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Michele Bachmann has inspired a sexy romance novel [INCREDIBLE COVER IMAGE]

Michele Bachmann has inspired us to desk-slam our heads more times than we can recall. But she's inspired others in more positive ways. SEE ALSO: Michele Bachmann has "sex appeal," top Pawlenty aide saysFor instance, she's moved author Trey Sager to write Fires of Siberia, "an old-fashioned bodice r ... More >>

MSP worker allegedly stole $85,000 in valuables from checked luggage

A Delta contractor who worked at MSP has been charged with 11 felonies for allegedly stealing $85,000 worth of stuff from checked bags.SEE ALSO: Delta serves needle sandwiches on Amsterdam-MSP flight David Vang, 23, did maintenance work on baggage belt systems, but he apparently augmented his income ... More >>

Three gang members charged after year-long crime spree

Over the past year, officers began seeing similarities in a string of assaults and burglaries in which thieves netted computers and guns.Now, Hennepin County has charged three members of the Loud Pack gang -- Dementry Loyd, 19, along with Montrelle Collins, 20 and Marlon Collins, 21 -- with the crim ... More >>

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at First Avenue, 1/25/13

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Langhorne Slim First Avenue, Minneapolis Friday, January 25, 2013 "Guys, I did a bad thing today," announced Grace Potter halfway through her set on Friday night to the sold-out crowd at First Avenue. She was in her element: center stage, dressed to the nines i ... More >>

Hidden: Work by Zhang Meng

Quentin Tarantino unchained

The iconic director emerges with one of his most ambitious films yet, Django Unchained

This Is 40 is long, aimless, and worth it

Which, come to think of it, is a lot like marriage

How family business FirstTech got to be the world's longest-running Apple dealer

In 1977, when the Zuckman family started stocking the Apple II computer, it was just another one of their products.The three Zuckman brothers -- Arnie, Rick and Harvey -- had taken over their parents' electronics business, and sold all kinds of devices -- radios, television, stereos -- out of their ... More >>

A.C. Newman on Hurricane Sandy, the New Pornographers, and Spotify

By Peter GerstenzangA.C. Newman is cool and calm, but more importantly, he is Canadian. When I get a hold of this gifted singer/songwriter, he is in St Louis, as Hurricane Sandy is conducting a Search and Destroy mission upon our already rain-ravaged East Coast. But when I ask him how his tour is go ... More >>

Aly Xiong, Maplewood principal, sleeps on school roof to raise money for iPads

Aly Xiong, a principal at the Gethsemane School in Maplewood, spent Tuesday night camped out in a tent on the elementary school's roof.Xiong says the wacky idea randomly came to him during the statewide Non-Public School Fundraiser when he threw out a goal of $20,000 to buy what he says are much-nee ... More >>

Brett Favre pubes salesman shares most hilarious correspondence with would-be buyers

Put your credit cards away, folks -- the Brett Favre pubes sale that took Craigslist by storm last week was a hoax.SEE ALSO: Brett Favre's pubes for sale for $200 (or best offer) on Minneapolis CraigslistIn a Wednesday blog post entitled "No Country For Old Pubes," the person behind the purported sa ... More >>

New Bohemia Bar and Restaurant coming to Northeast

As we reported earlier this week, Minneapolis really loves its craft beer, and the new beer bar and restaurant moving into the old Panera Bread space on Hennepin in northeast Minneapolis has high hopes that will translate to big-time success, reports the Star Tribune.New Bohemia Bar and Re ... More >>

Jay Leno pokes fun at Minnesota newspaper during Headlines segment [VIDEO]

On Monday night, Jay Leno tried to get some laughs at the expense of the Fergus Falls Daily Journal. But because his joke wasn't that funny, he had to settle for consolation claps instead.Leno poked fun at the Journal while running down absurd newspaper content from throughout the nation in his Head ... More >>

Tot Boss' Daniel Docken: Five questions for the new food truck owner

The already bustling community of food tucks is about to receive a new member. And this member is aiming to please the little kid in all of us by serving all things tater, including tater tot nachos, bacon-wrapped tater tots, and something called Mama's Tater Tot Hot Dish. As he readies his truck fo ... More >>

