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Everything We Know About Security Is Wrong

So says counterterrorism contrarian Bruce Schneier. And the transportation security administration is listening.

Free Will Astrology

So says counterterrorism contrarian Bruce Schneier. And the transportation security administration is listening.

Pushing Tin

Nestled in the middle of the Twin Cities, the tiny trailer-park city of Hilltop (pop. 766) has been getting shoved around since the day it was born

Mark Dery: The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink

Nestled in the middle of the Twin Cities, the tiny trailer-park city of Hilltop (pop. 766) has been getting shoved around since the day it was born

Personality Crisis

Recovered memory Doc's license is suspended -- five years later.

When the Music Stops

Recovered memory Doc's license is suspended -- five years later.

A Stake through the Heart of Three Gorges:

A Global Win for Greens

Twin Cities ranked 3rd best in U.S. for working moms

So says Forbes, which rated America's 50 biggest cities. The survey ranked us No. 1 in the quality of health care and schools.

Minneapolis third-best U.S. city in which to earn a living

That is, according to Forbes.

Mickey's Diner in Forbes

Mickey's and Nye's vie for national media love...

Minnesota Twins are worth what?

​TheYankees they're not: The Minnesota Twins are worth $356 million, according to some new numbers from Forbes magazine. That's up from $44 million when Carl Pohlad bought the team in 1984. Sound like a lot of money? Consider this: The Yankees top the Forbes rankings with a value of $1.6 bill ... More >>

The Crucifixion of Juarez

On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey Jr.

Favreau's film will likely lead to more sequels, but that doesn't mean it's good

Lanesboro, Minn. named one of America's Prettiest Towns

Photo by Mulad​We've already told you to check out Lanesboro on a perfect summer weekend, but now America is catching on to our little gem near Rochester. We named Lanesboro the Best Day Trip in our "Best of" issue last year. Lanesboro's also been named on the America's Prettiest Towns list in ... More >>

Minneapolis among Top 5 cities for young professionals

Bring us your fancy college degrees and maybe we'll give you a job​Attention yuppies: Wondering where to put that freshly minted college degree to work? Forbes Magazine says Minneapolis is the third best place place in the country for you -- if you're tough enough to endure our winters and the ... More >>

Twin Cities No. 1 in U.S. for working women in Forbes survey

Screen grab via ForbesForbes rates us tops, but gives Seattle some love​We'd like to get more excited about Forbes Magazine naming Minneapolis-St. Paul tops in its Best Cities for Working Mothers survey, but we're a bit miffed. If we're so great, how comes the magazine goes and prints a photo ... More >>

Top ten memorable celebrity twins

​This weekend twins, triplets, quads, and their families will make a pilgrimage to Twinsburg, Ohio for the Twins Days Festival. In deference to this celebration of multiples, we've put together a list of some of the most memorable twins. Some are famous because they're beautiful, others for th ... More >>

Minnesota Vikings dropping in value

Will the Purple head West to some fancy new digs?​There's another warning sign that we'd better figure out a way to keep the Vikings in Minnesota. The value of the team has dropped 7 percent compared to last year in a new survey of NFL franchises. The sobering news comes via Forbes magazine's ... More >>

Cold Reality

Selling the city as summer slips away

Rainforest-lovers hang from Minneapolis skyway

Image from Rainforest Action NetworkWho knew showing your rainforests love meant hanging from a skyway?​If your commute through downtown Minneapolis was a little bit slow this morning, blame it on the rainforests. That's right. Four activists hung from the skyway at 3rd Street and 5th Avenue thi ... More >>

Forbes 400 list includes six Minnesota tycoons this year

Whitney MacMillan has more money than you do. A lot more.​When it comes to the really, really rich folks, few can touch the likes the Bill Gates. The Microsoft founder is now worth a mind-boggling $54 billion, according to the latest Forbes 400 list But here in Minnesota we have some bona fid ... More >>

Minnesota 15th on Forbes' Best States For Business

Photo: bsabarnowlMinnesota or South Dakota? We know where we'd rather live.​We're happy to land in the upper third of Forbes Magazine's rankings of states that are good for business. But our joy is marred by the fact North Dakota beat us out. Is a desolate stretch of frozen tundra really a b ... More >>

Have you any faith left in the Timberwolves?

A new season opens for the 'Wolves and sixth straight losing campaign appears inevitable.

Twin Cities way more relaxed than the rest of America

Photo: MuladProof that Twin Citians know how to relax.​We do stress out over things here on the tundra. Look at the Vikings, for crying out loud. Or Michele Bachmann. And don't even get us started on the fact that we have yet another election recount with national import on our hands. But com ... More >>

Twin Cities job market named among best in U.S. by Forbes

Andrew CiscelFind work here.​The headlines never seem to let up about the crappy American economy, and how tough it is to find a job. But Forbes is out with a new list today that says Minneapolis and St. Paul have the fourth-best job market of any major city in the country. The best was Wash ... More >>

Minneapolis ranked 10th most dangerous city in America

Andrew CiscelThe 10th most dangerous city in America?​We're so used to the Twin Cities placing high in national rankings of one sort or another that a new survey from U.S. News brought us up short: Minneapolis is tied with Cleveland - Cleveland! - as the 10th most dangerous city in America.

