Star Tribune reporters engage in colleague-on-colleague Twitter war teasing [UPDATE]

Fighting Twitter birds via Joonbug.com

Brandon Stahl to Strib colleague Rochelle Olson: "Should I go to your desk when I need a cliche?"

Either Brandon Stahl and Rochelle Olson like to kid really aggressively, or they kinda hate each other. (UPDATE -- Stahl got in touch this morning and said he and Olson were indeed kidding. "Rochelle was one of the first people I met here, and has been incredibly helpful," Stahl said.)

WTF FILES: Star Tribune runs ads on behalf of polygamist Mormon sect

The two Star Tribune reporters got into a Twitter war yesterday, culminating in each of them agreeing to stay away from the other's newsroom desk.

Here's the blow-by-blow between Olson, who covers Hennepin County courts and legal affairs, and Stahl, a "watchdog reporter" who recently came to the Strib from the Duluth News Tribune: