Internet Broadcasting

Wisconsin men face fines for forcibly putting T-shirt on deer, posting footage to YouTube [VIDEO]

Dudes in Wisconsin must be really, really bored.SEE ALSO: Donna the Deer Lady seriously believes deer crossing signs are like crosswalks for deer [AUDIO] A group of at least five men face $303 fines from the Wisconsin DNR after they posted footage to YouTube of themselves laughing and having a grand ... More >>

U of M cuts rapper Joel Bauman's wrestling eligibility

For a while, Joel "WhysGuy" Bauman was both a rapper and a wrestler at the University of Minnesota. Now, after he's seen some success on the music side, he's ineligible to compete as a wrestler based upon NCAA rules. Recently, the school contacted him and requested he take down his motivation-bent ... More >>

Up, Up, Up! A Benefit for the Zach Sobiech Fund

Packers cheerleader dissed as "fugly" on Facebook speaks out against cyber-bullying [PHOTO]

Former Packers cheerleader Kaitlyn Collins isn't taking insults directed toward her on the Chicago Bears Fan Facebook page lying down.SEE ALSO: Kenneth Krause, personal injury lawyer, wrote letter to Jennifer Livingston calling her obese [PHOTO]Yesterday, Collins posted a four minute-plus video on Y ... More >>

The Films of Kim Jong Il

You'll love the movies produced by the North Korean dictator. Or else.

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Mark Mallman's Marathon 4 is in progress! Minneapolis stop details

Dear internet, Mark Mallman is on his way to making some sort of musical history this week. Known for his feats of technological and musical mayhem, Mallman and his team are heading cross-country to create a seven-day documentary song in a pimped-out 1992 Vandura conversion van. The project began in ... More >>

General Mills protest: Homophobe megafails while trying to light Cheerios on fire [VIDEO]

SEE ALSO:-- MN for Marriage on General Mills' pro-GLBT stance: "Marriage doesn't matter to them"-- Michele Bachmann waves bag of gay-unfriendly Chick-fil-A [VIDEO]Yesterday, video of a middle-aged man megafailing while trying to light a box of Cheerios on fire in protest of General Mills' support fo ... More >>

On Lyndale Avenue, Jim Fiala's 16 cameras are always watching [VIDEO]

​On Lyndale Avenue South, just across from the Loon grocery store, Jim Fiala's cameras are always watching.About 15 years ago, Fiala's car was stolen out of his driveway, so he set up a camera in front of the house, a simple task for the retired electrical engineer. Over time, Fiala began adding m ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh loses ad over slut comment

Select Comfort pulls the plug

Mark Mallman makes YouTube video of his entire discography

​Say what you want about Mark Mallman, but the guy consistently keeps his approach to music interesting and fresh. Whether it's Mallman's legendary, marathon sets at the Turf Club, his annual New Year's Eve extravaganzas, or his genuine, eye-opening diaries from the road, Mark has always put himse ... More >>

Mary Franson, MNGOP Rep., compares food stamp recipients to wild animals [VIDEO]

​In a video that was posted to the official YouTube channel for the MNGOP House caucus, Rep. Mary Franson, R-Alexandria, compares food stamp recipients to wild animals. She later tweeted an apology for her comments and had the video removed, but the clip, embedded below, is preserved in the fossil ... More >>

Prince & the Revolution reunite -- on video

Prince performing "When U Were Mine" in 1983.​Nostalgia for Prince and the Revolution is running over the brim for many in the Twin Cities at the moment. Sunday evening's Benefit 2 Celebrate Life marked the reunion of his Purple Excellence's backing band at First Avenue and the renewed health of d ... More >>

KEYC Mankato anchor Annie Stensrud arrested for DWI

Annie Stensrud can't catch a break.​Annie Stensrud, the Mankato CBS-Fox affiliate reporter whose "drunk broadcast" went viral on YouTube was arrested last night for a DWI. According to Nicollet County Sheriff Dave Lange, Stensrud was stopped after someone called to report a possible drunk driver.T ... More >>

Bob Mould joined by Dave Grohl, Ryan Adams, Britt Daniel, No Age, and more at L.A. tribute

​Though he reportedly expressed some humble resistance to the tribute because "he's not even dead yet," Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman Bob Mould took part in an all-star tribute to his songwriting and legacy last night at L.A.'s Disney Hall, where he was joined by Foo Fighters' Dave Groh ... More >>

Occupy MN recruiting families going through foreclosure [VIDEO]

Ruth Murman got an extra two weeks in her home after teaming up with Occupy MN.​Ruth Murman needed two extra weeks to pack up her and her elderly father's things and get them out of the home she is losing to foreclosure. Her mortgage lender, US Bank, said no dice. The eviction was set for October ... More >>

Bald Eagle chicks caught live on camera [LIVE VIDEO]

Raptor Resource ProjectCould somebody climb up there and wipe off the lens?​Let's take a moment this morning to break away from all the usual craziness in the world, and admire the handiwork of the Raptor Resource Project. The organization has set up a nest webcam in Decorah, Iowa, to eaves ... More >>

Khari Jerome Anse Tillman sentenced for videos showing nephew how to smoke pot

Khari Tillman.​Remember Khari Jerome Anse Tillman? He's the 32-year-old guy from Rosemount who was prosecuted for posting a Blunt Rolling 101 lesson with his nephew via YouTube. After pleading guilty to five misdemeanors, he's going to jail for 20 days for his stunningly bad debut as an onlin ... More >>

Bachmann video censored by bogus copyright complaint [VIDEO]