Dropkick Murphys at First Avenue, 2/25/2012

​Dropkick Murphys With Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls and The MahonesFirst Ave., MinneapolisSaturday, February 25, 2012For a slideshow from the concert, click here.St. Patrick's Day came a little early to Minneapolis in the form of a Dropkick Murphys performance. The Boston-based band broug ... More >>

Buffalo Wild Wings to test tabletop iPad ordering in Minneapolis

​After successfully completing one phase of testing at a Toronto store, Buffalo Wild Wings announced plans to launch a second phase of testing of its proposed tabletop iPad ordering system at an undisclosed Minneapolis branch, reports Computer World.Buffalo Wild Wings, the largest Minneapolis ... More >>

The Real Rybak: A reporter's notebook in Iowa [VIDEO]

​In this week's cover story, we followed Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak around for several weeks to document the day-to-day life of a city politician marking his tenth year in office. Along the way, we traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, ahead of the January 3 caucus to witness Rybak in his role as v ... More >>

The real R.T. Rybak

Up close and personal with the Minneapolis mayor

'This Day in Bob Dylan' iPad/iPhone app released

​If you ever find yourself thinking, 'I wonder what Bob Dylan was up to on this date in 1972,' then software creators This Day In Music Apps definitely have the product for you. They have just put together a 'This Day In Bob Dylan' iPad/iPhone app which documents famous events from the musicia ... More >>

The year in theater: a deeper look

​The last year was the kind that made me glad to be a theater critic in such a thriving community. So much so that the annual top 10 list barely scratched the surface of the high quality shows on display on Twin Cities stages during the last 12 months. So, for a slightly deeper look, here are the ... More >>

Twin Cities' best plays of 2011

Hairspray, Doubt, On the Spectrum, and more

Artists of the Year 2011

Alan Moore, Louis C.K., Bethany Larson, and more

Pizza Hero: Would you use the new app to make and order your pizza?

Domino's Pizza recently released an application for iPad called Pizza Hero, a game-based way to create and order a pizza while you're on the go (or, let's be real, on the couch). For people who still like to speak to a human being when they are giving out credit card information, and are content to ... More >>

Try futuristic vending machines for free in Peavey Plaza tomorrow

There's nothing quite like scoring some poor sap's chips for free after they get stuck in the vending machine. Well, downtowners can have that experience as many times as they want tomorrow in Peavey Plaza, where a huge bank of state-of-the-art vending machines are going to be on display and dispen ... More >>

Hamlet at Jungle Theater

A high-tech spin on the classic tale

How serious is Mayor R.T. Rybak about making Atmosphere's 'Say Shh' the official Minneapolis tune?

Apparently, he's kind of serious? Maybe?  Well, serious enough to respond to a tweet from Minneapolitan Tyler Page, who originally threw the idea onto the table.  .bbpBox110393626781167617 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme9/bg.gif) #301c07;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{ ... More >>

Top 5 beach reads for foodies

Drool a moat around that sandcastle​As graduation processions pass and Saturday-night wedding dates begin to loom, we've decided it safe to declare this season summer. Sultry long nights, lethargic cabin trips, and charcoal-scented sizzling meats are upon us.  Because leisure pairs so beautif ... More >>

The Cars at First Avenue, 5/17/11

Photos by Steve Cohen​The CarsMay 17, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisFirst Avenue's Mainroom seems to be making a habit of hosting larger-than-life (and larger-than-club-sized) musical icons this year. Between Lauryn Hill in January, Paul Simon earlier this month and last night's Cars show, one of o ... More >>

Drudge dogs Franken on iPhone, completely misses the point

Matt Drudge​Here we are, two years into Al Franken's first term as a U.S. senator, and Matt Drudge is still making jokes about Franken's former career as a comedian. Or maybe the famously conservative news aggregator is irked that Franken, an unapologetic liberal, is dogging tech companies that h ... More >>

Apple cuts back iPhone tracking after Al Franken bites

Al Franken wants a word or two with Steve Jobs​Sen. Al Franken appears to have taken a bite out of Apple. Stung by bad PR, angry customers and the promise of Senate hearings chaired by Franken, the computer maker says it has released an update to iPhones to cut back on the amount of time the ... More >>

Open Table and the cost of making reservations

How much does booking online cost restaurants? You'd be surprised.

