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Rep. Mary Franson infuriated by Earth Day, calls it "Pagan holiday" [UPDATE]

The American Federation of Teachers recently put together a website that gives teachers guidance about how to commemorate Earth Day by integrating "green acts" into lessons plans.Seems pretty innocuous, right? After all, who would take objection to students learning about how toxic fumes affect the ... More >>

Cody Pedersen took 10-year old on burglary missions

Cody Pederson took his girlfriend's 10-year old out to commit several burglaries, prosecutors allege. Pederson, a 28-year old from Alexandria, has been charged with 20 counts of burglary, criminal damage to property, child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a child for allegedly co ... More >>

Christine Rosholt, local jazz singer, dead at 46

​The Twin Cities jazz scene is grieving today upon learning the news that Christine Rosholt, an omnipresent and longtime local singer, has passed away suddenly. She was just a week shy of her 47th birthday, which she would have celebrated on January 3.

Grape stomping and beer geekery unfold this week in food

Crack open a fall brew at the Nomad​Are you a wine person or a beer person? It's a question you can put off answering for another week, because the wine folks have a weekend-long festival (complete with grape stomping) and the beer geeks have a meeting over fall brews. Win/win we say.

Hamlet

Crack open a fall brew at the Nomad​Are you a wine person or a beer person? It's a question you can put off answering for another week, because the wine folks have a weekend-long festival (complete with grape stomping) and the beer geeks have a meeting over fall brews. Win/win we say.

Tim Pawlenty is "Sarah Palin in a suit"

This is either Tim Pawlenty or Sarah Palin. Hard to tell.​Paul Krugman doesn't think much of Tim Pawlenty, and let everyone know yesterday in a piece that compared T-Paw to a certain former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. The New York Times columnist is amazed that media coverage of Pawlenty has at leas ... More >>

Vans Warped Tour 2011 at Canterbury Park, 7/10/2011

Photos by Nick Wosika​Warped Tour 2011July 10, 2011Canterbury Park, ShakopeeGive me your tired, your cynical youth, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...and gather them all at Canterbury Park for Van's Warped Tour.  Despite the government shutdown and races being cancelled, the sche ... More >>

Gay teen Lance Lundsten's death ruled a suicide

Lance Lundsten's death has been ruled a suicide.​When Lance Lundsten, a gay high schooler from Miltona, died in January of this year, his death was initially reported as a suicide. The news rocketed around the internet -- another gay teen who took his life after reported bullying at the hands ... More >>

Tom Emmer books rally near Tripp Emmer's favorite strip joint

Attention Emmer supporters: Just look for this sign.​Republican candidate for Tom Emmer has scheduled a GOP rally right down the road from the strip club where his son, Tripp, visited right before he got busted for underage drinking in July. Emmer kindly posted a map to the Sept. 29 rally on ... More >>

Top 8 Minnesota wines named by tourism site

Just in time for New Year's, a handful of award-winning Minnesota wines get a shout-out.

Road Kill

On the Information Superhighway

Readers respond to Michele Bachmann comix

On the Information Superhighway

Inaugural Bike Valet

Minnesota mostly spared in damning report on the lives of Americans

Second Life

Local man brings you the Howard Jones revival you never knew you wanted

Mn SAT Answers and Winners

Local man brings you the Howard Jones revival you never knew you wanted

MN SAT

The great Minnesota brain freeze: 82 chances to cheat with Google and win valuable prizes!

I'm Happy When I'm Purchasing Things

Black Friday at the Mall of America: Wish you were here. Wait a minute, you are here.

Wal-Mart: always more stores

Black Friday at the Mall of America: Wish you were here. Wait a minute, you are here.

New Orleans: Survivor Stories

Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

N.O. wants no one left behind

Beyond soundbites: detailed first-hand accounts from people trapped in the city after Katrina--what they did, what they saw, how they stayed alive.

The Dead and The Wounded

Last spring three soldiers from northern Minnesota's Carlton County died in Iraq in one month's time

A Case Study

Is Neko Case the queen of country music or just a faux Shania?

In the Name of the Father

Is Neko Case the queen of country music or just a faux Shania?

Kadin's Story

A memoir of loss and healing

My Marvelous Minnesota

The home of Fort Snelling, loons, timber wolves, and the U of M

Refugee Crew

The home of Fort Snelling, loons, timber wolves, and the U of M