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RealVideo Archive - 2002 (October to December)

Entire Almanac for October 4, 2002	Watch the show
President Robert Bruininks The interim president at the U of M gave his first State of the University speech Thursday... and his assessment was a bit grim. Tough budget times at the state, higher tuition at the U.	View the clip
St. John's Abbey Settlement This week the Abbey reached a settlement with former students who had sued St. John's for sexual abuse. We'll from both lead attorneys in this settlement: Jeff Anderson, the attorney for the defendents; and Bob Stich, the attorney for St. John's Abbey.	View the clip
Sports with Fitzy The Vikings are going nowhere... and the Twins hope they won't need to go back to Oakland. Larry Fitzgerald is back for his monthly sports chat. In his real life Larry writes for the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder newspaper.	View the clip
Circle Me Bert Live!! Jim Pellinger has written a song about the Twins. Do you have a telestrator at home? Then play along as Jim performs his tune live.	View the clip
St. Paul's Public Library We give you a tour of the freshly renovated 16 million dollar downtown library project.	View the clip
They Want to Be Senators Too Senate candidates Ray Tricomo (Green Party) and Miro Drago Kavatchevich (Constitution Party)say why they want your vote in the Senator's race.	View the clip
The Wrapup History, jokes and song. Click and find out more.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for October 11, 2002	Watch the show
A BIG Senate Debate Paul Wellstone and challenger Norm Coleman have agreed to appear live on Almanac Friday for the first televised Senate debate of the campaign season. Don't miss it.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for October 18, 2002	Watch the show
Twins Swan Song Dominic Papatola gives us his take on the Twins season just past.	View the clip
Jim Moore The Independence Party Senate candidate saw his support rise in polls this week. Find out what he stands for.	View the clip
Attorney Generals Debate This is the first time that Mike Hatch and his two challengers sit down to debate. You'll want to tune this in.	View the clip
Judging Kosovo Four Minnesota county judges are leaving for Kosovo to help that nation's beleaguered judicial system. Meet one of the four, Ramsey County Judge Edward Wilson.	View the clip
The Political Panel This week's panelists had some trouble with pronounciation... but they were lively.	View the clip
The Wrapup What did candidate L. W. Lamb do to make Minnesota political history in 1928? Find out the answer and call 651-229-1430. Heck, click here and watch the entire wrapup.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for October 25, 2002
This entire 90 minute special edition of Almanac was devoted to remembrances of Paul Wellstone who died earlier that day in a plane crash near Eveleth. We see clips of the Senator from the TPT archives, hear from those who knew him best, and speculated about what will come next for Minnesota voters.	Watch the show