Chef Sleeve helps iPads surpass cookbooks

Cracking an egg on your iPad could spell disaster!​Gadgets that require a million accessories (the cases, the screen-cleaners, the back-up batteries...etc.) are a little exhausting, but as whole shelves of cookbooks are being replaced by their digital counterparts--accessed by an expensive ele ... More >>

Steve Jobs will testify in Al Franken's hearings on iPhone tracking

Jobs says his iPhones aren't tracking anyone.​It sounds like Apple CEO Steve Jobs has agreed to testify before Sen. Al Franken's subcommittee on privacy and technology, following an uproar over stories that iPhones and iPads were tracking the location of their users and storing the data, appar ... More >>

Al Franken wants Apple and Google to testify about smartphone tracking

Al Franken wants Apple, Google at privacy hearings.​Sen. Al Franken is wading ever deeper into the controversy over whether smartphones are secretly tracking their user's locations. As chairman of the Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee, he's calling on Apple and Google representati ... More >>

Will Al Franken take on Android too?

Steve Jobs, the object of Al Franken's ire.​We took note yesterday that Sen. Al Franken has fired off a nastygram to Apple boss Steve Jobs over published reports that iPhones and iPads were tracking and storing the movements of their users for some purpose yet to be revealed. Now we're wonder ... More >>

Al Franken grills Steve jobs over iPad, iPhone tracking

Al Franken targets Steve Jobs.​Did you know that every time you use your iPhone or iPad, Apple is collecting your exact latitude and longitude, and storing the data in an unencrypted format, without asking you first? It's news to Sen. Al Franken, and he's just fired off a scathing letter to Appl ... More >>

Kanye West's next album: 26 possible titles

​In case you hadn't guessed by now, Kanye West will not relent, he will not back down, he will not take a non-working vacation, he will not seclude himself on a remote island in a toga with Buddhist monks or exploit his life story in self-help book form or film a Twitter infomercial.No, West will ... More >>

Gorillaz' iPad-Created Album, 'The Fall'

​Nearly one year ago I was, along with hundreds of others, sitting on the internet while Steve Jobs revealed the iPad to a sniggering and goose-pimpled public. Chatting with my boss, I explained how underwhelming this giant iPod was to me, a sentiment so painfully shortsighted it's awkward to talk ... More >>

Best iPhone apps for Thanksgiving cooks

Mo PerryA $35 cookbook shrunk to a $4.99 app that fits in the palm of your hand​ With most of us gearing up to spend Thursday in the kitchen juggling pots, pans, baking sheets, and kitchen timers, we thought this was the perfect time to introduce you to five of our favorite technological Chef ... More >>

Location, Volume 3

Audiofile Engineering quietly revolutionizes recording industry

Owners Matthew Foust and Evan Olcott were members of 12 Rods

Bill Kling retires: Live blogging

​Bill Kling, the only CEO Minnesota Public Radio has ever known, announced this morning he was retiring after building the largest public broadcast organization in the country. We wrote about it here, earlier. Kling was interviewed at noon by MPR's Gary Eichten. We live-blogged the interview ... More >>

Minnesota State Fair for cheap: Freeloader bonus

Image courtesy of the Minnesota State Fair​So, you paid the $8 to $11 entrance fee, and you saved money busing in rather than parking in a lot, but you're still worried about spending too much because you are on a fixed budget this year. No worries. There's plenty to do at the fair for little o ... More >>

Welcome to the new CityPages.com

​You may have noticed something different about us today. No, we didn't get a haircut or lose weight. It's a website redesign!Aside from the most obvious aesthetic differences--the content is better optimized to fit modern wide-screen monitors and has a cleaner, airier look--the new website featur ... More >>