Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) articles from March 2001

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) archives from March 2001

MP3s for car-stereo use a hit among techie music lovers.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Julio Ojeda-Zapata John Schrieber loves his Honda Del Sol but not the six-disk CD changer that used to be installed in the sports car. Overnight condensation often rendered the device useless for up to 10 minutes during his...

For Woods, aggression is always the question.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Brian Hamilton ST. PAUL _ Eighty-five inches of enigma sits alone in the Arizona locker room, gangly legs spilling out from his game shorts, arms waving like cragged ends of tree branches that bend and sway with the wind. ...

Nate James finds patience a positive virtue.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Brian Hamilton ST. PAUL _ The names tumble from Nate James' mouth, a roll call of Duke players who helped acquaint Nate James with anonymity. James smiles as he recites them, identities coming fast and numerous like circus clowns...

Morris needs pep talk in more ways than one.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Brian Hamilton ST. PAUL _ It was Juan Dixon's turn. Not that there is an official schedule for these things, but the record generally shows that if it is a Maryland game day, and Terence Morris is around, then someone assumes the...

Mike Chappell finds a new home at Michigan State.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Brian Murphy ST. PAUL _ When it came time for the captains to meet the media throng at the Metrodome, Charlie Bell, David Thomas and Andre Hutson took their places on the NCAA dais, leaving fellow senior Mike Chappell in the...

Arizona's Edgerson? He's old school, all the way.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Tom Powers ST. PAUL _ He leads the Final Four in cool. And I'm not talking about your bald-headed Kevin Garnett cool. Or your wimpy goatee Kobe Bryant cool. Or your Air Jordan fancy footwear cool. Think Sly and the Family...

Like father, like son for the Waltons.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Bob Sansevere ST. PAUL _ Luke Walton just doesn't see it. The rest of us do, but not him. `'I don't think I look like my dad," he said. This might be a young man in need of laser surgery. Add wrinkles and about 25...

For the sake of the wood ducks, humans put up nests.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Boyd ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Snow is melting, the Canada geese are returning and 87-year-old Art Hawkins is getting ready to do a little spring housecleaning to welcome the wood ducks home to his 50-acre property in Lino Lakes....

Information on the 1939 NCAA Tournament.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Brian Murphy THE 1939 TOURNAMENT TEAMS EAST REGION (PHILADELPHIA MARCH 20-21): Villanova Brown Wake Forest Ohio State WEST REGION (SAN FRANCISCO MARCH 17-18) Oregon Texas Oklahoma ...

Telecom equipment supplier ADC to lay off 4,000.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Martin J. Moylan ADC Telecommunications plans to jettison up to 4,000 workers as it struggles to cope with a growing slowdown in spending by phone and cable companies. The cuts announced Wednesday are in addition to 3,000 jobs...

Twins acquire infielder.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Gordon Wittenmyer FORT MYERS, Fla. _ Trying to shore up an injury-depleted bench, the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday acquired infielder Hanley Frias from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor league catcher Chad Moeller....

Rebounding will be key for Arizona.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Bill Williamson MINNEAPOLIS _ Lute Olson has one more day of practice to figure out how to get the ball to bounce the University of Arizona's way Saturday. But against the rebounding machine that is Michigan State, it may...

Arizona coach made a lasting impact long ago.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Bill Williamson TWO HARBORS, Minn. _ Dave McDonald sat in the Two Harbors High School office once occupied by Lute Olson, pondering the journey that led from the tiny space and another that led to it. More than 40 years ago,...

Horvath on the sideline.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Mike Wells SHOREVIEW, Minn. _ The home is a basketball museum. As you walk through the halls of Nick and Mary Kay Horvath's house in Shoreview, you'll see pictures of their son Nick Jr. from his days as a prep star at Mounds...

Blake's dad driven to attend son's games.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Bob Sansevere Richard Blake checked his odometer. It had just clicked to 87,056 miles. He was on the road to the Final Four, and with Blake, that's not just a catchy slogan. Blake has had a fear of flying since an emergency...

Spartans will keep flights of fancy to a minimum.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Brian Murphy ST. PAUL _ It was no surprise the Michigan State Spartans were the first Final Four team to arrive in the Twin Cities on Wednesday evening, or that they flew in a corporate jet. After earning three consecutive...

Terps: That was then, this is now.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Bob Sansevere COLLEGE PARK, Md. _ The memory of that awful day in late January hasn't faded. It's still a neon-lit recollection of misery and despair in Maryland point guard Steve Blake's mind. On Jan. 27, Maryland held a...

