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October 11, 2012Five of our favorite DMX moments
If you're taking part in the Zombie Pub Crawl this weekend, get read to stop, drop, shut 'em down, and open up shop as DMX is rolling into town to get at you, dog! X is gon' give it to ya at 9 p.m. Saturday at Midway Stadium, AKA Zombie Island. Unless you're slippin', you know the combination of zom ... More >>
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October 9, 2012Minnesota is one of the least racist states, according to Google (and Harvard)
A Harvard PhD student recently analyzed Google search data from the 2004 and 2008 presidential election cycles in hopes of determining to what extent the Obama vote was limited by racial prejudices.SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota is the least miserable state, according to Bloomberg-- Twin Cities 4th-most peac ... More >>
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September 27, 2011Google politely asks Minnesota's small businesses to get a website
Google: Still a twinkle in Minnesota small business owners' eyes.Google, one might think, has this whole internet thing figured out. And Minnesota, one might think, is a technologically sophisticated state, wired from corner to corner.As it turns out, Minnesotans have a lot of room to grow in ter ... More >>
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September 22, 2011Al Franken questions Google's internet search monopoly
Al Franken asked questions that Google CEO Eric Schmidt can't answer.Al Franken loves Google. He just doesn't trust it. That's what came out at yesterday's contentious Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, which saw Google's CEO Eric Schmidt squirming a bit under the hot light of government oversi ... More >>
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March 30, 2011Duluth loses Google broadband bid to Kansas City
The search is over.Children in Duluth no longer have to live under the threat of their parents naming them "Google Fiber," because the giant web search company has decided to award its much-ballyhooed fibre optic broadband internet project to -- drum roll please -- Kansas City. Bummer for Du ... More >>
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November 17, 2010Google Hotpot challenges Yelp's restaurant rater
Yelp Foursquare Facebook = Google HotpotGoogle is getting into the restaurant rating biz, with its new launch of Hotpot, a sort of Yelp/Foursquare/Facebook mash-up linked to Google Places. Google maps already aggregate ratings from other rating websites like Citysearch and OpenTable, bu ... More >>
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May 17, 2010Minneapolis City Assessor says smile, it's picture time for your property
Photo: christofferlybekkSmile, you're on the assessor's cameraIn a move that sounds like it's right out of the Google playbook, Minneapolis City Assessor Patrick Todd says his office has started a program photograph every single piece of private property in its jurisdiction -- about 130,000 p ... More >>
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November 5, 2009The Wet Spot: Sculpting the ultimate erotic facial hair
What's the sexiest choice in facial hair? The Erotic Specialist weighs in.
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October 30, 2009The Deets plays guinea pig for the Google PowerMeter
Want to flip open your smart phone and see how much energy your drafty old home is sucking off the power grid while you're slaving away at work? There's an app for that.
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June 30, 2009Even Google thinks Michele Bachmann is crazy
Her "comic crazy face" has become her official head shot on teh internetz.
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June 17, 2009Penny on the train tracks
As a kid, did someone warn you that putting pennies on train tracks would derail a train? We definitely heard this bunk and believed it.
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April 16, 2009Complete run of Billboard now on Google Book Search
Matos hips me to the fact, pointed out to him by Eric Weisbard, that Google Book Search now has what appears to be a complete run of Billboard from 1942 on. Just what I want: More research materials! But no, this is a great and wonderful thing, especially the Google map identifying places mentioned ... More >>
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April 15, 2009Google PageRank and the local mediasphere
BrauBlog is beating WCCO-TV, Fox9, and KARE11! Wait ... what's a "BrauBlog"?
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April 1, 2009Mom goes into labor during flood, dad Googles it
This dad-to-be knew exactly what to do when his wife went into labor and help couldn't arrive fast enough because they were stuck in the Red River floods.
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March 18, 2009Anybody making Whoopie Pies?
A request for our local bakeries to start serving these divine desserts--and a must-try recipe to tide us over in the meantime.
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March 3, 2009Remembering McPunks
And the days when a Strib headline read: "Punk Rockers have some folks concerned at Hennepin-Lake."
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November 19, 2008Fired KSTP intern will never get a journalism job again
Well, now it's official. The fired KSTP intern will never get a job in media if her potential bosses have any Google skills.Blogs
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