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  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Dan Feidt, producer of DRE drug scandal video, talks about Occupy, police, and the war on drugs

    Dan Feidt is the journalist and producer primarily responsible for MK Occupy Minnesota, the video making the explosive allegation that Minnesota officers have offered Peavey Plaza protesters drugs as an enticement for participation in the State Patrol's now-suspended Drug Recognition Expert program. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Heiruspecs' Sean McPherson talks music copyright with expert Peter DiCola

    By Sean McPhersonSean McPherson teaches at McNally Smith College of Music, is a founding member of Twin Cities hip-hop collective Heiruspecs, and plays bass with Dessa's touring band. He recently conducted a conversation with a leader in the changing terrain of the music copyright world, Northwester ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Minnesota Lutherans demand change following pastor sex scandal

    Darwin Schauer worked for eight years as a lay pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lake George, Minnesota, a small community southwest of Bemidji. He did so despite the fact that district leaders of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod knew he was convicted in 1983 of sexual abuse of a minor.Schauer, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Keith Ellison on voter ID approval: "Today is a sad day for democracy"

    ​Yesterday, the state Senate Local Government and Elections Committee approved a proposed voter ID constitutional amendment in a party-line 8-6 vote. The amendment now goes before another committee before coming before the whole Senate. A companion bill in the House has not yet been scheduled for ... More >>

  • Movies

    November 2, 2011

    Eddie Murphy in Tower Heist

    Movie doesn't amount to much but steals a lot of laughs

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Jeff Anderson sues Missouri abbey for sexual abuse 'coverup'

    AndersonAdvocatesAnderson has filed thousands of abuse lawsuits.​Twin Cities attorney Jeff Anderson filed a civil suit yesterday accusing a Missouri-based abbey of covering up sexual abuse by a former monk. Anderson is famous for his tireless pursuit against abusive priests and church coverup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    R.T. Rybak's Facebook Weinergate: Photo Of The Day

    cytosineThe joke's on Weiner.​There are Weiners and then there are wieners. Combine the two on Twitter and you have the public humiliation and potential resignation of Rep. Anthony Weiner. Combine the latter with Mayor R.T. Rybak on Facebook and you have a politician plainly happy to have a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Bachmann's boning up on Edwards' infidelity

    Her presidential ambitions have led Michele Bachmann to read books​As she advances inexorably towards declaring her candidacy for president, Michele Bachmann is preparing by reading books about the havoc wrought when megalomanaical politicians run for president. At the top of her list, appare ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 13, 2011

    Blast Theory: A Machine To See With

    Her presidential ambitions have led Michele Bachmann to read books​As she advances inexorably towards declaring her candidacy for president, Michele Bachmann is preparing by reading books about the havoc wrought when megalomanaical politicians run for president. At the top of her list, appare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Jeffrey Anderson announces St. John's clergy abuse settlement

    St. Paul attorney Jeffrey Anderson.​St. John's Abbey in Collegeville has settled lawsuits filed by nine men who say they suffered sexual abuse at the hands of some of the order's monks and priests since the 1960s. St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson announced the settlements, without detailing t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Michael Beasley's growing golf obsession

    Beasley is coming to a T.C. golf course near you.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Crunching on popcorn gets a man killed during a screening of "Black Swan"

    A man is shot and killed during a screening of "Black Swan" for eating his popcorn too audibly

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Jeffrey Anderson wonders if Milwaukee Archdiocese is hiding $75 million

    Archbishop Listecki announced the Milwaukee Archdiocese bankruptcy in January.​The Archdiocese of Milwaukee says it's broke, and it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January "because priest-perpetrators sexually abused minors." It then hoped that a website offering some transparency o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Vatican refuses to be served Jeffrey Anderson's sex abuse lawsuit

    WikiPope Benedict: Return to sender.​Twin Cities attorney Jeffrey Anderson's attempt to serve Pope Benedict and other high church officials with a sex abuse lawsuit has failed -- for now. The Vatican more or less scrawled "return to sender" on the envelope, threw it in a Fed Ex box and said, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Reps. Mike Benson and Mary Kiffmeyer want to see your ID at the polls

    Reps. Mary Kiffmeyer and Mike Benson want to see your ID​Two Republican legislators are pushing bills that would require voters to bring photo IDs to the polls. Both bills are slated for a hearing at the House Government Operations and Elections Committee Thursday morning.

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2011

    Mimosa Movies: Funny Girl

    Reps. Mary Kiffmeyer and Mike Benson want to see your ID​Two Republican legislators are pushing bills that would require voters to bring photo IDs to the polls. Both bills are slated for a hearing at the House Government Operations and Elections Committee Thursday morning.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Jeffrey Anderson opens U.K. office to fight pedophile priests

    Father Francis Markey from his arrest in early 2010​Jeffrey Anderson, the St. Paul attorney who's made a career (and a mint) suing the Catholic church, has opened up a new practice in London to pursue the pedophile priest cases popping up across the pond. They've already got their sights on Rev. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Jeffrey Anderson accuses bankrupt Wis. archdiocese of concealing abusers' names

    Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki: Stonewalling?​Jeffrey Anderson, the St. Paul attorney tracking down Catholic priest sex abusers, says the Milwaukee Archdiocese's recent declaration of bankruptcy is an attempt to avoid being forced to reveal the abusers' names. "My office represents all 23 o ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    DMX: Will the Ruff Ryder rise again?

