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Ron Larsen, New Ulm politician, visited by Secret Service for threatening letter to Obama
September 17, 2012 in The Blotter
New Ulm JournalAs a former reporter, you'd think Larsen would know better.SEE ALSO:-- Issac Aguigui, alleged leader of Army plot to assassinate Obama, was a page at 2008 RNC-- Longfellow...
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SNL's Seth Meyers cracks joke about Jamie Kuntz's 65-year-old "boyfriend" [VIDEO]
September 17, 2012 in The Blotter
Meyers couldn't resist poking fun at Kuntz's taste for much older men.SEE ALSO: Jamie Kuntz kicked off NoDak college football team after kissing boyfriend during gameLast week, we shared the...
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Occupy Homes MN staging debt protest on one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
September 17, 2012 in The Blotter
Rebecca McDonald / B Fresh PhotographyOccupy Homes MN is planning a protest in commemoration of its parent movement's anniversary.SEE ALSO:-- Occupy Homes celebrates new victories with party and conference-- Occupy...
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Guerrilla Girls' "Vote No" billboard features Michele Bachmann [PHOTO]
September 17, 2012 in The Blotter
TC Daily Planet and Tim CarrollThe Guerrilla Girls-designed billboard uses Bachmann's words against her.SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota marriage amendment "looks like a toss up," says new poll of likely voters-- Michele...
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Nate "Honey Badger" Atkins is running for House as a GOPer, and he doesn't give a shit
September 17, 2012 in The Blotter
Atkins represents a new type of MNGOPer, one that just doesn't give a shit.SEE ALSO:-- Guv-hopeful Thissen accuses rival Kelliher of hijacking his message-- DFL Minority Leader Paul Thissen calls...
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Martin Chapman claims sovereign citizenship, tells cops: 'I don't acknowledge your use of force'
September 17, 2012 in The Blotter
Chapman claimed to be a "sovereign citizen," so Homeland Security was alerted following his arrest.SEE ALSO:-- Wisconsin reader threatens journalist with eternal damnation for "OMG" headline-- Flying pit bull attack...
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Orono police cars set ablaze in apparent arson three months after being smashed by giant fish
September 14, 2012 in The Blotter
KSTP screengrabOrono police found two PD vehicles ablaze at the station this morning.SEE ALSO: Orono police searching for carp-wielding squad car vandalAssuming the same person or group of people is...
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Michele Bachmann suggests Islam is America's enemy [VIDEO]
September 14, 2012 in The Blotter
Bachmann blasted Obama for not being tougher on Islam.SEE ALSO:-- Bachmann and Jim Graves now neck and neck as Michele's favorability tanks-- The Onion's "Bachmann Thankful No Americans Died In...
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Raccoon becomes part of road as striping crew paints over Duluth-area roadkill [PHOTO]
September 14, 2012 in The Blotter
Duluth News Tribune/Clint AustinThis raccoon's afterlife isn't very pleasant.SEE ALSO:-- Gauthier decides not to seek reelection after DFL Rep. Huntley calls him a "child molester"-- Duluth's Last Place on Earth...
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Jesse Ventura: "Love is by far bigger than government can ever be" [VIDEO]
September 14, 2012 in The Blotter
Jesse and Terry Ventura think you should vote no this November.SEE ALSO: Minnesota marriage amendment "looks like a toss up," says new poll of likely votersJesse and Terry Ventura are...
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Mary Franson says election is about "jobs and the economy," spends all week talking about abortion and voter ID
September 14, 2012 in The Blotter
Mary Franson's laser-like focus on jobs translates to non-stop Facebook posts about social issues.SEE ALSO:-- Mary Franson on DNC "God" debacle: "Peter denied Christ 3 times also" [VIDEO]-- Rep. Mary...
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Twins finally release "It Gets Better" video, but omit GLBT-rights component of bullying issue
September 14, 2012 in The Blotter
The video features Joe Mauer, who says: "I care, and when we face bullying together, it can only get better."SEE ALSO:-- Twins' "It Gets Better" video delayed because of Dan...
