Email Author Jessica Lussenhop

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 8, 2010

  "Bed Hopping"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 3, 2010

  "Monster at the Tea Party"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 1, 2010

  "Cop Killer"

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2012 Stories by Jessica Lussenhop

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  Chris Kluwe freaks out on Twitter over Saints punishment

  published Mar 21, 2012

  Harsh punishment came down today for the New Orleans Saints coaching staff members that may have been involved in putting a bounty on Brett Favre's head in the 2009 NFC Championship game against the V... More >>

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  Firefighters battle flames in drag [VIDEO OF THE DAY]

  published Mar 20, 2012

  Apparently, not everyone spends St. Patrick's Day being drunk and generally worthless. According to Paul Streitz, a parade-goer who captured the whole thing on his iPhone, volunteer firefighters from... More >>

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  Wisconsin legislator receives an envelope full of poop

  published Mar 19, 2012

  Someone in Milwaukee really, really wants a mine in Northern Wisconsin. He or she wants that mine so badly, in fact, that when state Sen. Lena Taylor wrote an op-ed in the Milwaukee Courier pointing ... More >>

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  Parents Action League listed as a hate group

  published Mar 14, 2012

  The Southern Poverty Law Center recently released its annual "Hate Map" which identifies over 1,000 groups all over the U.S. that it considers to be hate groups.Debuting this year is the Champlain-bas... More >>

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  Stem cell company demands U of M bioethicist take back FDA investigation request

  published Mar 13, 2012

  Late last week, a letter from a Washington D.C. law firm arrived in U of M President Eric Kaler's inbox. In it, attorneys representing an adult-stem cell company named Celltex demanded to know who aut... More >>

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  Anne Marie Rasmusson sues cops who accessed her record

  published Mar 13, 2012

  Today in federal court, attorneys for Anne Marie Rasmusson -- the subject of our February cover story "Is This Woman Too Hot to Have a Driver's Licenser" -- filed a lawsuit against the agencies, indiv... More >>

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  Star Tribune and Pioneer Press spike abortion-related Doonesbury comics

  published Mar 12, 2012

  Late last week, news broke that Pulitzer Prize-winning comic artist Garry Trudeau had a series set to run Monday through Saturday this week with a new character -- a young woman in Texas getting an ab... More >>

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  Fulton opens Minneapolis's first taproom Saturday [VIDEO]

  published Mar 08, 2012

  Just a couple months shy of the Surly Bill's one-year anniversary, Minneapolis's first taproom opens on Saturday, courtesy of the guys at Fulton Beer. In January, the Minneapolis City Council approve... More >>

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  Chris Kluwe blasts Saints for Bountygate scandal [Q&A]

  published Mar 08, 2012

  rVikings punter Chris Kluwe is known as one of the most outspoken players in the NFL. When news broke late last week about Saints players pooling money and paying one another rewards for injuring the... More >>

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  Bullied Anoka-Hennepin students: It got better [VIDEO]

  published Mar 07, 2012

  In a press conference yesterday morning, six students who were bullied for being gay in the Anoka-Hennepin school district gathered with their parents and legal team to announce they've settled with t... More >>

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  Aziz Ansari raised $13,200 for Anoka-Hennepin LGBT group [UPDATE]

  published Mar 06, 2012

  Tammy Aaberg had more than one thing to celebrate yesterday. Even before she found out about the terms of the settlement in the Anoka-Hennepin gay bullying lawsuit, she received a very special phone c... More >>

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  Anoka-Hennepin settles lawsuit with bullied students

  published Mar 06, 2012

  Last night, the Anoka-Hennepin school district settled the lawsuit brought against it by six students who say they were bullied for being gay. The settlement requires that the district implement a raf... More >>

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  Slate scrubs article by U of M bioethicist after lawsuit threat

  published Mar 02, 2012

  Dr. Carl Elliott, a bioethics professor at the University of Minnesota, has found himself caught in the middle of a fight between a controversial stem-cell company executive and Slate magazine. Elli... More >>

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  Target will halt sale of sandblasted jeans for ethical reasons

  published Mar 01, 2012

  Target has announced that by the end of 2012, shoppers won't be able to find the weathered, whiskery-style jeans that all the kids are (were five years agor) wearing. At least, not the washes that wer... More >>

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  Over 350 vehicle accidents since the start of storm

  published Feb 29, 2012

  Everyone knew this was going to get ugly. Since the frigid rainy-slushy-whatever-it-was started pouring down on our fair state last night, there have been about 367 crashes, spin-outs or vehicles fl... More >>

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  Eric Weisman pleads guilty to three misdemeanor charges in bizarre veterinary medicine case

  published Feb 28, 2012

  Eric Weisman, an ex-chiropractor and purveyor of vegan pet food, pleaded guilty recently to three misdemeanor charges relating to his failure to obey a 2003 injunction barring him from the practice of... More >>

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  Aziz Ansari hosting comedy benefit for Anoka-Hennepin LGBT group

  published Feb 27, 2012

  rAfter reading a Rolling Stone article about the gay-bullying problem and suicides in the Anoka-Hennepin school district, comedian Aziz Ansari was inspired to action. He contacted the reporter, Phila... More >>

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  Anoka-Hennepin Superintendent Dennis Carlson apologizes for previous comments on student suicides

  published Feb 24, 2012

  Dennis Carlson, the superintendent of the Anoka-Hennepin school district, has just released a statement about the rash of student suicides that occurred from 2009 until 2011. In it, Carlson acknowled... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Is Anne Marie Rasmusson too hot to have a driver's license?

  published February 22, 2012

  Seated on a couch between her two basset hounds, Anne Marie Rasmusson hardly looks like the sort of siren who would cause men to dash their... More >>

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  Marcus Bachmann wanted to rumble with reporters during the campaign

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Nothing conjures an image of brute physical force like the name Marcus Bachmann. So it should come as no surprise that, during a recent podcast interview, the wannabe First Gentleman revealed that he ... More >>

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  Anoka-Hennepin school board kills the neutrality policy

  published Feb 14, 2012

  The "no homo promo" is no 'mo. In front of a standing room-only audience, five of the six Anoka-Hennepin school board members voted to retire its controversial Sexual Orientation Curriculum policy. ... More >>

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  St. Paul has the 10th most hot single babes

  published Feb 09, 2012

  For its latest listicle, "Where the Hot Babes Are," Men's Health Magazine asked all the single ladies in the U.S. to put their hands up, and counted the 10th most in fair St. Paul. According to thei... More >>

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  Rick Santorum glitterbombed in Blaine [VIDEO]

  published Feb 08, 2012

  The streets of Minnesota are running rainbow with glitter! In the waning hours before Tuesday night's caucus, the glitterati struck one last time at a Rick Santorum event in Blaine, showering the fam... More >>

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  Ron Paul glitterbombed at Minneapolis Convention Center [VIDEO]

  published Feb 07, 2012

  As Republican candidates descended on our fair state for today's caucus, the glitter was inevitably not far behind. At a campaign rally in downtown Minneapolis last night, Congressman Ron Paul became... More >>

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  Anoka-Hennepin school district blasts Rolling Stone article [UPDATE]

  published Feb 07, 2012

  In response to an article in the most recent issue of Rolling Stone, officials in the Anoka-Hennepin school district issued a lengthy statement lambasting reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely."The article in... More >>