There's a strip mall just outside the city limits of Minneapolis that seems to capture in a nutshell what the city's economic situation has been like of late -- bad, but compared to other cities, it's definitely not horrible.
If you've never set foot in an architectural salvage shop, you're missing out on an amazing world of bargains for house repairs and upgrades. A cross between a home improvement center and an antique store, these cavernous warehouses sell used, or "pre-owned," house parts, from french doors and ornate mantelpieces to like-new commercial-grade appliances.
Tucked into the rolling hills of Hopkins, a suburb west of Minneapolis, the recently refurbished Oak Ridge Country Club looks much like a middle school: beige paneling, a limestone base, and energy-efficient windows. Along the main road to the club is a modest apartment complex with four signs advertising units for rent. Beyond Oak Ridge's modest doors, however, is a well-appointed interior that provides a gathering place for some of the wealthier families in the Twin Cities.
Blistering temperatures and winds battered parts of the upper Midwest on Tuesday, delivering to some states the coldest weather in decades.
Parents flick the light switch, flap the sheets and prod their groggy teenagers to get to school on time. Then, when the teenagers get to school, they slump over their desks to snooze.
Last month, 17-year-old Burhan Hassan told his family he was catching a ride to school with a friend. He then vanished.
Sweaty, hot, and gross after biking to work? Cyclists in Minneapolis now have a better option than sponge baths in the restroom: The Freewheel Midtown Bike Center, where riders can take a shower, access lockers, lock up their bikes, and enjoy discounts on tune-ups and rentals.
Federal health officials are beginning a project in Minneapolis-St. Paul to let letter carriers stockpile a personal supply of emergency antibiotics so they are protected and ready to deliver aid to the rest of the city at a moment's notice
A steady stream of motorists crossed the new Interstate 35W "smart bridge" as it opened early Thursday, a little more than a year after the old one collapsed into the Mississippi River and killed 13 people
There's a strip mall just outside the city limits of Minneapolis that seems to capture in a nutshell what the city's economic situation has been like of late -- bad, but compared to other cities, it's definitely not horrible.
If you've never set foot in an architectural salvage shop, you're missing out on an amazing world of bargains for house repairs and upgrades. A cross between a home improvement center and an antique store, these cavernous warehouses sell used, or "pre-owned," house parts, from french doors and ornate mantelpieces to like-new commercial-grade appliances.
Tucked into the rolling hills of Hopkins, a suburb west of Minneapolis, the recently refurbished Oak Ridge Country Club looks much like a middle school: beige paneling, a limestone base, and energy-efficient windows. Along the main road to the club is a modest apartment complex with four signs advertising units for rent. Beyond Oak Ridge's modest doors, however, is a well-appointed interior that provides a gathering place for some of the wealthier families in the Twin Cities.
Blistering temperatures and winds battered parts of the upper Midwest on Tuesday, delivering to some states the coldest weather in decades.
Parents flick the light switch, flap the sheets and prod their groggy teenagers to get to school on time. Then, when the teenagers get to school, they slump over their desks to snooze.
Last month, 17-year-old Burhan Hassan told his family he was catching a ride to school with a friend. He then vanished.
Sweaty, hot, and gross after biking to work? Cyclists in Minneapolis now have a better option than sponge baths in the restroom: The Freewheel Midtown Bike Center, where riders can take a shower, access lockers, lock up their bikes, and enjoy discounts on tune-ups and rentals.
Federal health officials are beginning a project in Minneapolis-St. Paul to let letter carriers stockpile a personal supply of emergency antibiotics so they are protected and ready to deliver aid to the rest of the city at a moment's notice
A steady stream of motorists crossed the new Interstate 35W "smart bridge" as it opened early Thursday, a little more than a year after the old one collapsed into the Mississippi River and killed 13 people
Kanye West raising the roof. Charlize Theron leading the charge. Gwyneth Paltrow and Edward Norton stumping for the arts.
A year after the worst U.S. bridge collapse in a generation, many bridges with structural problems have had no work beyond regular maintenance
At the age of 21, Christopher Jenkins appeared to have everything going for him. The University of Minnesota senior was good-looking, had a near perfect grade-point average and had a future in business.
A key negotiator says a deal has been reached to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse
Whether it's dining, shopping, culture, nightlife or people, everybody has a favorite city. Some cities are great places to live and raise a family. Others provide the backdrop for that once-in-a-lifetime vacation.
No matter how good you are at customer service, let's face it: Periodically you are going to screw up. That's when you face a test - and an opportunity. Handle the incident poorly and you may create a corps of negative customer evangelists, trash-talking your business to anyone who'll listen. Fix the situation, and you may secure a customer for life.
Minneapolis's exuberant Chambers Hotel is taking Midwestern design to a whole new level. T+L pays a visit.
Divers found another body in the Mississippi River on Sunday, 11 days after a highway bridge collapsed into the fast-flowing water
Nearly half of all Americans are worried about the collapse of a bridge somewhere in the United States, yet nearly two-thirds reject higher taxes to inspect and fix them, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday.
