Republicans came to Minneapolis for their 1892 national convention. The riverfront hall where that event took place is now gone, but old drawings at the Mill City Museum point out where it stood.
Visitors can also channel political history at the Minnesota State Fair. Sitting or future presidents Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Calvin Coolidge and Dwight [...]
Two days and a shave after returning from the top of the world, Gov. Bill Ritter says he remains convinced in his plans to deal with climate change at the state level.
Ritter and dozens of climate experts, political figures, non-profit managers, business leaders and clergy completed a week-long trip this past weekend to the Norwegian [...]
“We are in Iraq to thank our troops, diplomats and civilians for the remarkable job they are doing and to let them know that, back home, Americans are proud of them. We came to consult with our military leaders, embassy team and the Iraqi government about a way forward in Iraq that advances the interests [...]
A red-shirt freshman on the University of Oregon football team has died after trying to swim the McKenzie River during an inner-tube trip down the river.
It says that most of the party started down the river, but Doxey decided to jump off a bridge.
He swam across the current toward a boat ramp. But, the Lane [...]
The Dodgers have struggled away from Los Angeles this year, but got their current nine-game road trip off to a good start. The club resumes that swing and a three-game series with the San Diego Padres tonight at Petco Park.
The Dodgers defeated the Padres, 7-2, on Tuesday for just their second win in their last [...]
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki who arrived in Nairobi early Friday from Japan where he attended the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development termed his five-day trip to the Asian nation a success.
A statement from his office said Kibaki urged Kenyans to gain confidence of building a prosperous nation from the Japanese economic success whose [...]
Lesley Becker, a graphic designer for the Globe, was accustomed to the peaceful roads of the Midwest. Though she came to Boston years ago, she never could comprehend such local quirks as the “Boston Left” or who has the right of way at intersections. If only someone would educate readers about how they were supposed [...]
Dr Albert Hofmann, who died last week, was the inventor of LSD. But he was not merely a chemist. He was a revolutionary.
Hofmann changed the way a whole generation looked at the world. This is the sort of statement that is customarily made about thinkers and scientists of the stature of, say, Marx or Einstein. [...]
President Bush and King Abdullah of Jordan met privately for breakfast on Wednesday morning, as the White House tries to resuscitate the ailing Middle East peace talks before Mr. Bush leaves for Israel next month.
But the Jordanian Embassy said afterward that the king told Mr. Bush that negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis “should be based [...]
The students -three girls andthree boys - and a male teacher died yesterday after heavy rain swiftly turned a river the group was canyoning down in the Tongariro National Park into a torrent.
Police have released the names of the victims. They are:
- teacher Anthony McClean, 29, of Howick.
- Natasha Bray, 16, of Pakuranga;
- Portia McPhail, [...]
