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Crossing Bordersnew
The agent who ordered the arrest of "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui joins a law firm known for its aggressive defense of immigrant rights.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
11-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Manorexia' Isn't Just a Hollywood Illnessnew
Meet Jeremy, a 36-year-old man who weighs 88 pounds.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
10-31-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Pakou Hang vs. Dan Bostrom: St. Paul's Most Intriguing City Council Racenew
Hang hopes to tap new Hmong voters in her campaign to unseat the 12-year incumbent.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
10-31-2007 |
Politics
Stook and the Jukes Make Music for the Corner Bar and, Um, Amsterdamnew
When Stook sings, it's like he's trying to bicycle a straight path on a bike with bent-up tires.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Death of Father Kaisernew
Was it a Kenyan assassin who killed the missionary, or was it madness? Seven years later, the verdict is in.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Aimee Levitt |
10-24-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Sick of Sarah Take on the Music Machinenew
The quartet, all in their mid-twenties, play a catchy, jumpy sort of pop rock, as if Tegan and Sara were reinvented as emo beginners.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bittersweet, Sick of Sarah
The Case of Minneapolis' Disappearing Sex Crimes Unitnew
With rapes on the rise, there's a shortage of resources in the department dedicated to solving them.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jeff Severns Guntzel |
10-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Up in Smokenew
Minnesota's smoking ban is putting local hookah bars out of business.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
10-10-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Dan Wilson's Free At Lastnew
After the Dixie Chicks accepted a "Song of the Year" Grammy for the Wilson-cowritten "Not Ready to Make Nice" and what seemed like a 54,000 year wait, Wilson makes his solo debut with help from superproducer Rick Rubin.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dan Wilson, Free Life
The True Hollywood Story of a Band Apart Co-Founder Michael Bodnarcheknew
Bodnarchek had co-founded A Band Apart Commercials in the summer of 1995 with celebrated director Quentin Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender Yet almost as quickly as A Band Apart grew, it tore asunder.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Peter S. Scholtes |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Limerick Records Wants Your Ears, but Not Your Moneynew
The the thing that separates Limerick Records from other labels is that it does not sell records — or tapes, or CDs. Instead, it gives away digital downloads of all its artists' music for free.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
10-03-2007 |
Music
Banning Desmond Tutunew
Put off by his controversial words on Israel, the University of St. Thomas snubs a Nobel Laureate.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
10-03-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Father David Roney's Taste for Children Went Unpunishednew
The mountain of documents constituting Roney's personnel file paints a deeply disturbing picture of a pedophile priest who went unchecked and unpunished for decades -- and it doesn't end in Minnesota.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
10-03-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Vicious Vicious Breaks Hearts on 'Parade'new
The third release by this sweet-and-vicious side project, in which Appelwick seduces with wingmen Adrian Suarez (on bass) and Heath Henjum (on drums), makes no promises about what will happen when the sun rises and last night's glitter gets swept into the dustbin.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Sarah Askari |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: parade, Vicious Vicious
Venerable Recording Studio Third Ear Closesnew
The studio's building was sold and is scheduled for demolition. So far, an affordable new locale hasn't been found, and as musicians increasingly using home studios, the economics of the recording business are grim.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
09-27-2007 |
Music
