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Weird Sciencenew
How a bogus child sex trafficking study fooled some of the most respected media outlets in the country.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Nick Pinto |
03-25-2011 |
Media
Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Essay-Scoring Businessnew
Behind the scenes of standardized testing.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jessica Lussenhop |
02-23-2011 |
Education
The Download Martyrnew
Jammie Thomas-Rasset was fined $220,000 by the RIAA for downloading 24 songs.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Nick Pinto |
02-16-2011 |
Tech
Tags: RIAA, Jammie Thomas-Rasset
This Couple Wants You to Vote on Their Abortionnew
Pete and Alisha Arnold launched a website called birthornot.com, where they post news about the pregnancy and ultrasound photos of the fetus. They also posted a polldaddy.com poll asking, "Should We Give Birth or Have an Abortion?"
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
11-18-2010 |
Children & Families
We Eat The Lunch Randy Moss Dissednew
For about $9, Tinucci's offers dinners that include a choice of meat and two sides, often scooped up by a cute, gray-haired lady. And, yes, Randy, the food is not fancy, but that's the genre. Wake up and smell the watered-down coffee.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
11-05-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Randy Moss, Tinucci's
Michele Bachmann Was For The Stimulus While She Was Against Itnew
Remember the Fox News gabfests, the D.C. rallies and the campaign ads where Michele Bachmann brags about voting against President Barack Obama's stimulus bill? Turns out she had her hand out at the same time. Saddling our kids with the federal debt is OK when she does it.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
10-18-2010 |
Politics
Boy, Interrupted: Remembering Jeremy Gillitzernew
On June 1, Jeremy Gillitzer died after a long struggle with anorexia. At the time of his death, he weighed just 66 pounds.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-27-2010 |
Science
Tags: Jeremy Gillitzer
Harvey Pekar RIP: Bard of the Rust Beltnew
LeBron James will easily fit into his sunny new environs in Miami, but Harvey Pekar was the kind of crank that couldn't exist anywhere but Cleveland.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-14-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Harvey Pekar, Cleveland
Adam Garcia: Designer for Nike, Rhymesayers and Arcade Firenew
Adam Garcia, known back in the day in the Twin Cities as "Snakebird" was an instrumental designer in the hip-hop and street art scenes before moving to Philly in 2006. He's since been recruited by Nike and has managed a Portland move, and yet somehow he still sneaks in a freelance project or two for his hometown people.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jen Boyles |
04-08-2010 |
Art
Tags: Rhymesayers, Adam Garcia
Michele Bachmann Asserts Health Care Reform is Unconstitutional. Is She Right?new
"There is no precedent for requiring an American citizen, as a condition of citizenship, to purchase a product or service against their will because government mandates they must buy it," Rep. Michelle Bachmann said yesterday. She recently admitted she was wrong about another legal issue surrounding the health care debate -- the Slaughter Solution -- so we couldn't help wondering whether she was off base again.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
03-24-2010 |
Politics
Moonstone's Micah Mackert Unraveling Prog-Rock Prophecynew
If you're looking for the truth, you've come to the wrong band. In Moonstone, the five-piece band for which Reverend Micah Mackert is spiritual seer and sole spokesman, facts are made into trifles, replaced by layers of beguiling myth.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
David Hansen |
02-24-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Micah Mackert, Moonstone
Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey Takes 16-year-old Fiancéenew
The smitten guy in this story is Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, a 44-year-old self-described vampire from New Jersey. The object of his affection is 16-year-old Paige Brewer, a troubled kid who walked out on her mother, Jillian Moen, and their Mound home six months ago.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
02-24-2010 |
Culture
Paul Koenig, the One-Man Housing Crisisnew
On the 1500 block of Hillside Avenue in north Minneapolis, a brown and white handrail leads to a vinyl-sided beige duplex. Inside, a bowing chimney has split a crack in the drywall beginning at the floor and disappearing into the upper unit. An occasional mouse scurries through.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Andy Mannix |
02-24-2010 |
Housing & Development
Chickadee Mountain Martyrs' Kitchen-Sink Music Never Fails to Surprisenew
Luc Parker is the lead guitarist and principal lyricist of Chickadee Mountain Martyrs, and on University Avenue after a weekday Turf Club show, he treads this territory as cautiously as a mine diver, as if the slightest stumble in self-definition might blow his band to bits.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
David Hansen |
02-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is American Family Legal Plan Duping Minnesota's Elderly?new
An agent told Florence Carlson that her money would be much better off at American Family Legal Plan. In fact, if Carlson didn't buy a living trust with American Family before she died, the costs of estate taxes and probate fees could suck thousands of dollars from her savings.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
02-17-2010 |
Children & Families