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Jesse Ventura says Obama is basically the black George W. Bush
September 14, 2012 in The Blotter
It's Obama's skin color, not his politics, that set him apart, Jesse said.SEE ALSO:-- Jesse Ventura got his ass kicked in a California bar, fellow SEAL says-- Jesse Ventura loves...
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Obama up 7 in Minnesota, Klobuchar up 19, says new poll
September 13, 2012 in The Blotter
Romney's deficit is outside the margin of error, but not by much, according to PPP.SEE ALSO:-- Romney has halved Obama's Minnesota lead since May, says new SurveyUSA poll-- Pro-Romney group...
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St. Paul Saints get $25 million for new ballpark; Veeck-ville coming to Lowertown
September 13, 2012 in The Blotter
Lowertown will be the new home of the St. Paul Saints as soon as 2015.SEE ALSO:-- St. Paul Saints move one step closer to building Veeck-land in Lowertown-- St. Paul...
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Block E blight: With AMC theater closing Sept. 23, there's only one business left inside [PHOTO]
September 13, 2012 in The Blotter
Guy Still on twitpicThere used to be lots happening at Hennepin & 7th. Now, you can park your car there and not much more.SEE ALSO:-- AMC Theater, one of Block...
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Ryan Doumit commits three errors in an inning; first outfielder to do so since '89 [VIDEO]
September 13, 2012 in The Blotter
If a Twin makes three errors in an inning but nobody is there to see it...SEE ALSO:-- Tsuyoshi Nishioka brutal error: Twins megabust botches first play back in bigs [VIDEO]--...
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Princeton High School girls soccer team arrives in locker room, finds gear soaked in urine
September 13, 2012 in The Blotter
Someone filled the Princeton girls soccer team's balls with urine.SEE ALSO:-- Vikings 'original Whizzinator' heading to Minn. bar memorabilia wall-- Sheriff Phil Hodapp hunting for "felonious fecal flinger," adult diaper...
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Pro-Romney group will air misleading 'Janesville' ad in Minnesota [VIDEO]
September 13, 2012 in The Blotter
Why tell the truth when lies better suit your purpose?SEE ALSO:-- Norm Coleman blasts Cali Democrat John Burton after he compares Paul Ryan to Goebbels-- Mitt Romney blames Wisconsin's problems...
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Minnesota is the least miserable state, according to Bloomberg
September 13, 2012 in The Blotter
Monroe Family BlogWho wouldn't feel less miserable exiting Wisconsin and entering Minnesota?SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota is the state of the future, Gallup says-- MSP is the healthiest metro in country, says...
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Rob Koebel, Wisconsin TV reporter, drunkenly asks cop: "Know who you're messing with?"
September 12, 2012 in The Blotter
Koebel lost his TV job after he got drunk and peed outside an Apple Store.SEE ALSO:-- Randy Hopper, former Wisconsin GOP senator, says drunk driving arrest politically motivated-- Dashboard cam...
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Minnesota marriage amendment "looks like a toss up," says new poll of likely voters
September 12, 2012 in The Blotter
Who's to be believed? It depends on whether you think unlikely-to-vote Minnesotans should be included in the polling.SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota marriage amendment supported by 50 percent, opposed by 43, new...
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Donovan McNabb says Favre took pity on him when he was traded to Minnesota
September 12, 2012 in The Blotter
Do they dislike our skyline, or what?SEE ALSO:-- Brett Favre on ill-fated 2010 comeback: "The money was too good"-- Donovan McNabb: I should "absolutely" still be starting quarterbackMinnesota fans dislike...
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Jamie Kuntz kicked off NoDak college football team after kissing boyfriend during game
September 12, 2012 in The Blotter
Kuntz was in the closet until the boyfriend-kissing controversy.SEE ALSO: Chris Kluwe says politician is "literally an asshole" for anti-gay marriage stanceJamie Kuntz, an 18-year-old linebacker from Dickinson, North Dakota,...
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UMD paying $4,000 for Loren Cameron's sexually explicit transgender photography show [PHOTOS]
September 12, 2012 in The Blotter
Some question whether a public university should be spending $4,000 to display Cameron's work.SEE ALSO:-- UMD student demands gender-neutral bathrooms, goes on hunger strike, school caves-- University of Minnesota-Duluth suspends...