    Hear exclusive new songs from the troubled rapper

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Milwaukee archdiocese declares bankruptcy and blames priest sexual predators

    Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki​The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has been beset in recent years by its connections to pedophile priests who sexually abused children left in their safe keeping. Now it's paying the price. Today, the archdiocese declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and flatly laid th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    "Please ID Me" buttons not OK at polls

    Image by dbaird"Please ID Me" buttons aren't allowed here​Today a federal judge told tea partiers NO, they may not wear "Please I.D. Me" buttons to the polls. So if someone asks to see your photo ID, just give 'em the hand. And if they take your picture, take one right back. Minnesota election la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Dayton sex assault rumor knocked down with old-fashioned reporting

    Mark Dayton was the victim of a smear campaign​The smear campaign against Mark Dayton began bubbling up last week--just in time, a callous political strategist might reason, to tip a tight Governors race.Last week Fox9 dedicated a segment to the scurrilous allegation--simultaneously sent to mult ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2010

    Dale Gagne wrestles with the truth

    Drama and deceit in sports entertainment's inner circle

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    'Equality is the prime rib of America' and other surreal political moments in pop music

    ​Lady Gaga proclaimed yesterday that "Equality is the prime rib of America," simultaneously empowering and confusing the hell out of legions of GLBT activists as they rallied against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." While the nation's top socio-political scientists try to decode what Gaga could have possi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Trevor Cook's reign of greed ends behind bars

    Swindler Trevor Cook won't be preying on anyone anymore.​Trevor Cook preyed on the good will, and often the religious faith of hundreds of victims to run a tawdry, $190 million scam out of the Van Dusen Mansion in Minneapolis. Now he's going to prison for a very long time.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Supreme Court green lights Jeff Anderson's sex abuse lawsuit against the Vatican

    Photo: romana klee​St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson can sue the Vatican on behalf of sex-abuse victims after a ruling Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court turned back a challenge by the Catholic Church that said it was immune from U.S. lawsuits. "Today's action by the Justices is an answer to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Father Raymond Francisco Schulte's whereabouts questioned

    Photo: romana klee​St. John's Abbey has offered a mea culpa of sorts to St. Cloud Times, after erroneously telling the paper in May that Father Raymond Francisco Schulte, the target of a sex abuse lawsuit, was living at the abbey after the abuse allegation first surfaced. In fact, he was not.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Bret Michaels to bounce back at Medina Friday

    1988, Los Angeles. Poison's Open Up and Say...Ahh! peaks at #2 on the American charts. By the end of the next year the band will have become one of the top five best-selling hard rock bands of the 1980s, behind Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Gn'R and the Crüe. It don't get better than this.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Jeff Anderson targets St. John's, monk in latest sex abuse lawsuit

    Photo: romana kleeIt can't hurt​Jeff Anderson, the St. Paul attorney who has cut a wide swath of controversy as he files lawsuits against alleged sexually abusive priests in the Catholic Church all over the world, has now trained his sites on the monks of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville. On ... More >>

  • Movies

    March 31, 2010

    Miley Cyrus in The Last Song

    Hannah Montana gets upstaged by sea turtles

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Hot Tub Time Machine, Greenberg: See 'em or flee 'em?

    You've got 10 bucks and two hours, and you don't want to waste any of it. Our weekend movie guide can help.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Weekend movie guide: See it or flee it?

    You've got 10 bucks and two hours, and you don't want to waste any of it. We can help.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    Kevin and Pat Williams can sue NFL in Hennepin County, rules judge

    The Williams Wall can legally sue the NFL in Hennepin County for suspending the duo for four games. The defensive linemen claim the suspension flies in the face of state drug-testing laws.

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2010

    Nadine Gross, Sam Hoolihan: Instant Film Forever

    The Williams Wall can legally sue the NFL in Hennepin County for suspending the duo for four games. The defensive linemen claim the suspension flies in the face of state drug-testing laws.

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2009

    Rick Ross

    The Williams Wall can legally sue the NFL in Hennepin County for suspending the duo for four games. The defensive linemen claim the suspension flies in the face of state drug-testing laws.

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2009

    MPR's Broadcast Journalism Series: John Ydstie

    The Williams Wall can legally sue the NFL in Hennepin County for suspending the duo for four games. The defensive linemen claim the suspension flies in the face of state drug-testing laws.

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2009

    Adult Swim Presents Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Tour 2009

    The Williams Wall can legally sue the NFL in Hennepin County for suspending the duo for four games. The defensive linemen claim the suspension flies in the face of state drug-testing laws.

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Curtiss A's 29th Annual John Lennon Tribute

    The Williams Wall can legally sue the NFL in Hennepin County for suspending the duo for four games. The defensive linemen claim the suspension flies in the face of state drug-testing laws.

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2008

    Kathleen Edwards

    The Williams Wall can legally sue the NFL in Hennepin County for suspending the duo for four games. The defensive linemen claim the suspension flies in the face of state drug-testing laws.

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    Jeff Anderson crusades against the Catholic Church

    Minnesota lawyer has made millions suing

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