1/23 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Britt Robson breaks down the Timberwolves' loss to the Jazz at Balls.

Diablo Cody has recently been contacted by Playboy magazine. Check out next month's centerfold at Pussy Ranch.

Peter S. Scholtes has compiled his best posts from 2006 at Complicated Fun.

THESE DAYS

According to a report in the January issue of the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, black patients are more likely to get less experienced surgeons than white patients.

This morning, Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson, who is charged with violating probation, will ask a circuit judge for permission to leave the state of Illinois to play in the Super Bowl on February 4th in Miami.

Terrie Berenden, a pet shop owner in the southern Dutch town of Zelhem, has created a beer for dogs made from beef extract and malt.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Jayne Haugen Olson blogs about shopping in the Twin Cities at Life in Style.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

Stuff Magazine gives you the spoiler, you guess the movie

Ten Riskiest Businesses to Start from Forbes

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"I am not prepared to go without the T-shirt. I might forfeit the fare, but I have made up my mind that I would rather stand up for the principle of free speech."

— Australian Allen Jasson, who was barred from a London-bound Qantas flight at Melbourne Airport last Friday for wearing a t-shirt that depicted President Bush with the phrase "World's number 1 terrorist"