Star Tribune: Now showing online: Your movie history
You might not mind if all your Facebook friends knew you watched movies like “The Godfather.” But would you want everyone to know you watched “Yoga for Health: Depression and Gastrointestinal Disorders”?
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., used those examples Tuesday to illustrate a growing debate over how much control people should have over their movie viewing histories. The question is whether companies such as Netflix and Facebook should have to ask every time they share someone’s movie data, or whether one-time blanket permission is good enough.
KARE: Sen. Franken tours U of M wind plant
Minnesota Senator Al Franken toured a U of M wind plant Friday, one of three in the country to receive a federal grant.
The Eolos Wind Energy Research Station in Rosemount supports wind turbine and wind farm designs. The plant won a $7.9 million grant in 2009 as part of the Department of Energy’s commitment to clean energy.
Care2: Al Franken Supports Marriage Equality
Senator Al Franken, in a video for the Human Rights Campaign’s American’s for Marriage Equality, has given his reasons for supporting same-sex marriage while urging other Americans to do the same.
In the video, released Thursday, Franken says: ” I support marriage equality. My wife Franni and I have been married for 36 years, many of them happy. I think everybody should be able to marry the person they love, and I think our government should help people make those loving lifelong commitments.”