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Minneapolis towing, by the numbers

This happens a lot.​If you've ever wondered how much money people spend on retrieving towed cars from the Minneapolis Impound Lot, City Pages has the answer: A lot.Minneapolis drivers have paid more than $30 million in towing and retrieval fees since 2006, according to city records obtained by Cit ... More >>

Ryan Eugene Loyd sentenced in 16-year-old Anthony Titus's murder

Ryan Eugene Loyd​Anthony Titus had just turned 16 years old when he was shot dead on the night of the Fourth of July in a backyard on the 2900 block of Fremont Avenue North. Family and friends said they were sure the boy wasn't in a gang, and that the shooting wasn't gang-related. As Minneapol ... More >>

Kenneth Johnson and Ryan Loyd charged in Anthony Titus' July 4 homicide

​Anthony Titus was hanging out in the alley behind a home on Fremont Avenue N. on the night of the Fourth of July when he was shot dead. His mother and friends told reporters that they were sure the boy wasn't in a gang, just a kid caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Today, Minneapoli ... More >>

There's a reason we call them "vanity plates"

I Hate 1984

The music and movies were epochal. The politics were abysmal. A poison valentine to the year that won't go away.

Arrested Development

City officials say the head of the Frogtown Action Alliance is dodging them. Two former employees say he sexually harassed them. Leaders in the struggling St. Paul neighborhood fear Shem Shakir's bad karma is contagious.

Compound Interest

An open letter on the indomitability of hip hop to my high school economics teacher