Cash crunch: Future of the college game is painted green.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Brian Hamilton This is a good day for John Calipari. It is sunny, if a touch on the cool side, in Memphis. His son scrambles around outside, at first wanting to take a dip in the pool. But Dad says it's a bit too nippy for...

The NCAA supports a gambling ban on college athletics but faces a heavyweight in the Nevada gaming industry.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Brian Murphy ST. PAUL _ Tom Osborne brought enough college football coaching memories from Nebraska to Congress to filibuster his way into any cloakroom in the House of Representatives. But Osborne isn't interested in...

TV money for many: The NCAA mixes big business with creating opportunities for masses of student-athletes in filtering its NCAA men's basketball tournament riches to 976 schools.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Ray Richardson ST. PAUL _ When the NCAA was formed in 1906, representatives of the 62 founding institutions considered themselves a "discussion group" that set rules and policies for regular-season competition. The idea of...

How the NCAA Tournament compares to other major sporting events.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Sean Jensen A rating is the estimated percent of all TV households or persons tuned to a specific station. A share is the percent of households or persons using television at the time the program is airing and who are watching a...

INAURGURATION: Remembering the 1939 NCAA Tournament.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Brian Murphy By Brian Murphy ght Ridder Newspapers (KRT) ST. PAUL _ When Ohio State coach Harold Olsen assembled his Buckeyes to learn whether they were interested in playing in the inaugural NCAA men's basketball...

CLOSING IN ON NO. 2: The NCAA tournament has grown so much, a case can be made that it trails only the Super Bowl in popularity.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Sean Jensen ST. PAUL _ In the United States there is the Super Bowl. And then there is everything else. But quietly, due as much to the drop in interest in other major sporting events as its own rise in prominence, the Final...

Foreign students quarantined as precaution against animal disease.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Lee Egerstrom ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Ninety international students who arrived this week at the University of Minnesota are being quarantined for seven days to avoid the possible spread of foot-and-mouth disease to livestock. The...

Wild falls to Coyotes.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Greg Johnson ST. PAUL, Minn. _ There are no hustle points in hockey. If there were, the Wild would be fighting for a playoff spot just like the Phoenix Coyotes. For all the cycling of the puck that led to scoring chances...

Matthew Shepard's mother calls for `boring' gay role models.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Bill Gardner ST. PAUL, Minn. _ The mother of a 21-year-old gay man who died after being beaten and lashed to a fence in Wyoming says the gay community needs to show that gay people are just as boring as everyone else. "If...

`Someone Like You'.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Chris Hewitt It goes like this: Jennifer Lopez or Sandra Bullock or Whoever loves Matthew McConaughey or Brendan Fraser or Whoever. They have a date or two, but then she mistakenly believes he can't commit or he's gay or...

`Spy Kids'.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Chris Hewitt If Willy Wonka and James Bond went to the movies and had to come up with a compromise choice, they'd end up at "Spy Kids." There's a Wonka quality to the design of "Spy Kids," which features cutely ominous...

`Tomcats'.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Chris Hewitt Except for the one about the urologist, every single joke in "Tomcats" deals with sex. They're not good sex jokes, either. "Tomcats" is so sloppy that Gregory Poirier, who wrote and directed, apparently couldn't...

Minnesota's Twin Cities Growing Substantially, But Suburbs Burgeoning.
March 29, 2001... Mar. 29--Signaling what many hope is a rejuvenation of the central cities, St. Paul and Minneapolis posted substantial population gains during the 1990s, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday. The growth runs counter to recent predictions...

St. Paul, Minn., E-Commerce Company Looks to Conserve Cash with Layoffs.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Jim McCartney Mar. 29--SPS Commerce of St. Paul, which reinvented itself in the past year to focus exclusively on the Internet, will announce layoffs and a management restructuring to its employees this afternoon in an effort to...

Foreign Agriculture Students Quarantined at University of Minnesota.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Lee Egerstrom Mar. 29--Ninety international students who arrived Sunday at the University of Minnesota are being quarantined for seven days to avoid the possible spread of foot-and-mouth disease to livestock. The students, in...

Increasing Minority Population Changes Look of Minnesota.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Todd Nelson Mar. 29--Ethnic eateries have been multiplying, languages spoken in schools have been proliferating and once-white suburbs have been seeing a greater racial mix. Census figures released Wednesday confirmed what has...

Northwest Airlines Faces Competition in International Market.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Eric Torbenson Mar. 29--Northwest Airlines, already cutting costs amid an industry slowdown, now faces increased competition from its main U.S. rival in a key international market. United Airlines said Wednesday it will...

