Bob Collins
It’s the age-old story in Spain today. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl throw tons of tomatoes. Girl kisses boy.
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Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren have become the first women to paddle from the Twin Cities to Hudson Bay.
1 in 4 Minnesotans are obese
Hart Van Denburg
It’s one thing to wait in line for ice cream, another if it’s for butter
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David CazaresGawker has a nice little twist on those inane “Best Of” lists, the kind we wrote about earlier this week that pegged Chanhassen as, like, one of the crazy best towns in the whole U.S.A. Gawker’s gawkery-take: The Worst 50 States in America. Cheeky. The least worst state, according to New York-based Gawker? New York. Read more →
The moose, a freakishly large mammal, is in the news today. And so is the capybara, a freakishly large rodent. In our Today’s Question feature we asked: Minnesota’s moose population is in sharp decline, but the DNR says hunting is not the reason. State officials would like to ban the feeding of deer, a practice Read more →
Our humble metro area is popping up on a few awesome sauce lists lately. Money magazine, for example, says five Twin Cities suburbs are among the 100 best small towns in the U.S. In descending order: Shoreview (52) Savage (51) Lino Lakes (44) Arden Hills (14) Chanhassen (10) Says Money: Despite some 2011 budgetary brouhahas Read more →
Thirteen percent of American mobile phones users employ their devices for avoiding meatspace social contact, according to a new survey on how people use their phones from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Surprised it’s not higher, actually. I’ve done this and I bet you have, too. “Cell phones can help prevent unwanted personal Read more →
Quite a few instances lately of world authorities blaming technology (or shutting it down) for conflict. The latest: Police in Essex, England have charged a man for using the BlackBerry Messenger service and Facebook to organize a mass water fight. From guardian.co.uk: The 20-year-old from Colchester was arrested on Friday after Essex police discovered the Read more →
In Cannon Falls today, President Obama referenced a New York Times editorial by financier Warren Buffett to back his call for higher taxes on wealthy Americans.
Steve Russell excels at proving Minnesota from a few hundred feet up is a breathtaking as anyplace.
Young men are under tremendous (self-imposed) pressure these days to propose to their girlfriends in ever-impressive ways.
Art or eyesore: The gum wall