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Being Tron Guy Meet the man inside the glowing spandex unitard
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Minnesota's largest shelter killed more than 14,000 animals last year. How many were unnecessary? Animal welfare advocates say the shelter could dramatically reduce euthanasia rates
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A field guide to the Republican National Convention Meet the deranged, debauched and deluded characters coming to Minneapolis and St. Paul for the RNC
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Dining with RNC delegates "Mr. Speaker, the great state of Texas wants to know, where's a good place to eat around here?"
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Big E is Back The popular soul food chef's new venture brings New Orleans to South St. Paul
Blogs
Breaking: City Pages reporters maced, assaulted by police during protest
Thu Sep 4, 6:06 PM
Google: Just kidding about the Chrome user agreement
Thu Sep 4, 12:47 PM
I Can't Believe It's Not Paint Thinner Vol. 13
Fri Sep 5, 4:45 PM
Foodies have their own convention
Thu Sep 4, 1:35 PM
Rage Against The Machine: The Battle of Minneapolis, part deux
Thu Sep 4, 11:01 AM
When stars collide: Billy Bragg, Ike Reilly, Tom Morello converge for hootenanny
Wed Sep 3, 3:46 AM
A Team We Can Believe In
Thu Sep 4, 11:25 PM
Donnybrook: Comparing the Twins and White Sox
Thu Sep 4, 9:39 AM
Mega Man 9 Poster Retro Goodness
Fri Sep 5, 11:05 PM
Mercenaries 2
Fri Sep 5, 6:22 PM
Field notes from the RNC protests
Fri Sep 5, 1:27 PM
RNC riot trip report: one journalist's encounter with mace
Fri Sep 5, 12:02 PM
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SF Weekly
Identity Plagiarism
A blogger steals someone else's life story and calls it her own.
By Ashley Harrell
Westword
Fuel's Gold
How William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas became a crime.
By Alan Prendergast
Miami New Times
Mold Over Miami
The family of a dead judge blames a creeping fungus in the federal courthouse.
By Tim Elfrink
The Pitch
McCain Girl
I worked at Kmart with John McCain's director of strategy.
By Alan Scherstuhl
George Michael
By Ray Cummings
Published on July 02, 2008
Dolly Parton, Mariah Carey, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Neil Diamond, oh my! This latest season of American Idol—which culminated in a dispiritingly predictable David vs. David showdown, remember—was reliably heavy on star power. Yet the only memorable performance arrived during the season finale, when a dapper, subdued George Michael emerged for a few precious moments to make Paula Abdul weep and remind America why, exactly, we used to worship him. Foregoing his big pop hits—the bodacious, scandalous "I Want Your Sex," say, or the subsequently mangled-by-Fred Durst "Faith"—the British crooner brought down the house with a rendition of his 1990 ballad "Praying for Time" that effortlessly put everyone who'd taken the same stage before him to shame. Don't believe me? YouTube it en route to buying your ticket.
Mon., July 7, 8 p.m., 2008
Mon., July 7, 8 p.m., 2008
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