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R.T. Rybak mentioned as "potential" presidential candidate by New York Times

​In an article in the Sunday edition of the New York Times titled "The 2016 Election, Already Upon Us," Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt pontificated on likely candidates for a presidential election four years in the future. In among the usual suspects -- Hillary Clinton, Andrew Cuomo, Eli ... More >>

Bradlee Dean delighted by softball coverage in New York Times

​In the past, conservative pastor Bradlee Dean has been an outspoken critic of the media. Dean (real name Bradley Dean Smith) is even suing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and Minnesota Independent writer Andy Birkey for their coverage, accusing the two reporters of defaming him by taking an excerpt fr ... More >>

Ragamala Dance: Yathra (Journey)

​In the past, conservative pastor Bradlee Dean has been an outspoken critic of the media. Dean (real name Bradley Dean Smith) is even suing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and Minnesota Independent writer Andy Birkey for their coverage, accusing the two reporters of defaming him by taking an excerpt fr ... More >>

Modernist Cuisine: Check out the epic, $625 cookbook for free

Modernist Cuisine"The cookbook to end all cookbooks." -David Chang​Copies of what is surely the most epic cookbook of the contemporary world--the six-volume, 2,438-page, 39.5 pound, five-years-in-the-making Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking--are currently on their way to the ha ... More >>

The 5-second rule: Fact or fiction?

Mo PerryTo pick it up or not to pick it up...?​There you are, happily munching away and you drop a Triscuit on the floor. Do you pick it up and pop it in your mouth or throw it away? What if it weren't a mere Triscuit but a fancy chocolate truffle? What if it hadn't been lying there for a brie ... More >>

New York Times quotes anonymous City Pages blog commenter on Michele Bachmann

​Holy mackerel! The New York Times has now resorted to quoting comments from this blog in its stories on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.In Friday's New York Times, Reporter Kate Zernike wrote a story headlined, "A Breast-Feeding Plan Mixes Partisan Reactions." About halfway down, it features an od ... More >>

Rolling Stone's 'Do You Wanna Be A Star' competition is at least a little hairy

via Mod Sun's Myspace​​Rolling Stone announced today, via a press release and a very kind article in the New York Times, their collaboration with hair product line Garnier Fructis in a nationwide search for their dignity an "up-and-coming band" to grace their cover. Where to start?

Boy eats 90 percent fat diet, seizures stop

Bacon = medicine.​The New York Times magazine explores food-as-medicine connections, as a parent explains the process of treating his nine-year-old son's epilepsy with an extremely high-fat diet that's heavy on the bacon, cheese, and macadamia nuts, as well as eggs scrambled with heavy cream a ... More >>

PZ Myers vs. The New York Times: Blog fight!

Photo via WikipediaPZ Myers doesn't meet the New York Times oh-so-high standards​University of Minnesota evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist PZ Myers just doesn't cut the mustard, as far as the New York Times is concerned. His offense: Daring to call out corporations for seeking to in ... More >>

Breslin charges $25 for using four forks

Should restaurants charge "forkage" fees?

Wells Tower

Should restaurants charge "forkage" fees?

Thousands gather for Bachmann's noontime rally

The NYTimes describes the protesters as older (in their 50s and 60s), mostly white, and a lot of self-identified Christians. Surprise!

Conn. artist uses gummi worms, donuts, white bread

An artist makes playing with your food seem like a pretty noble pursuit.

Converting the Metrodome in 12 hours

While most Minnesotans were continuing their celebrations last night, workers at the Metrodome were anxious for everyone to get off the field and out of the building so they could start their work converting the field back into a baseball diamond.

Tim McKee scores Beard Award for Best Midwestern Chef

La Belle Vie Chef Tim McKee wins the James Beard Award for Best Midwestern Chef.

Did police plant gun on victim of cop shooting?

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Insights 2009: Ellen Lupton, Baltimore

Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Diablo Cody and the Fempire: We're sexy, but we're smart too

Is Diablo Cody part of a female version of Entourage? Cody and her three lady friends would like to believe it, pegging themselves the "Fempire".

House passes major tax on AIG bonuses

The U.S. House passed a bill today requiring AIG and any other firms that receiving bailout cash to pay a 90-percent tax on any bonuses paid with the funds. The bill passed 328 to 93.

Upscale mags looking to downscale eats

Food magazines talking less about truffle oil and trying to reach readers instead by focusing on cheap eats and eating at home.

NYTimes profiles weird Minn. classroom of standing children

Perhaps furniture choice in classrooms is just as important as instruction.

Peanuts on a plane: Deadly snack enrages Northwest passengers

Peanut allergy sufferers have another worry: whether flying Northwest is a death wish. The airline is reinstating their peanut snacks as they continue to merge with Delta and some customers are pretty pissed off.

The Mall of America destroyed the economy and might be our only savior

The Mall of America (all retailers in fact) got us to where we are. And the only way out? Reward retailers with more spending.

Star Tribune's only hope: Endowment?

A smart dude from Yale seems to think so.

Genius idea: Print blogs on dead trees!

David Carr assures us (or not) that journalism is important

Kitchen couture: onion goggles

NY Times mortgages building, Zygi Wilf looks at Strib HQ, licks chops

If there's a fire sale, the Vikings could get their stadium on the cheap.

Why food writers hate Thanksgiving

Farmer in Chief

Strib's site is stickiest among country's newspapers

Good news for the Star Tribune: It has a higher online rank than the New York Times

Monty Python's Spamalot

Partial Pulitzer list leaked: Strib gets no love UPDATED

NYT's Herbert: Fix the bridges, help fix the country

Golem!

Present Tense: The Photographs of JoAnn Verburg

Al Franken is running for senate!

Al Franken profiled in today's NY Times

Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan: Wild Cursive

NYT's Carr on Strib v. Pi Press

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Has medical science conducted any formal research on whether David Brooks is a proven laxative?

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SARS Mystery As Game Of Clue: It was the feces of the Chinese horseshoe bat in the asthma medication

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