Minnetonka, Minn.-Based Telecom Equipment Maker Lays Off Workers.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Martin J. Moylan Mar. 29--ADC Telecommunications said it'll jettison up to 4,000 workers, including 400 in Minnesota, as it struggles to cope with a growing slowdown in spending by phone and cable companies. The cuts announced...

ADC Telecommunications Sees Reduction in Equipment Orders.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Sheryl Jean Mar. 29--ADC Telecommunications is at the mercy of its customers, and this year especially, that's not a good thing. The weak economy has forced many of the companies that buy ADC's communications services...

Minnesota Firms Rate Well in Work/Life Benefits Survey.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Casey Selix Mar. 28--The St. Paul Cos. and the West Group of Eagan are the only Minnesota companies included in a new top 10 list of U.S. employers most committed to work/life benefits. The list came from the second Survey of...

St. Paul, Minn., Likely to Approve Firm's Plan to Install Fiber-Optic Network.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Murali Balaji Mar. 28--In an effort to improve the city's telecommunications capacity and strengthen its technological initiative, the St. Paul City Council is expected to approve today a high-tech company's plan to install and...

Minnesota House Panel Rejects `Fire-Safe' Cigarette Bill.
March 28, 2001... Byline: David Hanners Mar. 28--A state House committee on Tuesday rejected a bill that would require the state to come up with standards for a "fire-safe" cigarette. On a 14-12 vote, the Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development...

Cottage Grove, Minn., Hunter's Prized Buck Poised for Breeding.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Amy Becker Mar. 28--Minnesota is home to a million wild deer, but Brad Heath will tell you his domesticated whitetail is worth a million bucks. Well, technically Whiley's only worth about $150,000, if you can put a price on...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Real World Economics Column.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Edward Lotterman Mar. 25--As someone who has taught introductory economics over the years, I always appreciate some educational help from the news media. Stories about macroeconomics filled the media this past week. Let me show...

Minnesota Panel Approves Bills to Delay Freeway Junction Project.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Toni Coleman Mar. 28--The controversial reconstruction of the Crosstown Commons freeway junction would be delayed several years under any of three bills that won approval Tuesday from the House Transportation Policy Committee....

Amid Reports of Manure Spill, Minnesota Agency Approves New Feedlot.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Dennis Lien Mar. 28--As state pollution-control officials investigate a large manure spill at one contested dairy feedlot, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens Board on Tuesday gave its blessing to another dairy...

No Talks Unless Mechanics Union Softens Demands, Northwest Airlines Says.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Eric Torbenson Mar. 28--Northwest Airlines said its negotiators won't meet with representatives from its mechanics union again unless the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association lowers its contract demands, the airline said...

Woodbury, Minn., to Vote on Requiring Background Checks of Prospective Renters.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Doug Peters Mar. 28--The city of Woodbury has scaled back a controversial proposal to require criminal background checks of prospective renters at new apartment complexes in the city. Instead of considering the mandatory...

`Virtual sacraments'? Never! Computers are NOT community.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Clark Morphew I was surfing on the Internet the other day, looking for information about the foot-and-mouth disease that is threatening the economy of the British Isles, when I ran across a bizarre technical story. I was in...

Women should give green light to auto-related jobs.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Amy Lindgren Here's a pop quiz: Name a job where you meet lots of people, help them solve problems, wear jeans and talk about cars all day. If you said service adviser, estimator or service writer for a car-repair facility,...

More employers are paying attention to the threat of workplace violence.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Casey Selix ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Any time another fatal shooting devastates a workplace or a school, a sick feeling comes over Vikki Sanders. "Some of them could have been prevented," says Minnesota's workplace violence prevention...

Heat-seekers break with tradition.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Rick Shefchik KEY WEST, FLA. _ I have always been one of the first parents to stand up and say that it is both unnecessary and overindulgent to take your kids _ or worse, send your kids _ to some warm-weather locale for spring...

Reviews of new jazz and folk releases.
March 27, 2001... "PLEASE REFRAIN FROM FRONTING,'' HAPPY APPLE, No Alternative (4 stars) Happy Apple has shouldered the "free jazz" tag since it began teaching local college kids what nerdy white guys can do with drums, sax and an electric bass. This...

Government can't help but play favorites in faith-charity initiative.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Clark Morphew Sometimes I am amazed by the childish behavior of religious people. Consider the issue of President Bush trying to help religious people do a better job of providing social services for the needy. This president...

