Email Author Andy Mannix

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 16, 2011

  "RNC Piggy Bank"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published June 30, 2010

  "Plagiarism Inc."

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published June 30, 2010

  "Plagiarism Inc."

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2010 Stories by Andy Mannix

• Margaret Anderson Kelliher raises $1 million, but burns through cash

  published Jul 26, 2010

  DFL-endorsed Margaret Anderson Kelliher says her gubernatorial campaign has raised almost a cool $1 million so far in 2010. But while the figure sounds like a lot of dough, but the fact is that Team K... More >>

• Kitten for Sheriff urges CEOs to lock themselves up

  published Jul 23, 2010

  Anyone remember the kitten that thought it could get more Facebook support than Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanekr Well, apparently the people behind this campaign have taken it pretty far. In addi... More >>

• Slug endorses Matt Entenza for governor

  published Jul 22, 2010

  The Matt Entenza gubernatorial campaign has been full of WTF moments. Remember, this is the guy who picked a FOX 9 news anchor/jewelry entrepreneur to be his running mate. Then there was that false ... More >>

• Tom Horner's brother Steve goes 'Black Sheep' in letter to the editor

  published Jul 21, 2010

  Independence Party-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner can't be happy about the attention his brother, Steve Horner, is getting from the media. First there was the anti-Ladies' Night campaig... More >>

• Dajun Honer's death a mystery to Otter Tail investigators

  published Jul 20, 2010

  It sounds like something out of slasher movie: An unknown man is found badly injured late at night laying in the middle of a rural highway. That's exactly what happened Sunday around 3 a.m. on Highwa... More >>

• Hill-Murray President Joseph Peschges denies grabbing cop in the crotch

  published Jul 19, 2010

  Joseph Peschges, the Hill-Murray School President who was arrested last week during a sex sting operation, is out of jail and vehemently denying allegations that he grabbed an undercover officer's gro... More >>

• Hill-Murray School President Joseph Peschges arrested in sex sting

  published Jul 16, 2010

  Grabbing an undercover police officer's crotch can only lead to bad things. For Joseph Peschges, president of the Catholic Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, it meant getting arrested yesterday in a St.... More >>

• Ballerina man gropes U of M student

  published Jul 14, 2010

  Ever notice a pair of headlights in your rear-view mirror for a few miles and get the feeling someone might be tailing your That's the situation a University of Minnesota graduate student found hersel... More >>

• Jumoke Cryer swipes St. Paul cop's squad car during chase

  published Jul 12, 2010

  Jumoke Cryer had no interest in going to jail Saturday night. So when a St. Paul police officer spotted Cryer -- wanted for fleeing police in a motor vehicle -- the 20-some-year-old suspected gang m... More >>

• Margaret Anderson Kelliher tax disclosure follows Dayton

  published Jul 07, 2010

  Following Mark Dayton's lead, DFL-endorsed gubernatorial candidateMargaret Anderson Kelliher released her 2009 tax records yesterday afternoon. Filing jointly, Kelliher and her husband, David Kelliher... More >>

• Mark Dayton earned $166,889 last year without lifting a finger

  published Jul 06, 2010

  Mark Dayton, one of three candidates running in the DFL primary election, released his tax records to reporters today. Dayton earned $172,475 in 2009, according to the records. The overwhelming bulk... More >>

• Jordan Kavoosi and Plagiarism Inc: A reporter's notebook

  published Jul 01, 2010

  Jordan Kavoosi, founder of Apple Valley-based Essay Writing Company and the subject of this week's feature, is in the term-paper racket. The business model is simple: For $23 per page, he'll commissio... More >>

• Jordan Kavoosi's strange YouTube videos

  published Jun 30, 2010

  When Jordan Kavoosi isn't presiding over his plagiarism empire, he's also an avid filmmaker. Here are some of Kavoosi's strangest works posted to Youtube. Notice the plug for Pay For Essay, one of his... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Plagiarism Inc.

  published June 30, 2010

  A CAREFULLY MANICURED soul patch graces Jordan Kavoosi's lower lip. His polo shirt exposes tattoos on both forearms—on his right,... More >>

• SPPD investigating vicious sexual assault

  published Jun 26, 2010

  St. Paul Police are searching for a suspect who abducted an 18-year-old woman and sexual assaulted her for 24 hours before releasing her. The woman was captured while returning to her house near Com... More >>

• Fergus Falls dog survives attempted throat slashing

  published Jun 25, 2010

  There are cat people and there are dog people. And then there are people who slit the throats of dogs and leave them in the middle of nowhere to die. Star, a German Sheperd-mix, unfortunately had a r... More >>

• Michele Bachmann responds to "F*ck Michele Bachmann" flier

  published Jun 18, 2010

  Yesterday we reported on local rapper G-Biz's "Fuck Michele Bachmann 2010" concert fliers that irked the congresswoman's campaign staff. Bachmann later responded to the poster on Sean Hannity's radi... More >>

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  "F*ck Michele Bachmann" fliers not a hit with Michele Bachmann's staff

  published Jun 17, 2010

  UPDATE: Michele Bachmann responds ... and blames Nancy Pelosir!r! Michele Bachmann's campaign staffers are apparently not humored by fliers posted around the Twin Cities reading, in large black font,... More >>

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  Shawn Godfrey, Plymouth daycare employee, charged with child porn

  published Jun 16, 2010

  Shawn Godfrey, a 26-year-old daycare worker from Plymouth, was charged with 10 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography earlier this week after an investigation led police to more th... More >>

• MPD sex crimes unit on the hunt for escalating peeping tom

  published Jun 13, 2010

  Minneapolis police are looking for a peeping tom whose behavior they fear is becoming more threatening. In the past three weeks, a man fitting the same description threatened or attacked three women... More >>

• Margaret Anderson Kelliher attacks rural Minnesota

  published Jun 09, 2010

  Gubernatorial hopeful Margaret Anderson Kelliher announced plans yesterday to spend the latter part of this week touring rural Minnesota towns, a step toward hurdling what experts say might be her cam... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Edwin Daniel's brutal Super America beating caught on tape

  published Jun 04, 2010

  On an early morning in late May, Edwin Daniel stopped at a Super America in St. Paul to find a group of men harassing the female clerks. As an overnight driver for a nearby hotel, Daniel is a frequent... More >>

• Edwin Daniel beaten for standing up to bullies

  published Jun 03, 2010

  Edwin Daniel just wanted to stand up to a couple bullies. His reward was a skull fracture. The incident is still under investigation, but as of this morning this is how police believe it went down: ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Calvin Jennings pleads guilty in U of M peeping case

  published Jun 02, 2010

  If you live near the University of Minnesota, it might be time to upgrade those curtains. Calvin Jennings, a 33-year-old Coon Rapids man, has pleaded guilty to first-degree burglary and interference ... More >>

• J Robinson wrestling real estate probe

  published June 3, 2010

  EDITOR'S NOTE: The author broke this story as a student journalist for the Minnesota Daily. This is a follow-up to his... More >>