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Almanac - January 4, 2008
Segments
A New Year's Monologue (01/04/08)
Susie Jones counts her blessings.
Winter Carnival's Ice Problems (01/04/08)
The St. Paul Winter Carnival needs more cash for ice carving blocks. And the carnival is just two weeks away.
Global Warming in Ely (01/04/08)
Governor Pawlenty and explorer Will Steger teamed up in Ely on Friday to talk about global warming. Our Mary Lahammer was there.
Getting Your Fill of Ethanol? (01/04/08)
Next week MinnPost.com will feature a four-part series on the politics and science of ethanol. MinnPost reporters Ron Way and Mark Neuzil give us a series preview.
Library Merger (01/04/08)
The Hennepin County Library system absorbed Minneapolis libraries this week. What will it mean to you? Find out as we chat with new system head Amy Ryan.
Liberian Refugees (01/04/08)
The Minneapolis-based American Refugee Committee has an active gender-violence program in the West African nation of Liberia. Minnesotan Eve Lotter is just back from seven months there and fills us in.
Remembering Carol Bly (01/04/08)
The acclaimed Minnesota writer died of cancer in late December. Back in 1991 Bly was featured on Channel 2's interview program Portrait. We play a few minutes from that wide-ranging interview.
Political Science Party (01/04/08)
There's no better time to be a political scientist. The Iowa caucuses have just ended and New Hampshire is right around the corner. We check in with Steve Schier of Carleton College, Larry Jacobs from the U of M, Hamline's David Schultz and Stacey Hunter Hecht from Bethel University.
Wrapup (01/04/08)
Two nifty Minnesota History questions and some great show-ending music from a 2007 studio performance by Willie Murphy.