With winter gone, it's time to clear out the impound lots.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Karl J. Karlson ST. PAUL, Minn. _ As the winter's six feet of snow rapidly melts away, it's leaving behind dirty streets, lost mittens and 580 unclaimed vehicles in the St. Paul snow emergency impound lot. The vehicles, if...

Magazine Praises St. Paul, Minn.-Area Firms for Diverse Buying Practices.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Casey Selix Mar. 27--Two Twin Cities-based companies have made Working Woman magazine's first national "supplier diversity" ranking. Lutheran Brotherhood (No. 13) and General Mills (No. 25) are among 30 U.S. companies honored...

St. Paul, Minn., Bonds Receive Top Rating.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Virginia Rybin Mar. 27--For the first time in its history, St. Paul has received the best possible rating for a loan -- a ranking that indicates a high level of confidence in the city's financial health. Standard and Poor's,...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Career Column.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Amy Lindgren Mar. 25--When I needed telephone access in my home office, I bought about 100 feet of telephone wire, plugged one end into the only existing jack upstairs and started stapling the wire everywhere. Over the closet...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Career Column.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Amy Lindgren Mar. 18--Here's a pop quiz: Name a job where you meet lots of people, help them solve problems, wear jeans and talk about cars all day. If you said service adviser, estimator or service writer for a car-repair...

Minnesota Governor Names New Head of Economic Development.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Jim Ragsdale Mar. 27--Gov. Jesse Ventura on Monday named Rebecca Yanisch, a former U.S. Senate candidate with a long career in public and private development, to head the state's Department of Trade and Economic Development. ...

Delay in GE Deal with Honeywell Concerns Investors.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Kevin Maler Mar. 27--When General Electric announced it would buy Honeywell International last year, GE's chairman, Jack Welch, trumpeted the idea that the combination of GE's aircraft engines and Honeywell's avionics equipment...

NCAA Basketball Fans Face Scramble for Minneapolis-Area Hotels.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Boyd Mar. 27--Yes, there is room at the inns, accommodations for an expected flood of NCAA Final Four fans this weekend. But don't expect bargain basement prices and don't procrastinate. Prices are up at many hotels...

Reconstruction Forces Downtown St. Paul, Minn., Road Closure until September.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Karl J. Karlson Mar. 27--A major reconstruction of a six-block stretch of Kellogg Boulevard will begin April 15, closing the busy downtown St. Paul thoroughfare between West Seventh and Wabasha streets until Labor Day. The...

Minnesota Sees Fewer Welfare Cases; Cause-and-Effect Relationships Unclear.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Virginia Rybin Mar. 27--Is welfare-to-work working? In Minnesota and nationwide, the answer is "yes," if the only measure is reduction in welfare caseloads. The number of families on welfare has declined dramatically since...

Operational Problems Cut into Earnings at Minnesota-Based Mesaba Airlines.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Eric Torbenson Mar. 16--When Paul Foley took the chief executive job at Mesaba Airlines in fall 1999, the regional airline's future seemed boundless. The Twin Cities-based carrier had no debt, millions in cash and a growing...

Animal-Disease Fight Felt in Saint Paul, Minn., Airport.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Toni Coleman Mar. 16--Martin Hemens, fresh off an eight-hour flight from London on Thursday, didn't mind the several-minute delay he encountered as U.S. Department of Agriculture officers checked his luggage and shoes for signs...

Apple, Compaq Market New CD Burners.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Julio Ojeda-Zapata Mar. 19--Don't just watch DVD movies -- make them. That's the latest pitch from sales-deprived computer companies Apple and Compaq, which recently unveiled fancy computers with special disk drives that can...

Minnesota Governor's Cuts Could Alter Lives of Many Disabled Residents.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Debra O'Connor Mar. 26--Dennison LaRiviere knows what he wants from state government, and it's not a best buddy. On March 1, LaRiviere reached a lifetime goal when he moved into a Minneapolis apartment. It's the first time...

St. Paul, Minn., Auto Service Moves to Keep Business in Downtown Area.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Karl J. Karlson Mar. 26--As downtown St. Paul adjusts to its recent growth spurt, some longtime businesses have disappeared or moved away, but Lancer Service and Jim Thomas are determined not to get lost in the shuffle. ...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Dave Beal Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Dave Beal Mar. 19--Value investing turns around for Speece Thorson As the stock market's stars keep tumbling from the sky, a new star is rising in Minneapolis. This would be Speece Thorson Capital Group. The firm posted a...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Business Briefs Column.
March 26, 2001... Mar. 19--QWEST ACCEPTS PLASTIC: Qwest is letting residential customers put their phones bills on plastic. The company, which has some 2 million business and residential phones lines in Minnesota, accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover...

