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Voodoo lily brings rotting corpse smell to Minnesota Zoo

The new voodoo lily at MN Zoo​Just in time for spring, the Minnesota Zoo has acquired a flower that blooms and smells like something died. Amorphophallus konjac--also known as Voodoo lily or Devil's tongue--landed at the zoo on Tuesday and is expected to bloom within the next few days. You don't ... More >>

Bull Run vs. Kopplin's in a battle for the best cup of coffee

Bull Run's cup of love​The Twin Cities is a coffee shop mecca with literally hundreds of places to grab a mugful. Nonetheless, local connoisseurs know there are only two real contenders in the battle of the bean: Bull Run Coffee Bar in Minneapolis and Kopplin's in St. Paul. As summer wanes, it's t ... More >>

Top 10 forbidden foods

WikipediaDon't eat that: Dog meat cooking in Southeast Asia​ Earlier this week came news that a homeless man named Nathan J. Kittoe, in Madison, Wisconsin, was in trouble with police for attacking a woman in a local park for trying to stop him from killing a goose, which he was planning on hav ... More >>

Kite Festival

Jesse Ventura exclusive: Conspiracy Theory host talks 9/11, JFK, and Vietnam

Tru TV show Conspiracy Theory finds news editor in The Body

Bizarre World - Wisconsin airs tonight

Andrew Zimmern takes on Wisconsin in tonight's episode of "Bizarre World."

Paper Toy and Pop-Out Show

Paper Toy and Pop Out Show opens this Saturday night

Check out this insane urban paper design show.

Toast of the Town

By tracking down rare liquors from around the world, importer Eric Seed is fueling the nation's classic-cocktail revival

The Birth of Coffee

Various Artists

Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics 1918-1955

Film Highlight: Omnifest

Free Will Astrology

Twin Cities Chocolate Extravaganza

Did the Creator of the Backstreet Boys Take a St. Paul Bank for $28 mil?

American Bank joins two North Dakota banks in suing to recover money loaned to boy-band magnate Lou Pearlman

6/29 Morning Communiqué

The Outsiders

A new generation of Hmong makes its own exodus

5/18 Morning Communiqué

Free Will Astrology

Bird Flu: "This thing just continues to march"

The CP interview: Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy talks about the flu bug that could bring the world to its knees

8/22: Morning Communique

Kill the Messengers

TV news should be ashamed of itself—again

On The Hook

Nomadic cineaste Jamie Hook swings over to Minnesota

Preacher Woman

Each Sunday, Nancy Smith puts on one hell of a show for God

Rijsttafel Ramblings

Dear Dara answers questions, both asked and unasked, about the foods you seek

News of the Weird

Proof That Inmates Sometimes Take Over the Asylum

Creation Myth

Thirty-five years ago, a Chicago arts collective charted new territory in black music. Now, in a three-day retrospective, Minneapolis free-jazz explorers Douglas Ewart and Carei Thomas return to that land of possibilities.

The Age of Work

Photographers Lewis W. Hine and David Parker frame the debate over child labor

The Music of Chance

An artist of the accidental, Jim Ruiz croons a lounge music of personal loss.

Tigers' Keepers

A real-life fairy tale in which the wild beasts are hunted, the jungle is a plantation, and the knight in shining armor hails from Apple Valley.

Manufacturing Comedy

Cheap tricks and free advertising: Phil Knight and Michael Moore in The Big One.

A Dose of Reality

After years of gathering dust on drugstore shelves, the female condom may finally be on its way to finding acceptance among gay men and Third World women.

Welfare Cheats

Vermont Rep. Bernie Sanders nailed it the other day when he said: "The major banks have made huge sums of money in Asia, and now their loans are turning sour. Well, that's what free enterprise is about--sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose."

Peace on Earth?

Thanks to Clinton's foreign policy, 1998 could be the year of living dangerously for much of the world.

Will They Ever Learn?

Polls show that a majority of swing voters disapprove of Janet Reno's decision not to seek an outside prosecutor for Donorgate. That's bad news for the liberals who keep pooh-poohing the corruption issue.

Go East, Young Man

Enter Sandman: Actor/playwright David Mura succumbs to a few seconds of shut-eye in Pangea World Theater's The Winged Seed.

PUBLIC JOURNALIST #1

The Real Revolution Radio: Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica's Democracy Now!

Barbie's New Suit

Danes 'R Us: Aqua's "Barbie Girl" guns down pop plasticity.

The China Syndrome

What Bill Knew

Power Play: The Biggest Game in Town

The little-noted push to deregulate utilities will drive up rates and jeopardize service--not to mention

For Services Rendered

Innocent Abroad

First, Lie

After the Gold Rush

Bill Clinton raised a fortune for his campaign bid and became the first Democratic president re-elected since FDR. But his most enduring legacy may lie in the Republican Congress.

October Surprises

The $800 Million Men

Foreign Affairs

Bill Clinton's Indonesian connection brought him campaign cash in exchange for influence--and continued inaction on the country's notorious human rights abuses.