4/16 Morning Communiqué
CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS
It's a pleasure to announce the return of Steve Monaco and his blog, Couch Pundit. Steve blogged with us from 2003 to September 2006, and we're proud to have him, and the Monday Movie Quiz, back.
Chris Ward reviews Cooking Mama for the Nintendo Wii at Gaming.
Peter Schilling recaps the Twins series with Tampa at Balls.
DVD Reviews this week include Larry Sanders, Smokin' Aces, The Last King of Scotland, and Overlord.
Download free MP3s from local artists such as Askeleton, the Hopefuls, Chris Koza, M.anifest, the Plastic Constellations, and more at Music To Go.
THESE DAYS
A crackdown on sex in the bathrooms at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has led to the arrest of more than 30 people in three months.
Toronto bylaws requiring dog walkers to "stoop and scoop" are yielding an unmanageable amount of poop in park trash bins.
The world's major drug companies have been accused of turning a blind eye to the multibillion-dollar trade in fake medicine that has resulted in an explosion of child malaria deaths in developing countries.
MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY
Who the hell starts a basketball blog in the spring? Frequent Balls commenter Peter Weinhold, that's who. Check out Hoops Springs Eternal for Timberwolves analysis.
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TIME WASTERS
Do the Right Thing, as performed by the cast of Sesame Street
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
"It's just easy. I don't understand why other kids couldn't do the same thing."
— Lincoln Park (MI) teenager James Ellison, on attending college beginning at age 12. At age 15, Ellson received his high school diploma and an associate's degree from Henry Ford Community College.
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