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  • News

    March 28, 2012

    KSTP's million-dollar mistake

    Station loses biggest defamation case in Minnesota history

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    James Arthur Ray, new-age guru, may only get probation in death of Liz Neuman, two others

    James Arthur Ray goes from new age guru to convicted felon.​Disgraced new age guru James Arthur Ray has already been found guilty of negligent homicide for running a pseudo-Indian sweat lodge ceremony that killed Apple Valley's Liz Neuman and two other clients. But there's a possibility he may ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    James Arthur Ray, self-help guru, guilty in deaths of Liz Neuman and two others

    James Arthur Ray's self-help business empire has crumbled.​James Arthur Ray, the self-help guru who once charged clients thousands of dollars to sit in a pseudo-Indian sweat lodge so they could be "spiritual warriors," has been found guilty of negligent homicide. He presided over a sort of spirit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Liz Neuman's family settles with Arizona sweat lodge owners

    Liz Neuman's family has settled with the owners of the retreat where she died​The owners of the Arizona retreat where Liz Neuman died after a sweat lodge disaster directed by a New Age guru have settled a civil lawsuit filed by her family. In October 2009, the Prior Lake woman was one of three p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2011

    Shannon O'Toole and Christina Scavo said to exaggerate Jets, Brett Favre ties

    Gone, but not forgotten in a New York courtroom.​The New York Jets have responded in court to a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the team, and former quarterback Brett Favre, by massage therapists Shannon O'Toole and Christina Scavo. The defense in a nutshell: The two women vastly over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Namaste Cafe's green tea with ayurvedic herbs: a recovery drink of the week

    Find balance in green...​Green Tea with Ayurvedic Herbs$3.25 small pot, $4.95 big potNamaste Cafe2512 Hennepin Ave. S, MInneapolis612.827.2496With St. Patrick's Day afoot, we thought a green drink would make sense. But instead of the usual beer, whiskey, and grog, the Hot Dish offers up some count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Liz Neuman refused help before James Arthur Ray sweat lodge death, witness says

    James Arthur Ray: "Spiritual warrior" guru or common criminal? Take your pick.​Laura Tucker, who survived the James Arthur Ray sweat lodge debacle that killed three people in 2009, testified today that Liz Neuman of Apple Valley refused help before being pulled from the ceremony's tent. Lawye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    James Ray stands trial over sweat lodge death of Liz Neuman, two others

    James Arthur Ray, in a promo shot and a booking photo.​Self-help guru ​James Arthur Ray faces the music today in an Arizona court for holding a sweat lodge session for "spiritual warriors" that killed three people, including 49-year-old Liz Neuman, of Prior Lake. Neuman died of multisystem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Amanda Oswald: Brett Favre wanted massage à trois

    Amanda Oswald figured Favre was up to no good.​Another massage therapist, 27-year-old Amanda Oswald, has come forward to say that she was on the receiving end of Brett Favre's infamous "bad intentions" text message first brought to light by Shannon O'Toole and Christina Scavo. Those two claim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Brett Favre denies meeting Stephanie Dusenberry

    Dusenberry has some high-powered legal help.​Brett Favre claims he's never met Stephanie Dusenberry, the Eden Prairie massage therapist who claims the now-retired quarterback sent her lewd text messages in September. The Eden Prairie police say they have no record of a report that Dusenberry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Brandi Favre, Brett's sister, arrested in meth bust

    Brett Favre's younger sister, Brandi, has been arrested in a meth bust.​More trouble in the Favre family. Brandi Favre, Brett's younger sister, has been arrested in Mississippi after police moved in on a meth lab. Hancock County narcotics agents say they watched a drug buy at a gas station in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Brett Favre's "bad intentions" are cartoon comedy gold [VIDEO]

    Favre gets sacked by animators.​Sacked by a sexual harassment lawsuit from two massage therapists, Brett Favre turns into grist for the mill for New Media Animation -- in Taiwanese, with English subtitles so we off-islanders can follow along. Watch out. Favre's little quarterback is armed and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Favre sexual harassment lawsuit "without merit" in Jets' eyes

    Favre may be retired from the Vikings, but his previous stint with the Jets keeps haunting him.​When massage therapist Christina Scavo's husband called Brett Favre in 2008 and told him to lay off with the text message "bad intentions" come-ons, he likely cost his wife her contract with the New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Favre Sexual Harassment Court Papers: Just the good parts

    Brett Favre retires, and gets sued the next day.​In the summer of 2008, two Long Island massage therapists scored a payday: They landed another season of work at the New York Jets training camp. It must have seemed like a dream job at the time, working on the beat-up gladiator bodies of NFL stars ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Suspected Uptown brothel busted above Dunn Bros.