St. Paul, Minn.-Area Bus School Drivers Prepare for a Vote on Unionization.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Mike Hughlett Mar. 17--Drivers at the Twin Cities' largest school bus operator are scheduled to vote April 18 and 19 on whether or not to join a union, almost two years after workers there narrowly rejected unionization. The...

Census Data Will Detail Population Changes in Minnesota's Twin Cities Area.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Rachel E. Stassen-Berger Mar. 26--Minnesota's population grew 12.4 percent in the last decade, more than in any of the surrounding states, the U.S. Census Bureau reported several months ago. But where did that growth occur? ...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Cyber Kids Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Rob Hubbard Mar. 19--WANT TO KNOW HOW TO make a battery out of a lemon? Ask Frankenstein's monster. How much insulation is too much? The mummy knows. And who can tell you more about how greenhouse gases are created than the...

Minnesota Senators Mull Prescription Drug Bills That Make Firms Pay Some Costs.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Debra O'Connor Mar. 15--After years of requiring taxpayers to subsidize prescription drug costs for some Minnesotans who can't afford them, state legislators Wednesday began considering bills that would make drug companies or...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Real World Economics Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Edward Lotterman Mar. 18--BUSH'S RHETORIC OBSCURES HARSH OUTLOOK FOR U.S. FARMERS: Dear President Bush: I heard part of your Sioux Falls speech on the radio the other day. I was so surprised to hear some of your comments on...

European Trade Sanctions Provide Little Impact in St. Paul, Minn.-Area.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Lee Egerstrom Mar. 17--Go ahead and plan your wine and cheese party. Trade and food experts said Friday that world animal health problems would have to get worse before import bans force a switch to local beer and brats. The...

Defendants Plead Not Guilty to Securities Fraud in Minneapolis Court.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Kevin Maler Mar. 17--Two of the defendants in a high-profile securities fraud case entered pleas of not guilty in federal court in Minneapolis on Friday, setting the stage for an unfolding legal drama that's likely to last the...

Waiting for Pillsbury Merger, General Mills Has Strong Quarter.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Lee Egerstrom Mar. 15--General Mills, as expected, had a stronger third quarter than it wanted because it hasn't been able to complete the acquisition of Pillsbury in a $10.5 billion deal that will dilute its shares. The...

Feasibility Study for Mounds View, Minn., Golf Course Ignored Nearby Facility.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Nancy Ngo Mar. 26--Although a feasibility study of the proposed $1.5 million expansion of Mounds View's Bridges Golf Course concluded there is enough local demand to warrant a bigger course, the study failed to take into account...

Minnesota Insurers Say New Health Guidelines Improve Care for All.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Tom Majeski Mar. 14--You go for quick doctor's exam for your sore knee and suddenly the visit is no longer routine. Your doctor says you need to lower your slightly elevated blood pressure, strongly urges you to quit smoking...

Hennepin County, Minn., Program Helps Immigrants Navigate Bureaucracy.
March 26, 2001... Byline: David Hawley Mar. 26--Finding child care services can be a daunting task for any parent. But consider the challenges if you don't speak English and you're a recent immigrant from Malaysia -- where new mothers are often expected...

Prominent Minnesota Financier Indicted in Insider Trading Case.
March 26, 2001... Mar. 16--George Kline, a high-profile elder statesman of Minnesota's venture capital industry, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday as a central figure in a securities fraud case considered one of the largest ever in Minnesota. ...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Investor's Eye Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Gail MarksJarvis Mar. 18--IT'S TOUGH TO RECOVER IN A BEAR MARKET: Want your money back? After last week's stock market rout, that fantasy might have occurred to many investors. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped...

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn., Investor's Eye Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Gail MarksJarvis Mar. 20--FEW PLACES LEFT TO HIDE: A friend told me last week that he's no longer watching his mutual funds because he'd rather not know how badly he's doing. If you are like him, don't read any further...

Minnesota Jobless Rate Remains Low.
March 26, 2001... Mar. 20--A stream of grim financial news keeps rolling by, but Minnesota's unemployment rate -- a critical economic gauge -- remained comfortably low in February, according to state statistics released Monday. The state's seasonally...

Increased Funding Needed to Rebuild University of Minnesota Medical School.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Judith Yates Borger Mar. 16--Three years after the sale of the University of Minnesota hospital to the Fairview Health System, the prospects for the university's medical school are no brighter than they were before, an...