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Vikings party bus for sale on Minneapolis Craigslist (No, it's not Paul Allen's) [PHOTOS]
October 23, 2012 in The Blotter
Good for parties, bad for dates (at least with non-football fans).How much would you pay to own a Vikings party bus?SEE ALSO: Brett Favre pubes salesman shares most hilarious correspondence...
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Totino-Grace vs. Prairie Seeds Academy high school soccer match ends in crazy on-field brawl [VIDEO]
October 22, 2012 in The Blotter
Image by Tatiana CraineSpectators came for a soccer match and instead got a Royal Rumble.Last Thursday's sectional championship soccer match between Totino-Grace and Prairie Seeds Academy culminated in a scene...
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MNGOP Senate candidate Vern Swedin brags about making 17-year-old girl cry at Starbucks [VIDEO]
October 22, 2012 in The Blotter
Swedin says he made a teenage girl cry with a Starbucks stump speech.MNGOP Senate District 24 candidate Vern Swedin thinks Democrats are rats, and likes to make teenage girls cry...
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Daily Caller report linking Amy Klobuchar and Petters "is old rehashed stuff," Ken Avidor says
October 22, 2012 in The Blotter
A Daily Caller report alleges Klobuchar was corrupted by her financial ties to Petters.On Friday, The D.C.-based Daily Caller published a report alleging "that U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar helped keep...
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Minnesota Office of Higher Ed un-bans free online classes, but is that a good thing?
October 22, 2012 in The Blotter
Said Pogemiller: "Our office encourages lifelong learning and wants Minnesotans to take advantage of educational materials available on the Internet, particularly if they're free."A day after generating a shitstorm of...
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Uptown 'Vote Yes' billboard is vandalized, MN for Marriage draws absurd conclusions [PHOTO]
October 22, 2012 in The Blotter
We question Minnesota for Marriage's decision to spend precious resources on a billboard in Uptown, of all places.Over the weekend, the 'Vote Yes' marriage amendment sign across the street from...
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Jim Graves campaign argues SurveyUSA poll showing Bachmann ahead is "an aberration"
October 22, 2012 in The Blotter
The Graves campaign insists there's still hope for Bachmann's challenger 15 days out from the election.The first independent poll of the 2012 6th Congressional District campaign, conducted by SurveyUSA and...
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Minnesota Office of Higher Education bans free online classes in head-scratching move
October 19, 2012 in The Blotter
Want to take a free college-level class online? Head to Wisconsin, says the state of Minnesota.As we told you about this morning, college is expensive and only getting pricier. So...
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Disturbed D.C. man hauled away yelling threats against Michele Bachmann [VIDEO]
October 19, 2012 in The Blotter
We wonder what, if anything, Bachmann did to prompt the man to say, "You'll pay for this!"The Washington Times published video of a disturbed D.C. man being loaded into a...
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Christian Ponder is dating ESPN's Samantha Steele, one of the "50 hottest broadcasters"
October 19, 2012 in The Blotter
Sorry ladies, he's off the market.When Christian Ponder told C.J. last month that "football is my girlfriend," we called B.S. No professional athlete as young, successful, rich, and single as...
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Chris Fields: "My uniform has been off for barely a year, and now I'm a lying scumbag? C'mon"
October 19, 2012 in The Blotter
Fields: "I went about this campaign with the utmost integrity."During a debate yesterday, Congressman Keith Ellison created national waves by calling his Republican opponent, Chris Fields, a "lowlife scumbag."SEE ALSO:--...
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Vern Swedin, MNGOP's Parry replacement, calls Dems "rats," says November is "Rodent Removal Month"
October 19, 2012 in The Blotter
Vern Swedin for State SenateSwedin says he's all about bipartisanship, yet here he is, calling Dems rats before he's even been elected.Sen. Mike Parry, R-Waseca, has been a lot of...