Entire Almanac for November 1, 2002	Watch the show
Live Gubernatorial Debate The four leading candidates for Governor will sit down live on the Almanac couch Friday for their final debate. Roger Moe, Tim Pawlenty, Tim Penny and Ken Pentel face questioning from Cathy and Eric.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for November 8, 2002	Watch the show
The Election Week That Was The 2002 election is one that no one will soon forget. We'll remind you why. Mary Lahammer has a report.	View the clip
Senator Norm Coleman Our state's Junior Senator joins us live to talk about his remarkable win.	View the clip
Governor Tim Pawlenty Our governor-elect joins us at the Almanac table.	View the clip
President Bruininks Robert Bruininks took the "interim" off of his title this week when he was named the 15th President of the University of Minnesota.	View the clip
Meet John Kline We've all seen his TV ads, now meet Minnesota's newest member of Congress.	View the clip
The Political Panel What are we to make of Tuesday's vote and the remarkable week that led up to it? Almanac's political panel of Dee Long, Brian Sullivan and Jack Uldrich try to answer that question.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for November 15, 2002	Watch the show
Manute Bol on Ice?! It's the subject of J.G. Preston's monolog this week.	View the clip
Commissioner Dan McElroy Governor-elect Pawlenty named his first cabinet member Friday. State Rep Dan McElroy is Pawlenty's choice for State Finance Commissioner.	View the clip
Meet the New Legislative Leaders Mary Lahammer introduces you to two new faces in Minnesota legislative leadership posts.	View the clip
Qwest Versus Commerce Was Qwest making secret deals to keep information from its telecommunication competitors? Qwest and the State Commerce Department face off.	View the clip
Sports with Fitzy Larry Fitzgerald from the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder stops by for his monthly sports chat.	View the clip
Benjamin Franklin Preview The TPT-produced "Benjamin Franklin" premieres November 19 and 20th at 8pm on a PBS station near you.	View the clip
Alexandra Hoopes Performs Live! She's the ten year old violinist who won this year's State Fair talent contest. Alexandra will soon be performing holiday concerts with the Minnesota Sinfonia. For more info call the Sinfonia office: 612-871-1701.	View the clip
State Political Party Chairs The leaders of Minnesota's three major political parties sit on the Almanac couch. They look back at the election... and ahead to governing.	View the clip
The Wrapup Yeah, due to the election we haven't done one of these in a while. Two history questions... viewer comments... and more.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for November 22, 2002	Watch the show
Dr. Monolog Actually, it's Dr. Mark DePaolis who does the monolog honors this week.	View the clip
Joe Biernat's Resignation He was convicted Thursday of five felonies, Friday he resigned. Mayor R. T. Rybak joins us to talk about this week's developments.	View the clip
Holiday Cooking with Chef John Schumacher Chef John drops by with some holiday recipes for your Thanksgiving table. We'll have the recipes for you online... or drop us a stamped, self-addressed envelope and we'll zip the recipes to you snail mail.	View the clip
This Is Only a Test... New federal school testing requirements may mean that the state will need to scrap its own 8th grade basic skills test.	View the clip
Steeles Holiday Music It's become an annual Almanac tradition, the Steeles drop by and perform live in Studio B in preparation for their annual holiday concert.	View the clip
Our New Legislature Our Mary Lahammer travels around the state to take a look at four of the fresh --and young-- faces arriving at the Legislature in January.	View the clip
More Holiday Cooking with John Schumacher John demonstartes another recipe from his new cookbook "Today's Country Cooking."	View the clip
The Political Panel We touch on the local and national scene with panelists Tom Horner and Linda Runbeck, Ember Reichgott Junge and Dan Cramer.	View the clip
The Wrapup We answer the wrong-way Viking question... and provide an intriguing People Magazine queery.	View the clip
Another Holiday Tune from the Steeles The Steeles will be performing their annual Twin Cities Christmas Concert at the Ordway Center on December 8th.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 6, 2002	Watch the show
The Monolog The take on the week courtesy of J. G. Preston.	View the clip
One Big Budget Shortfall There are 4.5 Billion reasons why the state budget is in trouble. State Finance Commissioner Designate Dan McElroy, Speaker of the House Steve Sviggum and House Minority Leader Matt Entenza have three different takes on what we need to do.	View the clip
New Walleye Rules on Mille Lacs? Find out what the new fishing regulations might be next summer on Lake Mille Lacs.	View the clip
Do You Want that Eric Eskola Scarf? Find out how to get your own Almanac thank you gifts. Whoopee!	View the clip
Corporate Responsibility Former Medtronic CEO Bill George has been issuing tough challenges to American corporate leaders on the topic of corporate ethics.	View the clip
Ventura Legacy Part One Mary Lahammer introduces us to the first installment of her four part look back on the Governor Jesse Ventura years.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 13, 2002	Watch the show
Smallpox: A Big Problem? President Bush on Friday announced America's Smallpox vaccination plan. Minnesota State Epidemiologist Harry Hull joins us to talk about it. Hull is one of our nation's leading authorities on Smallpox.	View the clip
The Ventura Legacy: Part Two Mary Lahammer tackles the second section in her look back at the Jesse Ventura Years. This week she chronicles the Governor's legendary battles with the state legislature.	View the clip
Senator Dean Barkley The Senator joins us live to talk about Trent Lott... bioterrorism... and how long he may stay in Washington.	View the clip
St. Louis River Cleanup For the final installment in our series of Environmental Success stories TPT's Jeff Weihe ventures north to Duluth.	View the clip
That BIG Budget Headache We collect a group of folks --from all the sides of the issue-- to debate how to balance the state budget. It should be a lively discussion.	View the clip
The Wrapup Two great Minnesota history questions and a wonderful musical performance at TPT in 1982 by the late Dave Ray.	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 20, 2002	Watch the show
Santa at the Doctor's Office Dr. Mark DePaolis has a holiday-themed monolog for us.	View the clip
Ventura Sends out State Aid Governor Ventura declined to follow Tim Pawlenty's suggestion and approved year-end state aid payments to local communities. Ventura spokesman John Wodele is our guest.	View the clip
Ventura Legacy Part 3 Mary Lahammer bring us the third in her four part series on the Jesse Ventura years. The topic? Foreign trade missions.	View the clip
Goofy Weather Paul Douglas will be along to to tell us why we're so soggy. And just for fun check out this website to learn about chances in your area for a white Christmas: http://climate.umn.edu/	View the clip
Indian Lands Grant A Northwest Area Foundation grant tries to deal with the problem of the loss of Indian-owned land on Indian Reservations in the middle and far west. We'll tell you all about it.	View the clip
Batter Up! Author Ross Bernstein will test your knowledge of Minnesota baseball history by talking about his new book "Batter Up."	View the clip
The All Star Defense Attorney Panel Joe and Ron and Bill and Tony are back for a lively discussion of legal issues in the news. You couldn't afford these guys' fees... but you get 'em for free when they sit on the Almanac couch.	View the clip
The Wrapup History and more. This is where you will find that Almanac holiday classic "Blue Christmas."	View the clip

Entire Almanac for December 27, 2002	Watch the show
The 2nd Annual Almanac News Quiz!!! A team of Minneapolis celebrities (R. T. Ryback, Dee Long and Tony Berlin) sqaure off against St. Paul (Harris Faulkner, Carol Molnau and Cy Thao) in a zany contest to recall news events from the past year. Cathy and Eric host... J.G. Preston announces... and Mary Lahammer (along with dad Geno) serves as judge. You won't want to miss it!