Erik Paulsen just can't seem to keep himself out of trouble these days. Only recently was his party accused of darkening the skin color of his opponent, and now Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) is claiming Paulsen pirated its footage to advance his campaign.

If you aren't a fan of drunken buffoons in the a.m., avoid the University of Minnesota campus at all costs. It's Homecoming weekend on campus and tomorrow is the really lame parade.

But it won't be Goldy Gopher getting the crowd riled up. Leave it to the U of M to welcome a grade school Disney mascot for the drunken stumblers. Here comes Mickey Mouse!

A University of Minnesota researcher has found a way to make dairy cows more comfortable. Marcia Endres, an associate professor of animal science at the University of Minnesota, says that cows whose stalls have more than nine inches of bedding--sand, sawdust, or other organic materials--tend to be more content than cows that rest on more shallow bedding. “A comfortable cow is a cash cow,” says Endres, adding that happy cows produce up to two gallons more milk per day.

For those of you who read up on some Reusse this week (no, not the see-saw Kevin Love pieces), perhaps you caught the Gopher football article in which he adroitly points out that being named a Homecoming opponent is akin to hearing the host club saying something about your mother. Or, in the case of Minnesota/Northwestern, your great-great-great grandmother.

Looks like former CEO and local millionaire Tom Petters will have to get a little more comfortable in jail. He's not going anywhere any time soon.

Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis ruled in his hearing today that he will stay in jail while he waits for a trial, according to the Star Tribune. Too bad, so sad.

We're watching bullies on the playground once again.

Al Franken's Senate campaign released a statement today asking Sen. Norm Coleman to answer questions about the lawsuit that alleges he received $75,000 from a good friend through his wife's employer. The campaign did not address Coleman's statement that tried to connect Franken and Democrats to the lawsuit.

Coleman denies all of the allegations associated with him in the lawsuit and called it a last-ditch political smear.

Trying to procrastinate and catch up on some election fun? Here are some campaign videos to suck some of your internet bandwidth.

Miss the former President Bill Clinton rally last night? Or maybe you didn't want to be caught dead there. The Uptake has a video on their site of his rally:

Laurie Coleman, wife of Sen. Norm Coleman, works at Hays Companies. Although they are not a party in the lawsuit relating to money funneled to the Coleman family, they released a statement today calling it "libelous and defamatory".

Minnesota has never had this much attention. The backlash? We can't seem to escape the terribly dirty campaign ads. These politicians are going to go down kicking.

Political parties think they can just buy our love... Unfortunately it might be true.

Minnesota is the top state for Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and National Republican Senatorial Committee spending during the final week, according to Roll Call.

At least this time Coleman isn't completely avoiding reporters on important issues. Well, sort of. Sen. Norm Coleman spoke to reporters on Friday in Moorhead about the lawsuit against Coleman's buddy, Nasser Kazeminy.

The suit alleges Kazeminy had his employees funnel $75,000 to Coleman through his wife's workplace. Coleman said the suit is "false and defamatory."