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Minnesota college grads have third-most debt; MCAD has highest average debt load
October 19, 2012 in The Blotter
Minnesota college grads are some of the most debt-saddled in the country.Yesterday, the California-based Institute for College Access and Success released its seventh-annual state-by-state student debt report, and it turns...
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Keith Ellison apologizes for calling Chris Fields a scumbag
October 18, 2012 in The Blotter
Ellison, in his apology: "My opponent has repeatedly and personally attacked me."As we reported earlier today, this morning's Keith Ellison-Chris Fields debate got out of control and bitterly personal in...
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Shawn Daivari Hiawatha Line smackdown: The surveillance footage [VIDEO]
October 18, 2012 in The Blotter
Who needs Metro Transit police when you have Shawn Daivari?Metro Transit has released surveillance footage of former WWE wrestler Shawn Daivari choking out a belligerent passenger during a southbound trip...
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Cheryl Reeve, Lynx coach, goes berserk during Finals game, throws jacket at assistant [VIDEO]
October 18, 2012 in The Blotter
Cheryl Reeve, "Referee-induced meltdown," 2012, screengrabs.Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve went off the rails during the third quarter of last night's series-tying victory against the Indiana Fever.SEE ALSO: Kevin Love, JJ...
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Keith Ellison calls Chris Fields "a lowlife scumbag" during heated debate
October 18, 2012 in The Blotter
For Fields and Ellison, it's become personal.:: UPDATE :: Keith Ellison apologizes for calling Chris Fields a scumbagThis morning's debate between Congressman Keith Ellison and his Republican challenger Chris Fields...
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Jordan Kushner, legal observer harassed during anti-Israel protest at Wolves game, speaks out
October 18, 2012 in The Blotter
Kushner (top right, corner) was pushed around by a Target Center employee and grabbed by police for seemingly no good reason.Twin Cities attorney Jordan Kushner is a National Lawyers Guild...
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Kevin Love's no-good-very-bad Octobers: Injured at his condo, on the court, sleeping [UPDATE]
October 18, 2012 in The Blotter
TwitterWolves fans are not K-Loving yesterday's news.October has got to be Kevin Love's least-favorite month at this point.FROM TUESDAY: Kevin Love is injured while sleeping On October 16, 2009, Love broke...
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Bradlee Dean mocks Rachel Maddow's looks on Facebook [IMAGE]
October 18, 2012 in The Blotter
The irony is, we'd venture to guess 99 people out of 100 find Maddow to be more attractive than Dean.Bradlee Dean took to Facebook on Tuesday to take a cheap...
Dawn Peel awoke boyfriend with a kiss, asked if he loved her, then slit his throat
October 17, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Dawn Peel of St. Paul awoke boyfriend with a kiss, asked if he loved her, then slit his throat
October 17, 2012 in The Blotter
What would she have done had he said he didn't love her?Around 1 a.m. Monday, Dawn Peel, 50, awoke her 39-year-old boyfriend with a kiss, then asked him if he...
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Anti-Israel protest at Timberwolves-Haifa game leads to assault allegation [VIDEO]
October 17, 2012 in The Blotter
A pro-Palestinian group isn't happy the Wolves hosted an Israeli opponent.Last night, the Timberwolves hosted Maccabi Haifa B.C., a professional basketball team from Haifa, Israel, for an exhibition game at...
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Anne Marie Rasmusson will receive at least $665,000 to settle invasion of privacy lawsuit
October 17, 2012 in The Blotter
Rasmusson will receive a nice haul for having her private data unlawfully accessed hundreds of times.Anne Marie Rasmusson -- the subject of our February cover story, "Is This Woman Too...
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Rep. Chip Cravaack says guns in the audience would've prevented Aurora shootings [VIDEO]
October 17, 2012 in The Blotter
For Cravaack, more guns is the solution, not the problem.For the second time in a week, a local Republican offered up a head-scratcher of a response when asked about gun...
