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Brock Lesnar pleads guilty to Canadian hunting violations

Brock Lesnar is sorry for killing all your animals, Canada.​Brock Lesnar didn't fight the law, but the law won anyway.The former UFC heavyweight champion and U of M wrestling standout pleaded guilty to improper tagging of an animal for shooting a mule deer buck in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. In ... More >>

Brock Lesnar accused of hunting violations in Canada

Brock Lesnar doesn't need to follow no damn hunting rules!​Brock Lesnar was the subject of a court hearing in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada yesterday for alleged hunting violations.Lesnar and co-defendant Chad Stryker were charged with three violations of the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Act, but did ... More >>

Coldplay will wrap up 2012 tour in St. Paul

​Am I the only one who has trouble reconciling the idea that Coldplay circa 2011 is the same Coldplay that released Parachutes back in 2000? Having never seen the group live, I always imagined my first Coldplay show would be in a stuffy theater somewhere, in a red velvet seat tailor-made for sitti ... More >>

Fallin' Skies: Jeff Foiles busted for illegal hunting

Rock 'n' roll hunter foiled by his own videos

We Are the Willows tour diary, Vol. 18

​Have you ever had moments where you weren't sure if you were awake or asleep?  I kinda feel like that all the time these days.  Van sleep isn't the best.  Don't get me wrong, its cozy, but you can't sleep super deeply when Harley Davidsons cruise right by your window or the Walmart ... More >>

Jacob Seth Cobb, 17, allegedly chokes mom to death after Yahtzee argument

Jacob Seth Cobb is charged with murdering Tamara Lee Mason, his mother. Brother Andrew Quinton Cobb is being charged as an accomplice after the fact.​The Christmas Yahtzee argument with his mother, Tamara Lee Mason, was apparently the last straw for 17-year-old Jacob Seth Cobb. Police say he ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Volcano Choir, Amos Lee, the Dodos, and more

Jacob Seth Cobb is charged with murdering Tamara Lee Mason, his mother. Brother Andrew Quinton Cobb is being charged as an accomplice after the fact.​The Christmas Yahtzee argument with his mother, Tamara Lee Mason, was apparently the last straw for 17-year-old Jacob Seth Cobb. Police say he ... More >>

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Jacob Seth Cobb is charged with murdering Tamara Lee Mason, his mother. Brother Andrew Quinton Cobb is being charged as an accomplice after the fact.​The Christmas Yahtzee argument with his mother, Tamara Lee Mason, was apparently the last straw for 17-year-old Jacob Seth Cobb. Police say he ... More >>

Enbridge Energy could be Minnesota's BP

Oil company has friends on the PUC

Caitlin Compton of Minneapolis is top American XC skier

Compton finished 30th on the 10-kilometer freestyle skate--the best finish of the American women.

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Compton finished 30th on the 10-kilometer freestyle skate--the best finish of the American women.

Bowerbirds, Caroline Smith, and more

Compton finished 30th on the 10-kilometer freestyle skate--the best finish of the American women.

Confirmed: U2 will play TCF Bank Stadium

Bono and the boys plan to bring some elevation to the new home of Gophers football.

Photo of squirrel going viral

A photograph of a squirrel (seemingly) mugging for a camera is set to be the biggest online sensation to come out of Minnesota since the "wedding dance" video.

Readers respond to "Don't Call It a Comeback"

A photograph of a squirrel (seemingly) mugging for a camera is set to be the biggest online sensation to come out of Minnesota since the "wedding dance" video.

Tar Sands: The worst fuel on the planet?

"So toxic are those waste ponds that last spr ... More >>

Midwest oil mining a crude idea to many

Are we now scraping the bottom of the barrel?

Dangerfield-by-proxy syndrome: Ugly babies get no respect

Are we now scraping the bottom of the barrel?

Cruel and Unusual

You think winter in Minnesota sucks? Friend, you don't know anything about winter in Minnesota.

Future Wives: Dark Side of the Man EP

You think winter in Minnesota sucks? Friend, you don't know anything about winter in Minnesota.

The Hairy Truth

You thought Bigfoot sightings went out with Pop Rocks and moon boots. Try telling that to Mike Quast, who is convinced the creatures are alive and well and living in Minnesota.

McChump Change

A day at the track with the P.J. O'Rourke of horseracing

The Mekons' Folk Revival

A day at the track with the P.J. O'Rourke of horseracing

The Hot Zone

Global warming isn't just a theory anymore. Now the arguments are about how dire the changes in world climate will be, how soon they'll come--and what, if anything, can be done to moderate them.