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Brett Rogers vs. Fedor Emelianenko: The Baddest Man on the PlanetHeavyweight Strikeforce fight to air live on CBS SaturdayBy Bradley CampbellWednesday, November 04SOME UNRULY GOD bestowed Brett "The Grim" Rogers with the physical gifts needed to knock out some of the baddest men on the planet. At 6'5", 265... More >> -
Obama's bank regulation: Doomed to fail?Administration lax on cleaning up AIG, Bear Stearns, and Lehman BrothersBy James LieberWednesday, October 28WHERE DID OUR WEALTH GO? How do we claw it back? And when are we going to punish the culprits? When Barack Obama donned the crusader's mantle... More >> -
Vivid-Alt's Vin Vericose transforms from Minnesota boy to porn starChad Fjerstad and his pornstar girlfriend move to L.A. to make it in the skin tradeBy Emily KaiserWednesday, October 21Sitting on his dad's bed in a small, smoke-filled studio apartment in South St. Paul, Chad Fjerstad reached for his backpack and pulled out a... More >> -
Paul Thissen is statehouse's smartest, but is he ready to be governor?The well-liked brainiac is quickly turning from race's darkhorse to its thoroughbredBradley CampbellWednesday, October 14PAUL THISSEN, THE SMARTEST LAWMAKER IN MINNESOTA, crams himself into the passenger seat of a 1997 Toyota Corolla. He sits sidesaddle, with a... More >> -
City Councilwoman Lisa Goodman wants it her wayKnown as the "second mayor," she controls downtown developmentBy Erin CarlyleWednesday, October 07YEARS AGO, a naive businessman in Minneapolis wanted a liquor license for his business. The man approached the neighborhood alderman, who made... More >>
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A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com
By Gail Shepherd
I was in the Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, getting ready to board a flight to... More >>
Dallas
Recession Blues Got You Down? The Folks at Get Motivated! Have a Solution: Think Happy Thoughts.
By Megan Feldman
An autumn storm soaks the streets and paints the outdoors a dull shade of gray, but inside the... More >>
Denver
The writing's on the wall for KOZE, a graffiti vandal who thought he'd never be caught
By Jared Jacang Maher
Over the two years that George Gray has been a detective with the graffiti unit of the Denver... More >>
Houston
Getting Off
Attorney Tyler Flood says he wins 80 percent of his clients' DWI trials, even if they were 100 percent drunk as a skunk.
By Mike Giglio
Sergei Tukanov drove his gold Nissan Maxima through a red light toward the end of a Sunday... More >>
Kansas City
After keeping an eye on victims of the Hyatt disaster, KC shrinks have bad news for the grief-counseling industry
By Peter Rugg
Five days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Vickie Taylor led a group of firefighters... More >>
Miami
Miami parking nightmare: From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
Haitian cabbie Pierre Jean-Charles climbed into his yellow taxi van while cradling a bottle of... More >>
Phoenix
Losing Erica: Cynthia Clark Harvey Doesn't Want Anyone Else's Child to Die in a Wilderness-Therapy Program
By Amy Silverman
Cynthia Clark Harvey climbs the stairs to the second floor of her north Phoenix home, pausing... More >>
San Francisco
Under Fire
Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
By Anna McCarthy
The smell of smoke was enough to spike firefighter Mike Estrada's bloodstream with adrenaline.... More >>
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The Trial of Tom Petters Day 8
Sat Nov 7, 10:36 AM
"The Star Tribune was going to do a story about what a great entrepreneur Tom Petters was.... I went to my car chuckling." More >>
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Vivid-Alt's Vin Vericose transforms from Minnesota boy to porn star Chad Fjerstad and his pornstar girlfriend move to L.A. to make it in the skin trade
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City Council President Barb Johnson enjoys perks of office Fourth-term candidate used campaign funds for haircuts, cell phone, cable TV, and dry-cleaningWednesday, November 04If she wins a fourth term to the Minneapolis City Council this week, Barb Johnson may allow herself a moment to breathe a sigh of... More>>
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Readers respond to "Porn Free"
Wednesday, November 04Putting the X in sex Great idea for a story, CP ("Porn Free," 10/20/09). Emily K. is perfect for this also being that she's kind of a "girl next... More>>
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Confessions of a Sports Fan The fleeting joy in MudvilleWednesday, November 04My name is Bill W. I'm not the founder of AA; that guy's dead. I'm Bill W., the Minnesota sports fan. I'm not addicted to sports. That's not... More>>
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Readers respond to "Porn Free"
Wednesday, November 04
Putting the X in sex
Great idea for a story, CP ("Porn Free," 10/20/09). Emily K. is perfect for this also being that she's kind of a "girl next... More >>
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