Email Author Nick Pinto

Awards

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

  "Pawlenty Pardon"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists

  "Pawlenty Pardon"

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published September 29, 2010

  "So Unionized You'll Freak"

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2011 Stories by Nick Pinto

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  FEATURED STORY

  Target's anti-gay-rights lawsuit rejected by judge

  published Apr 08, 2011

  It's not that Target's executive leadership has a problem with the gays -- they just wish they wouldn't stand so close to them. Unfortunately for the retail giant, its lawsuit to get gay-rights activ... More >>

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  Ben Foster, the man behind the vomit

  published Apr 06, 2011

  We told you earlier about Ben Foster, the Pawlenty staffer who was arrested this morning in Iowa after trying to break into a home and drunkenly puking in its front lawn. But who is this guy, reallyr... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Ben Foster, Pawlenty staffer, arrested in Iowa for drunkenness

  published Apr 06, 2011

  When Tim Pawlenty hired 24-year-old Ben Foster in September, it made headlines: Foster was the first full-time Iowa staffer for any of the nascent 2012 presidential campaigns. Today, Foster's making ... More >>

• Intensive autism therapy gets court hearing

  published Apr 06, 2011

  We first told you about the fight over Intensive Early Intervention Behavioral therapy for kids with autism in our January feature. More recently, the issue got prominent treatment in a two-part seri... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Revelation 2012

  published April 6, 2011

  CARVED INTO the hard stone of a hillside outside the Mexican city of Acapulco is a mysterious image that lay hidden for 4,000... More >>

• Pawlenty V: Pawlenty Harder [VIDEO]

  published Apr 05, 2011

  It feels like it's been a long time since he left us without a dope clip to step to. But Tim Pawlenty is making it right with a brand new installment of his blockbuster campaign video series. This on... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Michele Bachmann fakes her own family's history

  published Apr 04, 2011

  There are some cultures in which telling self-serving lies about your own ancestors would be so shameful as to be inconceivable. Michele Bachmann's culture is apparently not one of these. Bachmann, w... More >>

• Susan Giefer's child care license revoked

  published Mar 31, 2011

  The ongoing saga of Jeremy Giefer has been chock-full of disturbing revelations.First came the charges that he repeatedly raped his young daughter over a period of years. Then the news that during thi... More >>

• Bachmann video censored by bogus copyright complaint [VIDEO]

  published Mar 31, 2011

  It's not news that Michele Bachmann exists in a carefully regulated bubble, talking only to sympathetic outlets guaranteed to disseminate her nonsense without question. But it isn't everyday that we ... More >>

• Michele Bachmann schedules date with Sheriff Joe Arpaio

  published Mar 25, 2011

  This is a match made in some sort of violently perverted heaven: Michele Bachmann, Minnesota's own Matron of Mean, is advertising an upcoming appearance with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Arizona lawman who... More >>

• Samuel Curtis Johnson III, Wisconsin billionaire, charged with sexually assaulting a child

  published Mar 25, 2011

  Samuel Curtis Johnson III, the billionaire executive whose family has owned the SC Johnson Company since the 19th century, is being charged in Wisconsin's Racine County with repeatedly sexually molest... More >>

• Tim Pawlenty can't make friends on Facebook

  published Mar 25, 2011

  Tim Pawlenty just loves the "wave of the future" that is Facebook. It's just not clear that Facebook loves him back. When the former Minnesota governor announced the formation of a presidential expl... More >>

• Did the New York Times make up a leder

  published Mar 25, 2011

  The New York Times, the great Gray Lady of journalism, is getting called out over an apparently imaginary event in a recent story on Chinese censorship. The story kicks off with an anecdote about a C... More >>

• Target sues gay rights group

  published Mar 25, 2011

  The Target Corporation just can't seem to make nice to gay folks. After months of terrible publicity over its funding of anti-gay-marriage political candidates, its subsequent sorry-if-you-took-that-... More >>

• Kaffie McCullough on why she used bogus child sex trafficking study [AUDIO]

  published Mar 25, 2011

  This week's cover story debunks a bogus study on juvenile prostitution that was used to demonize Craigslist and censor its adult classified ads. The problem is that the study is based on a seriously ... More >>

• Michele Bachmann forms presidential exploratory committee

  published Mar 24, 2011

  Just because you see the train coming doesn't diminish the impact when it finally slams into you: Michele Bachmann is running for President of the United States of America. Bachmann has been flirting... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Beth Schapiro responds to story debunking her child prostitute study: "We stand fully behind our work"

  published Mar 23, 2011

  This week's cover story takes a look at research conducted by the Atlanta-based Schapiro Group, which claims to track incidents of juvenile prostitution. The problem is that the claim is based on a s... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Jimmy John's fires six main union organizers [UPDATE]

  published Mar 23, 2011

  The ongoing saga of the drive to unionize Minneapolis Jimmy Johns workers took a dramatic turn yesterday when six of the central organizers behind the campaign were abruptly fired by the franchise's m... More >>

• Steven Augustinack, Brainerd citizen of the year, is guilty of kiddie-porn charges

  published Mar 22, 2011

  Steven Augustinack was named Brainerd Citizen of the Year by the local Junior Chamber Jaycees last October, in part for his work with groups like Youth as Resources and the Sertoma Camp Confidence Clu... More >>

• Wall of Shame

  published March 23, 2011

  There's an old saying in journalism: If your mother says she loves you, check it out. It's a facetious way of saying: Trust no one,... More >>

• Super Bowling for Dollars

  published March 23, 2011

  The push by advocates to gain publicity at any cost often involves local law enforcement. Once again, the Super Bowl became a platform to push... More >>

• Republicans want to eliminate school desegregation

  published Mar 21, 2011

  The GOP majority in the Minnesota Legislature has already put out some pretty remarkable bills this session: the ones doing away with pay equity for women, the one limiting welfare recipients to $20 i... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Women's Funding Network sex trafficking study is junk science

  published March 23, 2011

  ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING CRAIGSLIST told Congress on September 15 that the ubiquitous web classifieds site was closing its adult... More >>

• Protesters assaulted by Cub Foods security guard [VIDEO]

  published Mar 17, 2011

  A group peacefully protesting what they call union-busting activities by Cub Foods' cleaning service got way more than they bargained for Tuesday night, including face-fulls of pepper spray. A securi... More >>

• Michele Bachmann for president: The website

  published Mar 16, 2011

  Michele Bachmann's inescapable media-grandstanding has been a constant throughout her political career. But if you've tracked her lately, you've probably noticed she's more omnipresent than ever, an... More >>