Scott Walker tanking in another Wisconsin poll [UPDATE]

Scott Walker is falling in the polls.​There's more bad poll news for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who insists he's going to stand firm in his budget battle to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Rasmussen Reports is out with a new survey of Wisconsin voters showing that ... More >>

Minneapolis is the best American city for finding employment

mattlawsFind work here.​All you people without a job, take note: Forbes magazine has named Minneapolis the best city in the country for finding a job. We can hear you sharpening pencils for those job application forms right now.

Men's Journal names Minneapolis one of America's coolest cities

Minneapolis makes the grade.​Yesterday we found out we lived in the best American city to find a job. Today, Minneapolis is the "Best Place to Live in a Big City Designed for Getting Outside," according to Men's Journal. Not a bad week so far. Especially since last month we were named one ... More >>

Minnesota billionaires listed by Forbes

Let's consider trading places.​This news makes us want to go out and rent "Trading Places" all over again. Forbes is out with its list of the world's most wildly wealthy tycoons. Itfigures there are 1,210 billionaires in the world, worth a total of $4.5 trillion -- a figure that beats the gro ... More >>

Jason Kubel keeps it in the park

The man who hit the first homer at Target Field is now eschewing the long ball.​ Jason Kubel has been one of the bright spots on an anemic Twins team. His stats have placed him squarely on baseball's leader board: a .347 batting average, .390 on-base percentage, and a .520 slugging percentage ... More >>

NBA locks out players, Rubio and Timberwolves cool their heels

Hey Ricky, how do you say "lockout" in Spanish?​The Minnesota state government wasn't the only thing that shut down at midnight last night. An hour earlier, at 12:01 Eastern time, the NBA entered a lockout that could postpone next season, if not cancel it altogether. As the existing collecti ... More >>

Twins are second worst team for your buck in MLB

You'd be happy too if you got paid $23 million.​The Minnesota Twins are the second worst team in Major League Baseball on value-per-dollar, according to a new Forbes Magazine study. The rankings, which compare payroll and success, put the Twins 29th out of 30 teams, ahead of only the Chicago Cubs. ... More >>

Minnesota Vikings 28th-most valuable NFL team

Sorry Donovan McNabb, we're still not worth a damn.​The Minnesota Vikings are worth a lot compared to, say, a car, or a turkey sandwich. But compared to other NFL teams, they're not doing well.Just in time for tonight's opening kickoff of the NFL season, Forbes Magazine has compiled its annual ran ... More >>

Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Barbara Carlson Gage are the richest Minnesotans

Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Barbara Carlson Gage: Professional daughters.​Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Barbara Carlson Gage have done pretty well in what's called the "daughter business." The two women, heiresses to the Carlson hospitality fortune, are the richest people in Minnesota, according to Forbe ... More >>

Minnesota got poorer last year

This, for those of you who have forgotten, is what money looks like.​Hey, Forbes -- maybe it was a "banner year" for the richest people in the United States, but how 'bout a little something for the rest of us? Minnesota's income dropped about $1,000 per household in 2010, according to a new data ... More >>

Toby Keith tops Forbes' "Highest-Paid" list

Photo by Nikki MillerGimme fifty mill and I'll sell you a Ford pickup truck!​No, he didn't out-earn Lady Gaga, who topped Forbes' list of highest-paid celebrities, but at his $50 million to her $4.5 billion, Toby Keith was at the top of the list of country artists, thanks in part to his chain ... More >>

Eddie Murphy in Tower Heist

Movie doesn't amount to much but steals a lot of laughs

Best Buy: On the road to extinction?

Best Buy has been beseiged by bad news this holiday season. ​Could one of the Twin Cities' largest companies be on the road toward ending up in the tar pit of retailers along with Circuit City and Ultimate Electronics?Possibly. A Forbes piece published yesterday makes a strong case that Richfield- ... More >>

Best Buy is America's 6th most hated company, says 24/7 Wall St.

Best Buy: More hated than Walmart? 24/7 Wall St. thinks so.​Best Buy has been receiving a lot of negative publicity lately, and that trend continued when 24/7 Wall St. published its list of the 10 most hated companies in America.Using an algorithm including factors like consumer satisfaction, cust ... More >>

Forbes: T-Wolves worst NBA team for the money

Forbes quantified the pain Wolves fans have felt since KG was traded.​These days, things are finally looking up for the Timberwolves.The team just signed all-star forward Kevin Love to a 4-year extension, Ricky Rubio has been as good as anyone could've hoped, and after a road win last night agains ... More >>

The best and worst things about Minnesota [GRAPHIC]

Something seems fishy about all these lists.​It seems like there's another "city superlative list" every week (the latest making the odd claim that we're the "13th most lesbianish"), so we decided to try to put them all together into one comparative infographic.These studies are popular with rea ... More >>

Target pulls "stalker" Valentine's Day cards in response to social media outrage

Target's decision to sell this card created a social media firestorm.​Target pulled "stalker" Valentine's Day cards from shelves in response to an anti-making-light-of-stalking campaign led by Ginger Lee.Yes, that Ginger Lee -- the same former porn star who brought down U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner af ... More >>

Sherwin Shayegan, Piggyback Bandit, is in Minnesota

Shayegan is one frickin' bizarre individual.​Sherwin Shayegan is a serial piggybacker known as the Piggyback Bandit. And he has been spotted in Minnesota.Shayegan, 28, likes to show up at high school sporting events and jump on the players' backs. He is not shy about this -- his Facebook page asks ... More >>