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Minneapolis hip-hop heavies Heiruspecs end their hiatusBand set to jam once again with new albumBy Andrea SwenssonWednesday, December 03You wouldn't know it from looking at the outside of the building, but inside an old warehouse in northeast Minneapolis, down a giant white... More >> -
Living on the streets of Minneapolis for a weekMore than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.By Matt SnydersWednesday, November 26The unemployment rate is the highest it's been since 1994. More than a million jobs have been lost nationwide since the start of the year.... More >> -
Janet Napolitano's sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Homeland Security secretary.By Michael LaceyWednesday, November 26Consorting with anti-immigrant enforcers, indulging rank opportunism, and adhering to failed policies seem an unlikely recipe for change we can... More >> -
The Green Institute faces possible foreclosure after 15 yearsIt was ahead of its time, but now the nonprofit has a looming debt problemBy Beth WaltonWednesday, November 19ANNIE YOUNG WENT to bed exhausted. For more than 12 years, the large, outspoken woman had been rallying the troops in Minneapolis's poorest... More >> -
Minneapolis Somali community facing dark web of murdersThey came to escape civil war, so why are they killing each other in the streets?By Erin CarlyleWednesday, November 12On Monday, September 22, Asha Hagi-Mohamed woke her 20-year-old son Ahmednur up at around 5:30 a.m. so that he could pray. Asha had busied... More >>
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Broward - Palm Beach
The Lost Season
By Bob Norman
It looked bad. The 13-year-old QB clutched his right wrist, the one connected to his throwing... More >>
Dallas
Dallas Hip-Hop: Swagger Like Us
Local artists make waves with D-Town Boogie, but the real test comes in 14 months
By Pete Freedman
The line of people waiting to get into Cirque, the 18-and-up nightclub at the intersection of... More >>
Denver
There's no place like home for Somali refugees in Greeley
By Lisa Rab
Zuheyra was freezing on the evening of September 5, even colder than usual because she was... More >>
Houston
Turkeys of the Year
DA Chuck Rosenthal flies off with top honors
By Richard Connelly
Everyone knows it — 2008 was a year of change. A black guy won the White House, for... More >>
Kansas City
For Civil War re-enactors, the Border War ain’t no football game
By Jen Chen
The first volley of shots in Westport rings out around 11:30 in the morning.
At the... More >>
Miami
Art Basel Invasion!
Screw the recession. The nation's number one art fest is bigger than ever.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Artist Alette Simmons-Jimenez has toiled mightily on her ambitious project "Giants in the City"... More >>
Phoenix
Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary
By Michael Lacey
Consorting with anti-immigrant enforcers, indulging rank opportunism, and adhering to failed... More >>
San Francisco
Border Crossers
Long rap sheet? No problem. Transgender Latina hookers in S.F. are successfully fighting deportation by asking for asylum.
By Lauren Smiley
On any given night on the shadowy stretch of Post Street near Polk where the lavender Divas... More >>
St. Louis
The Pope of Pork: In tiny towns across Missouri, old-school hog farming stages a comeback — and at tables across the nation, diners rejoice
By Kristen Hinman
Over the past few years, Missouri hog farmer Russ Kremer has kept some exclusive company, from... More >>
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City Pages - The Blotter
Hilton orgy exec's wife speaks!
Tue Dec 2, 4:49 PM
When news broke of a Hilton beverage manager having group sex in the banquet room, we couldn't resist: We called his wife. More >>
Minn. smokers are really stubborn
Tue Dec 2, 4:00 PM
Smokers in Winona don't like to follow rules. More >>
Petters pleads not guilty, trial starts in February
Tue Dec 2, 3:27 PM
Tom Petters pleaded not guilty today on 20 counts in an alleged $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme against investors. More >>
Minn. recount update: Ramsey County finds 171 ballots
Tue Dec 2, 2:31 PM
Ramsey County says they found 171 previously uncounted ballots. More >>
12/2 Photo of the Day: Vikings aftermath
Tue Dec 2, 1:45 PM
Conclusion: Vikings fans litter and have terrible taste in beer. More >>
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Tom Mischke still pioneering format-free radio The man behind radio's most unpredictable show says it's just real life
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Huffington Post sign-stealer Phil Busse has a history of journalistic malpractice St. Olaf has let go the visiting prof, but a cursory Google search could have prevented embarrassment
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Minneapolis Somali community facing dark web of murders They came to escape civil war, so why are they killing each other in the streets?
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Living on the streets of Minneapolis for a week More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.
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Southern Theater's war of words comes to uneasy end Artists, management call truce after highly criticized firing of artistic director Jeff Bartlett
Columns
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Midwest oil mining a crude idea to many Are we now scraping the bottom of the barrel?Wednesday, December 03Some 1,500 miles northwest of Minneapolis, the luscious green boreal forests that once lined the banks of the Athabasca River have been... More>>
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Metrodome restroom romp: Get over it Dear President Bush: Please forgive restroom fornicatorsWednesday, December 03President Bush carried out the obligatory turkey-pardoning ceremony at the White House last week. The two spared birds hail from the Ellsworth... More>>
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Readers respond to "Unsustainable At Any Speed?"
Wednesday, December 03It ain't easy being the Green Institute Ah, the endless machinations and permutations of nonprofits and city government ("Unsustainable At Any... More>>
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Readers respond to "Unsustainable At Any Speed?"
Wednesday, December 03
It ain't easy being the Green Institute
Ah, the endless machinations and permutations of nonprofits and city government ("Unsustainable At Any... More >>
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