Flags flew at half-staff at the Minnesota Capitol on Wednesday a week after a bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing at least five people and injuring about 100
From parks to the banks of the Mississippi River, people across Minneapolis on Tuesday paused to remember those who died in last week's bridge disaster as the search intensified for more victims.
Federal investigators questioned construction crews that were working on the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River when it collapsed last week, while divers Sunday continued their search for victims of the disaster.
Drivers who were on the Minneapolis bridge when it collapsed told harrowing tales of survival.
Divers at a collapsed interstate bridge prepared Friday to resume a painstaking search that has found five bodies so far
An interstate bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed during rush hour Wednesday evening, sending cars and debris crashing into the waters of the Mississippi River.
The search for bodies in the Mississippi River was painstakingly slow as divers navigated debris and coped with low visibility after Wednesday's deadly bridge collapse, officials said.
Divers searching in the murky Mississippi River for victims of the bridge collapse work in a hazardous world where a mistake can cost them their lives.
As emergency crews conduct recovery and cleanup efforts Thursday at the site of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, survivors and eyewitnesses continue to relive the terrifying moments of Wednesday afternoon.
The investigation into the failure of the Minneapolis bridge is just beginning, but there are clues behind the collapse
Divers searched the Mississippi River on Thursday for more bodies entombed in cars trapped beneath the surface. As many as 30 people remained missing
Unionized ground crews for Northwest Airlines mounted a brief work stoppage at the airline's Minneapolis hub Wednesday to protest the bankrupt airline's hiring of non-union vendors to clean aircraft, union officials said.
ANGELA HAASL, 26, MINNEAPOLIS
Many problems with "sham" title insurance companies -- companies set up to hide illegal rebates to banks, builders and realtors in exchange for steering business their way -- might have been fixed by now, except for this: No one knows the scope of the fees that home buyers pay -- or who profits most from them.
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As a job description, "Rogue Taxidermist" seems designed to get a laugh, but when you see the work of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists--say, a squirrel nibbling on a bloody finger--t...
What to do with a long-ignored half bath? If you're Deborah Kermeen and John Grochala of Minneapolis and you already happen to be remodeling the kitchen adjacent to the neglected bath, it's simple:...
When you put money into renovating your home, you do it for you and your family, right? You select the tiles you like best for the bathroom, your favorite style cabinets for the kitchen, the patio ...
When you put money into renovating your home, you do it for you and your family, right?
I recently got married and my new husband and I seem to be spending most of our income just trying to pay off our debt. We have stock investments that are about equal in value to our debt, and I'm wondering: Would we be better off just selling our stocks and repaying our debt, or should we leave our stock investments alone and continue to pay our debt down?
A financial adviser has been managing about $400,000 in assets in mutual funds and a few stocks for me since 2001 for a fee of 1 percent of assets per year.
A Minnesota man has been indicted on charges he provided material support to al Qaeda for more than three years, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
When a young woman shops at Once Famous, a boutique in downtown Minneapolis, her every move is recorded by ceiling-mounted videocameras, and her conversations are monitored by concealed microphones...
At the Minneapolis Grain Exchange on Sept. 9, in a crowded, octagonal trading pit that is just slightly larger than a very big Jacuzzi, the price of the December contract of hard red spring wheat h...
[Complete text not available--table also provides market value March 15 2001, rank by market value, profits as percent of revenues (percentage and rank), profits as percent of assets (percentage an...
The Greeks figured out the summer heat long ago: cold spreads of yogurt, potatoes, or fish roe; whole fish grilled over charcoal and slathered with olive oil, lemon, and herbs; and a bladder of ret...
Don't like your managed-care company? Tired of dispirited doctors processing the mob in the waiting room with all the care and compassion of postal clerks? Tough. What are you going to do about it?...
If you happen to be a fan of the fireplace, you'll be pleased to learn that one of the latest restaurant trends is the wood-fired oven, in which log-fed flames flavor everything from pizzas to pan ...
In summer, cold food is key. Vietnamese cuisine is particularly bracing, with chilis and lemongrass livening up chilled chicken salads and summer rolls. If the air conditioning is on too high, don'...
In the first seven weeks of this year, individuals poured $6 billion into bond funds, the most for a seven-week period since 1994. This shift suggests that small investors are taking steps to defen...
Dear Annie: I am an engineer and manager in a smokestack industry, and I'm considering a promotion to a job where all the people who will be reporting to me came up through the ranks and are wary o...
"In Boston," Mark Twain wrote in 1899, "they ask, 'How much does he know?' In New York, 'How much is he worth?' In Philadelphia, 'Who were his parents?'" In Seattle, 100 years later, they ask, "Did...
Hotels in Hong Kong, rental rates in Raleigh-Durham, martinis in Milwaukee? We got 'em. Commute time in Cincinnati, BAs in Boston, lodging in London? Look no further. In the chart below, you'll fin...
Three years ago, Steven Schussler was headed for either restaurant heaven or the psychiatric ward. Living in the company of 45 parrots, four toucans, two tortoises, and an iguana--and changing diap...
Maybe it would have been better if Hillary had just stayed home. Look at what she forswore: her own flourishing law practice, a lucrative sideline in commodities, the large charms of Little Rock. Y...
