The Star Tribune speculates today on what singers might be headlining the halftime show when the Super Bowl makes a stop in Minneapolis next year. Undoubtedly, were he still alive, Prince would get the gig, though it would be hard to exceed his performance 10 years ago tomorrow, the greatest Super Bowl halftime show in history.
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Kellyanne Conway’s citation of a massacre in Bowling Green — a massacre that didn’t ever happen — has certainly spawned a fair amount of head-scratching and jokes on the Interwebs. Read more →
Rob Caskey, 48, hasn’t seen his mother in 30 years. He didn’t even know if she was still alive and, for sure, he didn’t know she was living in Duluth. Read more →
It’s getting so you can’t even leave your manure spreader unlocked anymore.
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NPR’s StoryCorps is finding an embarrassment of riches in Minnesota. For three straight weeks, the Friday morning tradition has featured stories from the state. Today, it’s an update with Paul Braun, the sergeant of the company he was assigned to in Iraq, and “Philip”, who was an interpreter in Iraq. Read more →
Flags in Minnesota are flying at half-staff today, under orders from Gov. Mark Dayton, who knows a timely lesson when he sees it.
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One of every four Minnesota teachers leaves the profession after just three years, a report from the Minnesota Department of Education says. Read more →
Particularly since they’re usually released in advance now, it’s getting harder for Super Bowl commercials to stand out from the crowd anymore.
A sure-fire way to get noticed, however, is not to get your ad on the TV at all. Read more →
Fifth-graders at Ashley Park Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C., have arguably the coolest teacher in the world. Read more →
Isac Mcfadden went to use the toilet in his Abilene, Texas home last week when he was greeted by a rattlesnake.
So he did what any red-blooded Texan boy would do. He called his mom. Read more →
Since this post from a reporter for Marketplace appeared this week, a number of people online have asked me for my opinion.
No, thank you. For obvious reasons, including the fact I don’t know anything about the details Read more →
Matoska Park’s dog beach, between Sixth and Seventh Streets, has been canine heaven in the summer since 2007, but some residents have complained that there’s more space for dogs to swim than there is for humans, especially since the lake water is rising again. Read more →
The extent to which politics invades every corner of American life these days can be seen best this week in Houston, where the New England Patriots are scheduled to play in the Super Bowl against the Atlanta Falcons.
Or, as might better be described The Trumps vs. the Non-Trumps.
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Reuters reports today that the new administration will revamp the ‘Countering Violent Extremism’ program to ‘Countering Islamic Extremism’ or ‘Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,’ and would no longer target groups such as white supremacists who have also carried out bombings and shootings in the United States. It cites unnamed sources. Read more →
The boy’s varsity and junior varsity hockey team — the entire teams — have been suspended for a week, Forum Communications reports, but privacy laws are preventing officials from saying what’s going on.
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