CaffthoughtsBachmann dodging the media -- on tape!​It's not news that Michele Bachmann exists in a carefully regulated bubble, talking only to sympathetic outlets guaranteed to disseminate her nonsense without question. But it isn't everyday that we get video of la Bachmann stiff-arming repor ... More >>

Angry Birds theme remixed into five amazing covers

​With a cackle and a crash, Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds stormed casual gamers' hearts like a lean-to made of glass, boulders and logs. Rovio, a tiny computer game company in Espoo, Finland, debuted Angry Birds, a mobile phone game, in December 2009. Since then the Birds have become the number # ... More >>

Interview with David Wynn Miller, Jared Loughner's alleged grammar guru

Miller and Loughner also shared an interest in 2012 prophecies.​Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old psycho accused of the Arizona rampage, may have been influenced by Milwaukee grammar conspiracy theorist David Wynn Miller. On his YouTube channel, Loughner expounds his barely coherent philosophie ... More >>

BirthOrNot.com: Anatomy of an Internet Hoax

Pete Arnold, AKA Zeeboid, is in the captain's chair when it comes to media requests.​Yesterday, we told you that Pete Arnold, the father at the center of the BirthOrNot abortion poll, is actually Zeeboid, a rightwing internet troll.Today, in an effort to make his trollish ways even clearer, we hav ... More >>

Troy Gentry killed tame and captive bear in fake hunt [VIDEO]

Cubby the bear was killed on a fenced-in wildlife preserve.​Troy Gentry is a big shot country music star, half of the Montgomery Gentry act. But new video on YouTube shows that when it comes to bear hunting, he's a legend in his own mind.

Dale Johannessen gets tazed at Minnesota State Fair

Image via YouTubeDale Johannessen gets shirty.​Combine St. Paul's two latest tazing recipients and you've got yourself a fully clothed man. While Brian Dziubak dropped trou in a gas station, Dale Steven Johannessen managed to get his shirt off at the Great Minnesota Get-Together before catchi ... More >>

Lady Gaga Vision

Randi Reitan's anti-Target video goes viral [VIDEO]

Photo: YouTube Grandma Randi Reitan doesn't like anti-gay stores​Whoever at Target thought it would be a good idea to pitch in $150,000 to support gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer must be kicking themselves right now. The company formerly known for supporting gay employees is getting an avala ... More >>

'Minnesota Gurls' gone wild

​The latest Minnesota meme to hit YouTube is a local parody of Katy Perry's hit "California Gurls," called "Minnesota Gurls." The song was penned by a group of kids from Fridley who go by the name Dime and Peppimoo (with help from their pals Cookie and Twizzler), and since it was posted at the beg ... More >>

Tornado count overestimated by National Weather Service

Image via YouTubeDiscovery Channel storm chasers made tracks to Minnesota​It now appears that there were some wild imaginations and miscounts at work last Thursday when a hellacious storm system ripped across the state, killing at least three people. Those 34 twisters we and others reported? ... More >>

Hitler reacts to Brett Favre coming to the Vikings

James Lileks notes that the Hitler parody videos are slowly being taken down from YouTube. See this one while it's still available: (UPDATE: Looks like it's been taken down. Anyone find any mirror sites?)

Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin fact check

How much fiction will mingle with fact today when Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity and thousands of Republican donors descend on Minneapolis in a giant orgy of cash and cable news coverage? If recent history is any guide, there will be a target-rich environment. You can take a quiz on the ... More >>

'Hip Hop High' students show off their talent

Photo courtesy of HSRA​This week's cover story profiles St. Paul's High School for Recording Arts (aka 'Hip Hop High') and some of the talented students you'll find there. Savage, Dominoe and Lil C are all featured in the MPLS.TV documentary produced for the feature, but we figured you would be ... More >>

Prince vs. Dancing Baby: Toddler wins right to dance to "Let's Go Crazy" on YouTube

The mother of a toddler featured in a viral YouTube video dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" went head-to-head with Universal Music Group... and won!

Video of the day: Vigil for three Somalis gunned down in market

The thermometer was sinking down below the zero mark, but that didn't stop a huge gathering of concerned Somalis and Seward residents.

Video of the day: Northfield snowfall

A time-lapse movie of a snowstorm hitting Bridge Square in downtown Northfield. Nice music, too. Enjoy.

E. coli victim with kidney disease sues Cargill for $100 million

Stephanie Smith was horribly sickened by eating tainted meat two years ago.

Minnesota YouTube wedding couple gets classic NYC welcome

The couple's NYC fun turned into disaster when ABC canceled their hotel room and flight for playing with their competitor.

Minn. couple gives Chris Brown a post-beating stimulus

We all know as we watch that video that Brown is a lady beater, but somehow that horrific image disappears as that joyous wedding party boogies down the aisle.

NYMag: Minn. wedding dance one of the best musical theater pieces of the year

New York Magazine's Dan Kois called it one of the best pieces of musical theater this year. How could that be?

The Popstream: Lifter Puller, "The Candy Machine and My Girlfriend"

Believe it or not, this is the only live footage of the Minneapolis legends on YouTube. (So far.)

While his ukulele gently weeps

Four years after becoming one of the first YouTube phenomenons, ukulele prodigy Jake Shimabukuro is still flying high

Principal could be fired after making student clean toilet

Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

James Sewell Ballet: Ballet Works Project

Local teen broadcasts his life

Spoon and Cherry? Hey, that's us!

"Fantastic fleeting moments..."

Doomtree send cryptic messages across the blogosphere

I think the internet just ate itself

Diablo Cody on David Letterman

Bush caught on live TV feed meeting Katrina survivors