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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2011 Stories by Andy Mannix

• Bicyclist beaten unconscious, stripped in St. Paul

  published Aug 05, 2011

  An 18-year-old bicyclist says he was beaten unconscious earlier this week in St. Paul, and woke up missing everything but his boxers. The unnamed cyclist got away without serious injuries, but the i... More >>

• Sheriff Matt Bostrom puts kibosh on GangNet database

  published Aug 03, 2011

  Score one against Big Brother. Ramsey County Sheriff Matt Bostrom sent a letter to police chiefs yesterday announcing that he is axing GangNet, a controversial database that catalogs information on s... More >>

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  Bradlee Dean on Andy Birkey: "He is trying to make me the biggest villain known to mankind"

  published Aug 02, 2011

  Heavy metal pastor Bradley Dean Smith is at war with Minnesota Independent reporter Andy Birkey. Last week, Smith (a.k.a Bradlee Dean) filed a lawsuit against Birkey and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, ac... More >>

• Bradlee Dean's lawyer: "Rachel Maddow's career is over"

  published Jul 28, 2011

  Bradlee Dean's lawyer, Larry Klayman, is quite the character. Really. As in, there's actually a character in the show West Wing based off of him named Harry Klaypool. Klayman is also the founder of F... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Video of Bradlee Dean lawsuit press conference

  published Jul 27, 2011

  Minnesota pastor Bradley Dean Smith -- a.k.a. Bradlee Dean -- announced earlier today he is suing MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow and Minnesota Independent writer Andy Birkey. The civil suit, filed today... More >>

• Minnesota Independent, MSNBC respond to Bradlee Dean lawsuit

  published Jul 27, 2011

  The Minnesota Independent is standing by its reporting, denying allegations that writer Andy Birkey defamed punk rock pastor Bradley Dean Smith. Smith, a.k.a. Bradlee Dean, filed a lawsuit against Bi... More >>

• Bradlee Dean suing Andy Birkey of Minnesota Independent as well as Rachel Maddow

  published Jul 27, 2011

  Controversial pastor Bradley Dean Smith announced this morning that, in addition to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, he is also suing Minnesota Independent writer Andy Birkey. Smith, a.k.a. Bradlee Dean, a... More >>

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  Bradlee Dean sues Rachel Maddow

  published Jul 27, 2011

  Punk rock preacher Bradley Dean Smith will announce plans later this morning to sue MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for more than $50 million. According to Smith, better known as Bradlee Dean, Maddow and ot... More >>

• Supervalu responds to protest at shareholders meeting

  published Jul 26, 2011

  Tuesday morning, a group of workers protested outside a shareholders meeting for Supervalu, the parent company of Cub Foods. It was the latest in what has become a long series of similar demonstratio... More >>

• Cub Foods workers take protest to Supervalu shareholders meeting

  published Jul 26, 2011

  It's been nearly two months since a group of disgruntled Cub Foods workers ended a 12-day hunger strike, and they say nothing has been done to improve working conditions. That same crew of workers is... More >>

• Minneapolis fire, police departments face $2.8 million cuts -- at least

  published Jul 25, 2011

  The Minnesota Legislature may have finally passed its overdue budget, but that doesn't mean that anyone has to like it. Following the Legislature's cut of $23 million to Local Government Aid, admini... More >>

• Aaron Boogaard's charges explained by Hennepin County Attorney [VIDEO]

  published Jul 22, 2011

  Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman held a press conference this afternoon to announce that his office has charged Aaron Boogaard with two crimes related to the overdose death of Derek Boogaard, a f... More >>

• Patrick Kiley, two others indicted in Trevor Cook ponzi scheme

  published Jul 21, 2011

  A year ago, conservative radio show host Patrick Kiley was suing reporters for tying him to Trevor Cook's $190 million Ponzi scheme. But it looks like Kiley's vehement denial of wrongdoing hasn't pe... More >>

• Severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 3 p.m.

  published Jul 19, 2011

  At least we got a short break from the heat. As some may have already noticed, heavy rains hit the Twin Cities this afternoon, causing the National Weather Service to issue a severe storm warning. P... More >>

• Bradlee Dean Interview, Part 2: Taxes, Michele Bachmann, and the Capitol Prayer Debacle

  published Jul 18, 2011

  In late May, pastor Bradley Dean Smith, the subject of this week's feature, launched himself into the public eye by delivering a controversial prayer on the floor of the Minnesota Legislature. Smith... More >>

• Bradlee Dean Interview, Part 1: The Early Days, Finding God, and the Public School Circuit

  published Jul 15, 2011

  Since starting his evangelical, punk-rock ministry more than 10 years ago, Bradley Dean Smith has been the subject of much public scrutiny. For years, he's been accused of blurring the lines between ... More >>

• Karl Bremer on Bradlee Dean, Michele Bachmann's pastor problem [Interview]

  published Jul 14, 2011

  For more than 10 years, blogger Karl Bremer has been doggedly chronicling the misadventures of Minnesota's craziest politician, Michele Bachmann. Now that Bachmann's presidential candidacy has earned... More >>

• Metrodome roof inflated, should be ready for football season [Photos]

  published Jul 13, 2011

  After seven months of looking like a crater in downtown Minneapolis, the Metrodome is finally a dome again after stadium workers inflated the new roof this morning. Though there are still repairs to b... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Bradlee Dean's benediction

  published July 13, 2011

  On a humid Thursday evening, Bradley Dean Smith approaches the podium at Jesus People, a church hidden by miles of back roads and farmland 25... More >>

• Woman in gas mask scares the hell out of Duluth post office

  published Jul 12, 2011

  There are some accessories you just can't wear into a government building. As a Duluth woman proved yesterday, a gas mask is pretty high up on the list. Just after 10 a.m. Monday, a woman walked into... More >>

• Twin Cities air pollution health advisory issued

  published Jul 08, 2011

  It seems we'll never run into a shortage of reasons to complain about the weather here in Minnesota. Just a few months ago, we were still whining about a cold and snowy winter that had long overstaye... More >>

• MnDOT worker bares chest to protest shut down: Photo Of The Day

  published Jul 01, 2011

  There's been a lot of frustration in Minnesota today over the government shutdown. The whole thing is kind of ironic. Lawmakers who campaigned on the mantra of job creation have now put tens of thous... More >>

• 'Page One,' New York Times documentary starring David Carr, in theaters Friday

  published Jul 01, 2011

  Director Andrew Rossi's intimate look into one of the world's most reputable newsrooms opens in Twin Cities theaters Friday.You can think of Page One as the sequel to The Kingdom and the Power by Gay ... More >>

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  Synthetic drug ban will go into effect Friday, judge orders

  published Jun 30, 2011

  A Hennepin County judge denied a motion to delay the ban on synthetic drugs today, meaning the Minnesota law will go into effect Friday as planned. The motion was filed by a collective of head shops... More >>

• Twins offer lesbian kissers more apologies, free tickets after guard harassment

  published Jun 29, 2011

  Taylor Campione and Kelsi Culpepper -- the two lesbian women who were scolded by a Target Field security guard for kissing -- met with Twins administrators last week to talk about preventing future ha... More >>