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Twin Cities winter in country music: From Brandi Carlile to Big & Rich

January's a heady and diverse month for country shows in the Twin Cities, kicking off with a pair of sold-out New Year's performances at the Varsity Theater by Brandi Carlile, and ending with that pair PETA has not yet recognized for their important work saving horses.

University of Minnesota sued for animal testing secrecy

Yesterday, the national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund and Minneapolis resident Isaac Peter filed a lawsuit against the University of Minnesota for violating the state's open meeting and open records laws.SEE ALSO: PETA: "There's just no excuse" for Lake Superior Zoo animal deaths during Duluth ... More >>

Target Field makes PETA's list of vegetarian-friendly ball parks

See Also:Target Field's new menu items: An opening day round-upBest Food at Target Field - 2011: Vincent BurgerMuch has been written about the fabulous food and beverage options at Target Field, but the focus is usually on the exclusive beers, beefy burgers, mega meatballs, and the classic nachos in ... More >>

PETA: "There's just no excuse" for Lake Superior Zoo animal deaths during Duluth flood

Despite taking heat from people who think they went too far in calling for criminal prosecution of the Lake Superior Zoo following the drownings of more than a dozen animals during last week's incredible flood, PETA isn't backing down.Reached for comment this morning, Kristin Simon, senior cruelty c ... More >>

Michael Brodkorb broadsides lawyer

Secret meeting with senators wasn't sanctioned

Duluth flood: PETA wants Lake Superior Zoo prosecuted for animal drownings

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals alleges that Lake Superior Zoo staff acted negligently when 13 or 14 animals died during Wednesday's flash flood.The animal rights group says the animals shouldn't have been left in a position to drown. Kristin Simon, senior cruelty caseworker for PETA, po ... More >>

Waka Flocka Flame

Top 5 weird food stories of the week: Nov. 13-18

Psychobizket/Photobucket Not pictured: good senseBacon. The smoky, crispy siren/muse that inspires such devotion that inventors have created bacon-flavored mayonnaise, dental floss, breath mints, and even soda.  Is there anything it can't do? Well, turns out there's definitely s ... More >>

Should PETA compare feeding kids meat to child abuse?

​Sure, we're used to PETA's attention-getting tactics, which more often than not include scantily clad women dressed in nothing but vegetables. But their latest approach, which has shown up on a billboard in Wales and is making its way to Canada, according to Diet Blog, compares feeding kids m ... More >>

Waka Flocka Flame gets naked for PETA

​Today, the heavily tattoed, gun-slinging gangsta rapper Waka Flocka Flame's bare bod is circulating around the internet, and guess what? It's all in the name of PUPPIES!(Some things are just so fun to type.)

2nd Annual Vegan Chili Cook-off

Scientist trying to grow meat in a lab--to keep cows off spaceships?

We prefer grass-fed...​At the Medical University of South Carolina, Vladimir Mironov, an M.D. and Ph.D, is trying hard to grow meat. Yes, you read that right--he's bioengineering the stuff--or at this point, animal skeletal muscle tissue--in a small lab in Charleston at the school. According to an ... More >>

Donkey Basketball: Is this "sport" animal abuse?

Donkey Basketball is the new sport that's sweeping the nation.​PETA is beseeching Fridley parents to cancel a Donkey Basketball fundraiser because the animal rights group considers it animal abuse.Having never heard if the illustrious sport of "Donkey Baseball," I rushed to consult YouTube for som ... More >>

Naked News

Forging a fast track to the front page

Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton are gettin' hitched

Photo by Nikki Miller​ Nashville has flooded, the incomparable Doc Watson is playing a sold-out show at the Cedar on Saturday night, and 7th-grade Nikki's favorite band ever, Brooks & Dunn, are bringing their farewell tour to the Xcel on Friday (with Jason Aldean, who'll likely treat us to his ... More >>

The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights

Daniel Angerer, NYC chef, creates cheese from breast milk

Seems we're on the breast milk beat this week...

Heidi Newfield and Hot Roxx to cover the best and worst of country

Cabooze, Club Jäger and Cracker Barrel. Three ways to catch your country music this week.

Should vegetarians get cheaper health insurance?

Will Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth follow PETA's request that they reward those who don't eat meat?

Slideshow: The veggie lovin' ladies of PETA

These ladies love lettuce bikinis almost as much as they hate fur. The Hot Dish presents the "food friendly" women of PETA.

Steven Colbert says he'll eat kittens

Save the sea kittens!

PETA's banned superbowl ad

Peta hearts French Meadow

The animal rights group gives French Meadow the thumbs up.

Readers respond to "Church of the Deadbeat Dad"

9/26 Morning Must Reads

10 Cutest Adoptable Dogs

10 Cutest Adoptable Cats

Rock n' runway stroll at Voltage: Fashion Amplified

Patrick McDonnell

Savage Love

Patrick McDonnell

Savage Love

4/6 Morning Communiqué

Faking It

Tasting meat in the land of make believe

3/2 Morning Communiqué

No Flash, All Pan

The Modern and its hardworking Chef Phillip Becht define what it really means to be a Midwestern cook

Nasty, Brutish, Shortish

Anthony Bourdain's newest, The Nasty Bits, is perfect summer reading: Riveting to pick up, easy to put down

Hell No, We Don't Blow

KSTP refuses ad that criticizes the media for reporting bad news about Iraq

Viewmaster

Cold and calculated: PETA protest, Nicollet Mall

Look at a cold, naked person at Nicollet and 7th today

The not-quite naked lunch

Note to PETA: Don't even try telling Pawlenty that kittens like their ears rubbed

6/20: Morning Communique

Beast Master

TV's Animal Planet gives fangs to Fido

The Sting

Mink Lungs: One band, a dozen hallucinogenic pop songs, 2,000 biting red ants

Off Beat

Let the Good Thymes Roll

Dog day afternoons: Teeny handbags, lutefisk jokes, and the virtues of loose tea

Know Your Enemy

The Minneapolis Police Department wants to make wearing a gas mask
a crime