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County Attorney Scannell had relationship with teen months after being shot by sex offender
December 07, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Chuck Grassley's "Assume deer dead" offering named Village Voice's 2012 Tweet of the Year
December 07, 2012 in The Blotter
Grassley: Twitter's undisputed king of unintentional comedy.A few months ago, we told you about how hilariously awful at Twitter 79-year-old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is. SEE ALSO: Chuck Grassley, Iowa...
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County Attorney Scannell had relationship with teen months after being shot by sex offender
December 07, 2012 in The Blotter
Scannell allegedly told the girl's mom: "She's 17, she can make her own decisions, it's not like she's 11 or 14."Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell has been hit with a...
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Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo are GQ's "Honorary Gays of the Year"
December 07, 2012 in The Blotter
Kluwe and Ayanbadejo will be remembered mainly for what they helped accomplish off the field this season.Vikings punter Chris Kluwe isn't gay, but now he's the next best thing: An...
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Champions Sports Bar sues Mpls, accuses city of trying to drive "black bars" out of business
December 07, 2012 in The Blotter
Champions is seeking up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages from the city.Champions Sports Bar and Grill, located near Lake and Nicollet in Minneapolis's Lyndale neighborhood, alleges the...
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Mike Morris, former Viking and host of the Power Trip Morning Show, laid off by KFAN
December 06, 2012 in The Blotter
Morris' departure comes amid a round of Clear Channel layoffs.Former Viking Mike Morris has been laid off by KFAN, All Access Music Group reported this morning.SEE ALSO: Paul Charchian's "I'm...
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Abbott Hospital gave newborn to wrong mom, who breastfed baby before mixup was noticed
December 06, 2012 in The Blotter
Image by Tatiana Craine. Baby photo from Seattleye's Flickr.Abbott says yesterday's baby mixup is unprecedented. The mother says the error left her emotionally distressed.An Abbott Northwestern Hospital spokeswoman vows "there...
Pedro Ayala-Leyva gets record 30-year sentence for smuggling meth from California
December 06, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Pedro Ayala-Leyva gets record 30-year sentence for smuggling meth from California
December 06, 2012 in The Blotter
"Peli" led a drug trafficking ring that shipped meth from California to the Twin Cities suburbs.On Tuesday, Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu doled out a record sentence for a Minnesota...
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David Clifford's motion to dismiss charges denied; will stand trial for near-fatal punch
December 06, 2012 in The Blotter
David Clifford's punch led to multiple brain surgeries for Brian Vander Lee. This spring, Minneapolis SWAT team executive officer David Clifford will stand trial for nearly killing a bar patron...
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Twin Cities are a Lonely Planet top U.S. travel destination for 2013
December 06, 2012 in The Blotter
the Twin Cities Facebook pageBelieve it or not, as far as Lonely Planet is concerned, you're looking at one of the country's top travel destinations.With temperatures plummeting, most Minnesotan travel...
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Vikings LB Chad Greenway asks fans to get "super-duper drunk" before Sunday's game
December 06, 2012 in The Blotter
Greenway to Vikings fans attending Sunday's game: "Drink liquor, not beer."With the Vikings at 6-6 and facing a do-or-die game this Sunday against Chicago, linebacker Chad Greenway is asking fans...
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Chuck Grassley, Iowa Senator, compares smoking pot to murder, rape, and child abuse
December 05, 2012 in The Blotter
Grassley thinks smoking pot is really, really bad. Like Hitler bad.Chuck Grassley, a 79-year-old U.S. Senator from Iowa, took the overheated rhetoric of the war on drugs to new heights...
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Blake beats Chaska thanks to improbable buzzer-beating three-pointer [VIDEO]
December 05, 2012 in The Blotter
Try hitting this one in a game of H-O-R-S-E!Last night, Blake scored a 61-60 road win over Chaska thanks to John Veil's last-second fling three point shot.SEE ALSO: Roseville girl's...
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Gerald Dols, self-proclaimed "Boy from MN" in Milk, weighs in on Pastor Muehlhauser case
December 05, 2012 in The Blotter
Dols (right), the self-proclaimed "Boy from Minnesota" in Milk and an ex-gay therapy supporter, says he's "disturbed" to hear about the allegations facing Pastor Muehlhauser (left).Last month, we told you...
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"Ponder's wedding will be the first without a reception" [TOP 10 TWEETS]
December 05, 2012 in The Blotter
At the start of the season, Ponder said football was his girlfriend. For better or worse, things changed in a hurry.Yesterday's late-breaking news that Christian Ponder and Samantha Steele are...
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David Clifford, one-punch near-homicide cop, seeks to have charges dropped today
December 05, 2012 in The Blotter
Clifford's attorney argues charges should be dropped because an investigator tried to manipulate two witnesses.:::: UPDATE :::: David Clifford's motion to dismiss charges denied; will stand trial for near-fatal punchIf...
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Lambeau Field gets crazy for Vikings and Bears games, is relatively tranquil for the Lions
December 05, 2012 in The Blotter
Lambeau is comparatively tame when the Motor City Kitties come to town.In the wake of the last Sunday's Purple Sombrero Beatdown, the Green Bay Press Gazette put together a report...
Corey Curtis, deadbeat dad of nine children with six women, sentenced to breeding ban
December 04, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Christian Ponder and Samantha Steele are reportedly engaged
December 04, 2012 in The Blotter
Just a couple months after they officially became a couple, Ponder and Steele are reportedly engaged.According to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch, Vikings QB Christian Ponder and ESPN college football sideline...
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Corey Curtis, deadbeat dad of nine children with six women, sentenced to breeding ban
December 04, 2012 in The Blotter
A box of condoms costs a lot less than $90,000, Corey.Corey Curtis, a 44-year-old resident of Racine, Wisconsin, has done enough procreating for a few lifetimes -- he has nine...
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Ryan Larson, Cold Spring officer shooting suspect, released: "They have no evidence" [UPDATE]
December 04, 2012 in The Blotter
Larson (right) was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Officer Decker (left), but was released from custody this morning.Today, the Stearns County Attorney's office surprisingly released Ryan Larson,...
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Blake Page, West Point cadet, quits academy to protest "unconstitutional proselytism"
December 04, 2012 in The Blotter
The founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation compares Page (left) to Rosa Parks.Months shy of his graduation from West Point, Blake Page is quitting the academy and heading back...
Mark Swanson, purple sombrero-wearing Vikes fan, allegedly knocked out Green Bay man
December 04, 2012 in True Crime Report
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Mark Swanson, purple sombrero-wearing Vikes fan, allegedly knocked out Green Bay man
December 04, 2012 in The Blotter
Swanson allegedly served a five-knuckle sandwich to a Green Bay man while wearing a purple sombrero.Green Bay-area police on the lookout for a purple sombrero-wearing Vikings fan who allegedly knocked...
