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1998 Stories by David Schimke

• Driver's Education

  published December 23, 1998

  Gordon Guptil nearly lost his life in his Star Tribune delivery truck. Then he lost his job. More >>

• The Enemy Has Been Met

  published December 23, 1998

  Still reeling, ousted Highway 55 protesters plot their next move. More >>

• A Matter of Convenience

  published December 9, 1998

  SuperAmerica is selling expansion at 40th & Lyndale. The neighbors aren't buying. More >>

• Portrait of the Artist as a Killer

  published November 25, 1998

  He lived in Harlem and studied art at Harvard. When Carl Wesley murdered the clerk at a local check-cashing store last year, his double life... More >>

• Let's Do Lunch

  published November 18, 1998

  While Ventura knuckles down, Hollywood and the local film industry talk Body language. More >>

• Can You Say "Synergy"?

  published October 28, 1998

  Microsoft Sidewalk unveils a national revamp and shifts its emphasis from entertainment listings to pure commerce. More >>

• Heard It Through the Grapevine

  published October 14, 1998

  Why would Pioneer Press editor Walker Lundy delve into news that's not fit to print? More >>

• Rack 'em up

  published September 9, 1998

  Forget the slop. Forget the low-life hustle. Ranked No. 4 in the world and climbing, Jimmy "The Kid" Wetch shoots pool like nobody's business. More >>

• Infield Fly Rule

  published August 5, 1998

  A scrappy little league pitches its last run More >>

• Strib-Gate

  published July 15, 1998

  After an exhaustive two-year study, the shocking truth is revealed: People don't trust the press. More >>

• Restricted Access

  published June 24, 1998

  Child protection hearings are now open to the public, but it's members of the press who will be scrutinized. More >>

• Class Dismissed

  published June 17, 1998

  For the past year, transient kids have called the New Arrivals school their own. But if St. Paul officials have their way, both students and... More >>

• The Gazing Is Over

  published June 17, 1998

  Minnesota Public Radio's new chief, William Buzenberg, plucks the lint from the station's navel. More >>

• Matt Wilson: Going Once, Going Twice

  published May 27, 1998

  Matt Wilson Going Once, Going Twice Palmetto BECAUSE THERE ARE so many mediocre... More >>

• Schueler-isms

  published May 6, 1998

  The Strib's new owners hire a publisher who fits their nice-guy image More >>

• Broad Casting

  published April 15, 1998

  Barbara Carlson might be going back to the Talk Station More >>

• Do Telly

  published April 15, 1998

  For a little more than a year, twentysomething slackers in Britain have been dropping ecstasy or smoking pot and watching the BBC children's show... More >>

• Distress Signals

  published April 8, 1998

  Even public TV's staunchest critics used to hail Channel 2 as fresh and edgy. But lately KTCA has lost its focus-- and its nerve. More >>

• STAR Gazing

  published March 4, 1998

  Critics say St. Paul's STAR program is being mismanaged More >>

• Just Happy To Be Here

  published March 4, 1998

  No matter how you cut it, Clem Haskins's Gophers haven't had the muscle mass to clean out the lane nor enough experience to maintain a pressing... More >>

• Flying Colors & The Montreal Tapes

  published February 25, 1998

  Joe Lovano and Gonzalo Rubalcaba Flying Colors Blue Note Charlie Haden,... More >>

• Mute Point

  published February 18, 1998

  The governor thinks the AP has been covering him unfairly. And if anybody disagrees, they should damn well shut up. More >>

• Norm's Conquest

  published February 11, 1998

  Thirty years ago, Norm Coleman was just another long-haired radical. Now he's setting out to seduce the Republican Right. More >>

• The Next Level

  published February 4, 1998

  While the Gophers struggle through a losing season, Sam Jacobson hopes to impress the scouts. More >>

• Cops are Human, Film at 10

  published January 14, 1998

  Whether or not the Strib's profile of a veteran homicide cop was a deliberate "blow job," it had City Hall (and newsrooms around the metro)... More >>