07.23.2009 2:29 pm

Minneapolis paper doesn’t allow story comments on certain subjects

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Minneapolis Star Tribune refuses to allow story comments on eight topics. An article on MinnPost.com quotes Terry Sauer, the Star Tribune’s assistant managing editor/digital, as saying comments are turned off on stories that deal with:

Crime
Muslims
Fatalities/suicides
Gays
Distressed local companies
Racially sensitive stories
Local homes stories
CJ (A…

Just how funny can Al Franken be as a senator?

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Is Al Franken too funny for the Senate?” Linton Weeks considers that question in an article Monday on NPR.org. Franken is to be sworn in Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. St. Louis time.

Weeks’ article begins:

AP photo

For the first time in U.S. history, a…

Minneapolis Star Tribune files its plan to exit bankruptcy

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is offering a glimpse of a newspaper after bankrupcty. These details are from a Star Tribune story by David Phelps:

The current owners are gone and get nothing.

First-lien creditors get new common stock and secured notes with…

Minneapolis paper doesn’t allow story comments on certain subjects

Just how funny can Al Franken be as a senator?

Minneapolis Star Tribune files its plan to exit bankruptcy

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