Brett Rogers is going to jail

​Brett Rogers' professional fighting career took another hit this morning as a Dakota County judge sentenced him to 60 days in jail for beating his wife this summer.

The sentence further derails a once-promising mixed martial arts career. Rogers was considered a top fighter in MMA but lost his professional contract with Strikeforce after he was charged June 30 for beating his wife.

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Sean Casey discovered that this shirt is accurate.

​Sean Casey sounds like he knows how to have a good time.

This weekend, the 21-year-old was enjoying an evening at the Freight House bar in downtown Stillwater when he decided to strip off his clothes and hit the dance floor, according to police.

This was, unfortunately for Casey, a violation of the bar's dress code. Casey's night was cut short by police, and he was charged with a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct.

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​In this week's cover story on the suicide of Ramsey County Deputy Dan Ruettimann, we mentioned a story on Fox9 that impacted the deputy in the months leading up to his death this past October.

The story said that Deputy Ruettimann was under an Internal Affairs investigation for conduct unbecoming an officer. Reporter Tom Lyden questioned whether Ruettimann was "given a second chance" for political reasons.

While the police reports used in the piece are public record, the fact that they were tied to Internal Affairs business should have remained confidential.More >>

When septuagenarians attack.

​At a fund-raising luncheon for retired Canadian Football League players, two very old rivals took the stage to answer questions -- 74-year-old former defensive tackle and pro-wrestler Angelo Mosca, and 73-year-old Joe Kapp, a former Vikings quarterback.

Apparently, the men wanted to address a 50-year-old grudge between them right off the bat -- by attacking one another and tumbling from the stage.

Geezer fiiiiight!

The whole thing was caught on video and it's kind of amazing.

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Holly Boyd admitted she killed her chihuahua puppy.

​A local dog-killing case that infuriated animal lovers around the world finally came to a close, when Holly Boyd was sentenced today in the gruesome death of her chihuahua puppy.

The description of the puppy's death was so violent that an online petition and a Facebook group sprang up asking that Boyd get the maximum sentence. The decision an Anoka County judge handed down today will likely disappoint many signees.

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Tim Pawlenty: So obscure, it's not even funny.

​Hey everybody, check it out: Tim Pawlenty came in first place at something.

Our former governor took the number-one spot in GQ's list of the top 25 least influential people on planet earth, right up there with Hank Williams Jr., MSNBC's Ed Schultz, and our own Marcus Bachmann.

The writers at GQ had some pretty harsh words for Pawlenty and his failed presidential aspirations. According to the article, Pawlenty's campaign was so pointless, he didn't even register in the ridiculous-but-hilarious "Sharpton Sector" of candidates. From GQ:

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Steve Horner isn't gay just because he dislikes ladies' night

​Steve Horner's fight against ladies' night is back in the news, this time in Las Vegas.

Horner began his campaign against ladies' night 20 years ago at a bar in the Mall of America. The Las Vegas Review-Journal chronicled that crusade in a Sunday feature headlined "'The Unusual Steve Horner' battles feminism."

"People ask me, 'Steve, are you gay? Do you not like women? Was your mother a bitch?'" Horner says. "That, to me, is like asking women why they don't like NASCAR. Does she not like men? No, she doesn't like the loud noise and toxic fumes." More >>

WE FREAKING LOVE IT HERE!

​As we gird ourselves for winter, it seems worthwhile to mention that -- according to a new Men's Health article -- St. Paul people are way, way happier than the denizens of Miami, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

So they can take all that sunshine and cram it.

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Target workers had a Black Friday alright

​An exhausted Target worker in Palm Beach, Florida, crashed her car into a canal at 7:46 a.m. after working the midnight shift on Black Friday.

The accident is notable because it shows the potential danger for workers forced to work the midnight shift after Target decided to open its doors earlier than ever on Black Friday. The new hours triggered a backlash from employees, who delivered a petition with 181,000 signatures to CEO Gregg Steinhafel asking the retailer to "Save Thanksgiving."

The petition was met with a bizarre editorial from the Star Tribune that told workers they should shut up and just be happy to have a job in a bad economy.
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James Schugel's story has been sorta unscrubbed.

​Before this afternoon, if one were to rely purely on the content of WCCO's website, the now-notorious "duck dog" story never happened.

That all came to an end this afternoon.

Although it contains no new information, an editor's note has finally been posted to the website that acknowledges, that, like, yeah this one time? We TOTALLY did a story about a meat market that sold dog meat, but, um, actually the butcher was saying duck. Whoops!

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