WEEKLY PLANNER Monday, Oct. 16 Be Directed Toward Powerful Presenting. A class for professionals who want to improve their formal presentations. Sponsored by Employer Solutions and presented by Dean Hyers and Pete Machalek of SAGE Presenting. 6-10 p.m., 1900 Landmark Towers, 345 St. Peter St., St. Paul. $95. 612-384-0763.
The next few days will be important ones for both Northwest Airlines and Mesaba Airlines to avoid strikes. Mesaba has until 3 p.m. Monday to reach deals with three of its unions, or a bankruptcy judge in Minneapolis will rule whether the carrier can cut wages and benefits for 1,140 pilots, flight attendants and mechanics.
When Fortune Bay first opened its doors as a bingo hall back in 1986, it would have been hard to envision the remarkable change that gaming would bring to the Bois Forte Band and the Lake Vermilion region.
On Nov. 9, 2001, in the cover of darkness, Lisardo Torres and four other men departed Cuba in a boat and started a dangerous journey that would eventually bring them to the United States. Torres, with hopes of a new life in America, said he was threatened, imprisoned and detained before arriving in Houston a year after he fled.
Airline passengers willing to put up with aggressive new airport security measures are enjoying the unexpected serenity that comes from boarding flights with considerably less carry-on luggage.
MINNEAPOLIS Officials at the Twin Cities Airport in Minneapolis have dropped a plan designed to get around Muslim cab drivers who refuse to carry customers who have alcohol with them.
Scores of Muslim cabdrivers in Minneapolis who say their faith prohibits them from driving passengers with alcohol have sparked a debate over how far a government must go to accommodate Islamic law.
A minor issue at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) has potentially major implications for the future of Islam in America. Starting about a decade ago, some Islamic taxi drivers serving the airport declared that they would not transport passengers visibly carrying alcohol — in transparent duty-free shopping bags, for example. This stance stemmed from their understanding of the
Fall is a good time to visit. Minneapolis is a very walkable city. The cold won't be an issue for a while (if it does get chilly, there are enclosed skyways everywhere to protect you). And if you book a hotel downtown and take the light-rail line from the airport, you won't need to rent a car.
