off the mark:
the creations of these artists—influenced by Art Spiegelman and R.
Crumb, among others—romp through a range of visual and narrative
styles and subject matter, brimming with creativity and skill.
Interview: Drew Druckery of Stone Soup
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11168
by Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet
"When I put this band together I really wanted to bring all of my
favorite sounds together. Bands like the Allman Brothers Band with
their two-guitar interplay, mixed with the power of Led Zeppelin and
the groove of Bob Marley. I was also interested in vocal harmonies
like those of the Beatles and the Eagles. A lot of Stone Soup’s sound
comes from these sources."
St. Paul writers' group on RTX
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11311
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
With the rock band RTX (the letters stand for Rad Times Xpress)
slated for a show at the 7th Street Entry on June 28, the band’s
record label sent the Daily Planet a review copy of their latest
album RaTX. We listened to a few of the tracks at a recent meeting of
our St. Paul writers’ group.
NEW IN VOICES
Peace Island
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11346
by Susu Jeffrey, Southside Pride
The idea of a Peace Island conference came to me, whole, in the
middle of a meal. Shortly after the announcement of Saint Paul as the
location of the Republican National Convention (RNC), September 1-4,
I wrote “peace island” on a napkin scrap, and lost it. But the idea
festered—an undeclared recession, war without end, and 15,000 media
people coming to town looking for a story.
NEW IN BLOGS
College student challenges columnist, college and high school faculty
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11347
by Joe Nathan, School Talk
Ashley Luginbill, a 2007 Elk River High School graduate recently
wrote a wise and thoughtful challenge to my column about remedial
courses in Minnesota universities. She began, “I agree with all your
main points; however I think it isn't just about the students needing
to challenge themselves more.”