7/12 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Nick Drake's Family Tree, Earth Defense Force 2017, and The Henry Rollins Show: Season 1 are all featured in this week's Culture Jamming by Michael Gallucci.

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

According to the 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Canada has the honor of leading the industrialized world in marijuana use.

Dead bodies frequently pulled from the River Tigris have dulled the Iraqi capital's appetite for the popular dish of grilled carp after it was reported that clerics had warned that the fish dined on rotting corpses.

A contraceptive implant for dogs that halts testosterone and sperm production for months at a time is expected to gain European approval within weeks.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Kate is a retired educator who photo-blogs our local bridges and rivers, as well as the dinosaurs that have popped up around town at ExtraExtra.

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TIME WASTERS

Top 10 Most Memorable Movie Cars from cars.com

The oldest people in the world

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"He just said July the 6th and I assumed it was this year because if you tell the guy July 6th, they're going to think it's this year."

— Toronto teacher Dave Barclay, after flying to Cardiff, Wales, last week to attend the July 6, 2008 wedding of his friend Dave Best