4/11 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

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THESE DAYS

A former city maintenance worker used repeating payments of $49.95 to a "John Awesome" to steal thousands of dollars from the city to buy porn.

Between 1995 and 2005, CEO pay rose 298.2%, corporate profits rose by 106.7%, while the average worker's salary has only risen by 4.3%.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Thomas McMahon (aka TwisterMc) discusses marketing tools and tips for bloggers, including RSS feeds and software plug-ins, at BloggerDesign.com.

[Minnesota-based blog directory]

TIME WASTERS

Enjoy this unsold game show pilot from 1977 called The Riddlers, with your host, David Letterman

Be extra bold and celebrate Helvetica's 50 birthday

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"Be nice to America, or we'll bring democracy to your country."

— bumper sticker spotted by the folks at TechEBlog