Deborah Cole, 45, a Minneapolis pharmaceutical sales rep, insists she's not the gambling type. "Basically," she says, "I like to play it safe." Yet since 1991, with guidance from money manager Lee ...
& When her son and daughter-in-law needed money to remodel their kitchen last September, Melba Bomash told them to come to mama. Mrs. Bomash, who is 80 and lives in Denver, made a $30,000, 15-year ...
; No place, not even our top place, ranks No. 1 in every way. We rate the metro areas in nine broad categories, ranging from health (medical care and a lack of pollution) to wealth (job-growth pros...
TOM BROWN, 44, had been working as New York regional comptroller for McKesson, the big wholesale drug distributor, when he got the news that he no longer had a job. He knew that layoffs were inevit...
No place is perfect, of course, as the table below shows. Here you'll find how each of our top 10 metro areas rates in nine broad categories, with 100 points representing the best possible score. T...
Let me add a thought to all the responses I'm sure you've received about the advice, in November's Money Update, to allocate an inheritance to your children not on an equal basis but according to t...
You could end up receiving some air-fare discounts -- or even a few extra bucks -- as a result of the recent class-action suit brought against nine U.S. airlines. The suit alleges that American, Co...
The baby-boom generation is producing a boomlet of its own -- on Wall Street as well as in the nursery. Births in the U.S. reached a near-record 4.2 million last year, the most since 1961. And thes...
-- MARGARITA SWEENEY, 45, newly laid-off chief underwriter of a Minneapolis mortgage-banking company: ''I was surprised when I went to the unemployment office and didn't see any blue-collar workers...
IF YOU'RE LIKE most managers, you're already grappling with what's to be the critical business problem of the Nineties: a shortage of skilled workers. The baby bust -- the decline in the birthrate ...
ASK A BUNCH OF CEOs about their favorite cities and you'll probably hear them evaluate urban life the same way anyone else would. They love San Francisco for the Bay and the restaurants, Seattle fo...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A doctor who performed a blood-alcohol analysis of three Northwest Airlines pilots accused of flying while intoxicated testified . . . that the results, showing elevated levels, were...
Not every department store chain needs to be marked down before it can be sold. BAT Industries sold Saks Fifth Avenue for $1.5 billion and Marshall Field for $1.04 billion within a week of each oth...
On the wall of the ladies' room of a bar in upstate New York, a plaintive graffito recites a loser's litany for our times: ''No BMW, no condo, no MBA.'' As an antidote to hopelessness, the car or t...
Whether they choose to live in the suburbs or the city, blacks often pay steep financial and quality-of-life costs that whites do not. Two examples: Larry Tucker, 47, and his wife Gwendolyn, 42, we...
What a difference a year makes. Last year, in our second annual survey of the best places to live in the U.S.A., Danbury, Conn. headed the list. This time, mirroring the shift in strength of the na...
Prefer to let someone else choose your stocks? Morningstar, a Chicago firm that rates mutual funds, considers the five below most likely to prosper in bad times and good. They don't all succeed the...
The past four months have been hard on regional bank stocks, and not without reason. In New England the condominium market has dived, splashing some lenders. Nonperforming loans of all banks, about...
MONEY FLASH It' s time to buy Texas by Jerry Edgerton Rebounding smartly from the oil bust of the early 1980s, the economy of the Lone Star State is beginning a broad- based business recovery. Page...
Essential as it is to a successful retirement, financial security is only half the story. Remember that if you quit work at age 65 you should expect to live two decades -- half a career -- in retir...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Team names like the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians have no more place in sports than would the San Diego Caucasians or Kansas City Jews, says a group fighting Indian refer...
On Wall Street, small investors who make gigantic profits when the market soars are mockingly known as bull market geniuses. The sarcasm is born of envy, of course: the professionals wish they coul...
Ever since the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis opened 25 years ago with a production of Hamlet, regional theater has been a powerful cultural force in America. Such hits as Agnes of God, Crimes of t...
STEVEN LEUTHOLD, 48,a Minneapolis financial adviser, on the stock market's January gyrations: ''You have to realize we're in Looney Tunes land, and you should stay fairly close to the exits.''
The U.S. is a mosaic of communities, and in a spotty economy some are doing better than others. The vitality and livability of a city and its environs depend on many things, notably the vision and ...
Before Bing Carlin buys a stock, he tries to get to know the company's top executives. For fund managers whose companies are all over the globe, that would be impossible. But Carlin, the 51-year-ol...
In his mid-fifties, James Rude had reached the peak of an enviable career. A former vice president of Pillsbury in Minneapolis, he was in business for himself as a computer consultant with a six-fi...
The Justice Department came out against the proposed merger of Northwest (see Profile) and Republic Airlines. Among its objections in a 29-page commentary: both carriers are based in Minneapolis-St...
ONE OF THE HOTTEST STARS in the advertising firmament is Fallon McElligott Rice, a 3 1/2-year-old agency from, of all places, Minneapolis. In January it landed a $5-million account to drum up subsc...
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