    Photo by Mr. T in DC​After police received complaints about Diamond Therapeutic Massage on Hennepin Avenue and W. 34th St., police went into the Dunn Brothers coffee shop on the first level of the building to get some information. When the undercover cops asked the barista about what goes on abo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    $5 Happy Hour

    Photo by Mr. T in DC​After police received complaints about Diamond Therapeutic Massage on Hennepin Avenue and W. 34th St., police went into the Dunn Brothers coffee shop on the first level of the building to get some information. When the undercover cops asked the barista about what goes on abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Liz Neuman died of multisystem organ failure following James Ray sweat lodge ceremony

    An autopsy marked the first official declaration of what caused the death of Neuman and two others.

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    James Ray's $5 million bail too high, can't afford to pay it, lawyer says

    Liz Neuman, of Prior Lake, was among three people who died after taking part in Ray's "spiritual warrior" sweat lodge ceremony last year.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Andrea Puckett vents to Gail Rosenblum about James Ray's sweat lodge fiasco

    "My mom would never have put herself in a life-threatening situation on my birthday," Puckett says.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Ray charged in sweat lodge deaths of Prior Lake woman, two others

    James Arthur Ray may be headed from the sweat lodge to the big house, after being indicted on three counts of manslaughter

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    James Arthur Ray tries a little warmth; lawyer puts foot down

    Was James Arthur Ray indifferent to the deaths of clients, including a Minnesota woman, at one of his sweat lodges in Arizona. Or was he concerned and compassionate?

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Family of Minn. sweat lodge victim blame Ray for her death

    Liz Neuman, 49, was one of three people to die after the retreat's sweat lodge incident that left 18 people hospitalized.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Prior Lake woman third to die after Ariz. sweat lodge retreat

    After a James Arthur Ray sweat lodge retreat in Arizona turned deadly earlier this month, killing two, a third Minnesota woman also died after lapsing into a coma.

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Court stays in control of Daniel Hauser's chemotherapy treatment

    The Hauser family hoped they could regain control of their son's cancer treatment at a hearing yesterday in Brown County, but the judge held firm to the court's ability to control the treatment.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Twisdom: June bugs and colonics

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2009

    Shred the Love

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    Don Shelby loves Neti Pots

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2008

    Lookbook

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • Calendar

    September 12, 2007

    Garrison Keillor

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2005

    SARS Mystery As Game Of Clue: It was the feces of the Chinese horseshoe bat in the asthma medication

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2005

    Crime blotter

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • Books

    August 4, 2004

    In the Chair

    We've got some Twisdom to throw your way. Check out what kind of "genius" some locals had to spew this week on Twitter.

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    Red Hot Heartbreak

    Twin Cities entrepreneur Dick Quinn believed in the healing power of cayenne pepper. But in the four years since his death, the wrangling over rights to his five-alarm cure has been anything but therapeutic.

  • Feature

    December 1, 1998

    Helping Kids Cope with Colds

    Twin Cities entrepreneur Dick Quinn believed in the healing power of cayenne pepper. But in the four years since his death, the wrangling over rights to his five-alarm cure has been anything but therapeutic.

  • Feature

    October 1, 1998

    Kids and Chiropractic Healing

    An alternative approach to your family's aches, pains, illnesses, and wellbeing

  • Feature

    October 1, 1998

    Chiropractic caregivers claim many benefits for kids

    An alternative approach to your family's aches, pains, illnesses, and wellbeing

  • Feature

    May 1, 1998

    The Colic-Depression Link

    An alternative approach to your family's aches, pains, illnesses, and wellbeing

  • News

    March 25, 1998

    Bow Wow

    Just like their people-treating counterparts, veterinarians are discovering that holistic therapies can be both good medicine and good business.

  • News

    July 17, 1996

    Bad Medicine

    Just like their people-treating counterparts, veterinarians are discovering that holistic therapies can be both good medicine and good business.

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