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1. Features

   Minnesota's first adoption malpractice case devastates parents

   They cut her umbilical cord. Now, she's cut off from them forever.

   By Jeff Shaw

   Published: March 12, 2008

   "Don't talk to me again,"Stacy Mooney found herself saying,"until she is 100 percent sure." She was speaking to her boss at the Holiday gas station in Navarre. After trying...

2. Savage Love

   Savage Love

   By Dan Savage

   Published: March 12, 2008

   I'm in my final year of high school and I decided to come out as a lesbian—a very foolish move as I live in a small town that's not exactly brimming with tolerant people....

3. Theater

   '9 Parts of Desire' depicts personal costs of Iraq conflict

   The Guthrie's new offering creates an intense psychic space

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: March 12, 2008

   9 PARTS OF DESIRE at the Guthrie Theater Dowling Studio through March 23 612.377.2224 LOVE PERSON at Mixed Blood Theatre through March 22 612.338.6131 The debate over the...

4. A-List

   Faux Jean

   By David Hansen

   Published: March 12, 2008

   All skinny ties and tailored trousers, Faux Jean are perpetually prepared for any photo op they may come across on their way from the Triple Rock to the Turf Club. How those...

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   Faux Jean Reunion Show

   By David Hansen

   Published: March 12, 2008

   Faux Jean original lineup reunion Uptown Bar All skinny ties and tailored trousers, Faux Jean are perpetually prepared for any photo op they may come across on their way...

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   M.O.D.

   By John Henry

   Published: March 12, 2008

   Method of Destruction? More like Midway of Destruction. Thrash metal legends M.O.D. are set to destroy the heart of St. Paul's Midway at the intimately dirty Big V's tonight....

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   St. Patrick's Day Celebration

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: March 12, 2008

   Ah, St. Patrick's Day, the only holiday that openly acknowledges that green beer is perfectly paired with religion and zealous national pride. This year's corned beef and...

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   Monster Energy AMA Supercross

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: March 12, 2008

   As campy as the repetitive commercials for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross are, they do a pretty decent job of conveying the sport's extreme nature. At speeds of 60 miles per...

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   Ballet of the Dolls

   By Linda Shapiro

   Published: March 12, 2008

   Ballet of the Dolls has gone back to its loamy roots with the informal cabaret performances that made the company so popular in the 1980s. Throughout this season, the Dolls are...

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    St. Patrick's Day Parade

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Ah, St. Patrick's Day, the only holiday that openly acknowledges that green beer is perfectly paired with religion and zealous national pride. This year's corned beef and...

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    St. Patrick's Day Parade

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Ah, St. Patrick's Day, the only holiday that openly acknowledges that green beer is perfectly paired with religion and zealous national pride. This year's corned beef and...

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    Minnesotans for a United Ireland's 34th Annual St. Patrick's Day Ceili

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Ah, St. Patrick's Day, the only holiday that openly acknowledges that green beer is perfectly paired with religion and zealous national pride. This year's corned beef and...

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    The Cutting Edge of Dinosaur Science

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Like historians who piece together the history of humanity, paleontologists attempt to assemble clues and scientific evidence to connect the dinosaurs of the past to animals of...

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    Tom Jones

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 12, 2008

    It's not unusual for a fading music star to retool his or her career to fit the current trends. What is unusual is for a singer to do it repeatedly and successfully for 40...

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    Boiled in Lead: 25th Anniversary St. Patrick's Day Concert

    By Rick Mason

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Local rock 'n' reel renegades Boiled in Lead have been lighting a firecracker under the haunches of traditional Celtic music for a quarter-century: firing up jigs with blasts...

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    Jonathan Richman/Vic Chesnutt

    By Rick Mason

    Published: March 12, 2008

    This is a great pairing of utterly idiosyncratic songwriters, each with a virulent cult following. Jonathan Richman's lengthy career reaches back to the early '70s, when he led...

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    Jodi Picoult

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: March 12, 2008

    For her 15th novel, Change of Heart, prolific author Jodi Picoult had to dig deep into the controversial issue of capital punishment and the hazy history of Christianity's...

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    David Shields

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 12, 2008

    If author David Shields is a glass-half-empty guy, his 90-year-old father is the glass-half-full type. He states as much in an opening passage, titled "Letter to my Father,"...

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    Beyond Ballroom Dance Company

    By Caroline Palmer

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Ballroom dance has a huge audience these days thanks to the popularity of reality show competitions, but this isn't the first time tripping the light fantastic has been so...

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    Jim Dryden: I Am Not an Island

    By Jessica Armbruster

    Published: March 12, 2008

    Despite the wishes of some misanthropes, it seems unlikely that any one individual is ever truly isolated from the world. Whether this is a sign of the present times or just...