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Richard Lupkes is the best men's arm wrestler in the U.S.

Shirley LupkesArm wrestler Richard Lupkes has backstage passes to the gun show.​By day, Richard Lupkes farms the same 320-acres his father did in the southwestern corner of Minnesota. But in the world of professional arm wrestling, he's a local legend. "I saw a poster hanging on a wall in a g ... More >>

'The Art of Vasili Nechitailo' featured at TMORA

Vasili Nechitailo (1915 - 1980)Portrait in the Shawl, 1968, Oil on canvas (left); Wheat for the Motherland, 1954, Oil on canvas (right) ​The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) in Minneapolis kicked off the second installment of its "Discovering 20th Century Russian Masters" series with "The Art of Vasi ... More >>

Shaun White? Lindsey Vonn? What is your Olympic dream? Here's Kern's

One man's vision of (twisted) Olympic grandeur. Reader submissions encouraged.

Amina Figarova

The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma

Bring 'em On!

The Bush administration's top 40 lies about war and terrorism

Jiggled, Not Stirred

In his 19th licensed escapade, Agent 007 appears reliably randy but rather tired

Those White House Klatsches: Who Went, What They Got