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Almanac - August 8, 2008

08/08/08


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Segments

The Monologue (08/08/08)

The national pastime is on Bick Smith's mind.

How Dry We Are (08/08/08)

While Southern Minnesota is soggy, here in the Twin Cities it hasn't rained much in a while. We ponder precip with Mark Seeley from the U of M.

No Child Left Behind (08/08/08)

New statewide school results are out ... and more schools are struggling. Are the standards screwy or is it the schools? We hear from Minnesota Education Commissioner Alice Seagren, Education Minnesota's Tom Dooher and Bernadeia Johnson from the Minneapolis Public Schools.

Matt Jennings Performs Live (08/08/08)

The Twin Cities' singer songwriter performs for us in Studio B. You can catch Matt Saturday night, August 9, at the 400 Club in Minneapolis.

The Olga Franco Verdict (08/08/08)

Reporter Frederick Melo from the St. Paul Pioneer Press has spent much of his summer learning more about Olga Franco and the community of Cottonwood. He gives us his perspective on the verdict this week in the van/bus crash case.

Another Campaign Notebook (08/08/08)

Mary Lahammer had fun watching all the Senate ads this week; that's one of the segments in this week's Campaign Notebook media digest.

The Political Panel (08/08/08)

This week's group digests FarmFest ... Obama's restaurant choice ... and McCain's choice of veep. Sarah Janecek and Phil Krinkie are the Republicans joining us this week. They square off against DFLers Wy Spano and Mike Hatch.

The Wrapup (08/08/08)

What odd thing happened at the Baseball All Star Game at the Metrodome back in '85? And what did viewers think of last week's music? All that and a show-ending tune by Matt Jennings.