Last June, close to 9,000 people were on hand inside the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas as Kim Couture, wife of Randy "The Natural" Couture, five-time UFC champion in two different weight classifications, fought Kim Rose. In the opening moments, Kim Couture catches a haymaker right from Rose. It splits her jawbone in half. But Couture battles through the remaining 15-minute fight, causing many to say the fight should have been stopped, and others, to question if women should even be in the ring.

Sen. Norm Coleman's latest ad features Wyatt Rech, the adorable 6-year-old cancer survivor from Montgomery, Minn. who inspired his childhood cancer legislation. The bill passed in July and provides $30 million per year for five years to help fund pediatric cancer research.

Watch the ad after the jump.

Ashwin Madia, the DFL candidate running for Minnesota's 3rd District, can't seem to stay out of the news for non-issues this week. Yesterday we reported that one of his volunteers was caught on video taking his opponent's campaign signs from a public right-of-way. Then the DFL had to fire a new employee after he was caught stealing a scooter while passing out Madia campaign literature. The reason? Sean Folstad, 22, had to go to the bathroom "real bad" and needed to get to a local park ASAP.

Watch the video after the jump.

The latest from the Anti-Strib blog is sure to get hardcore bikers and Sen. Barack Obama fans riled up. After recent reports of deaths and injuries due to the increasing numbers of commuters taking to their bikes for a primary mode of transportation, the Anti-Strib blog says it might help Sen. John McCain win the election.

Quotes after the jump.

We could almost publish a daily log of Wisconsin stories, but we resist. We don't want the Wisconsin-hating to go too far. But we present you with another round up of Wisconsin news, which is never good.

My totally rich uncle wanted to die, I swear
MADISON — A Wisconsin appeals court says family members who assist a relative in committing suicide can still benefit from the deceased person's will.

The few (if any) people in the Twin Cities who watch KSTP know meteorologist Dave Dahl for his weather forecasts and his global warming skepticism. Well he's come out full force over at MinnPost and made his position clear: Sun, not man, causes global climate change.

In fact, according to Dahl, the earth has been cooling in recent years. If it wasn't for a very recent uptick in solar activity, we could even be headed for another little ice age! Take that, Al Gore.

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Star Tribune today on behalf of female employees of the newspaper's mailroom, according to a Star Tribune email and report.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann snapped back at Republican leadership Monday after the financial rescue bill failed. After the vote didn't pass, Republican Minority Leader John Boehner didn't waste time pointing fingers at the other side saying, “The speaker had to give a partisan voice that poisoned our conference, caused a number of members that we thought we could get to go south.”

But Bachmann said Republican reps aren't that childish.

Don't forget an extra quarter for your ride on the bus or light rail Wednesday. Metro Transit fare increases, a quarter each way, will go into effect Oct. 1.

The increase will help reduce the projected $15 million budget shortfall next year with skyrocketing fuel costs and less revenue from motor vehicle sales taxes, Metro Transit officials say.

Last year the University of Minnesota proudly paraded it's ranking as the top sexually healthy school in the country, according to Trojan condoms.

But in just one year and a change in the ranking method, the U of M took a nosedive to No. 23. In other words, run to Boynton and get tested for STDs ASAP.