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Not a top 10 bike city my ass!

This week, Walk Score used Bike Score data to put together its ranking of the 10 Most Bikeable Large U.S. Cities.

SEE ALSO: Portland douses some Haterade on Mpls after regaining Bicycling.com's Best Bike City honor

Minneapolis, you might recall, clocked in with the second-highest Bike Score in the county last December (only Boulder ranked higher). Nonetheless, Walk Score left the City of Lakes out of its top 10. So what the hell gives?

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Minneapolis represents the U.S. on Travel and Leisure's list of 13 travel picks in 2013.

What list features Nepal,  Uco Valley in Argentina, Zambia, and... Minneapolis?

Last month, Minneapolis topped a full five categories in Travel and Leisure's annual survey of 35 cities across the country. Now, the magazine is handing us a more exotic honor: one of the 13 best places to travel in 2013. The roundup isn't just for domestic trips, like Lonely Planet's recent list, but for visits anywhere in the world.

Nilou Motamed, the magazine's features editor, stopped by the Today Show this morning to discuss the list, and tell the two surprised hosts why Minneapolis is the only U.S. destination to make the cut.

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- Twin Cities have country's smartest, most attractive people, says Travel and Leisure
- Twin Cities are a Lonely Planet top U.S. travel destination for 2013
- Climate change could make Mpls the new NYC, says The Economist [VIDEO]


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Minneapolis skyline and, right, New York City preparing the subway for Hurricane Sandy.

If we survive tomorrow's Mayan apocalypse, we may have to start contending with a more insidious doom: rising oceans. But one way to offset at least the financial punch of climate change, says The Economist's economic correspondent, Ryan Avent, is for people to start migrating. Specifically, migrating to places like Minneapolis.

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- Minnesota is the state of the future, Gallup says
- Bill Clinton blasts Romney's climate change skepticism in Minneapolis speech [VIDEOS]
- Minnesota's average low temperature rose faster than any other state's since 1970, says new study


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Any city with a pants-less ride has to make the top of the bike lists. Here, Freedom From Pants riders line up outside the Soap Factory in 2011.

Minneapolis has garnered top bike marks from Walk Score, League of American Bicyclists, Shermans Travel, and most prestigious (and controversial), Bicycling magazine.

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- Portland douses some Haterade on Mpls after regaining Bicycling.com's Best Bike City honor
- Freedom From Pants: Patriotic nudity at its best
- Minneapolis named most bikeable city... in part because it's so damn flat here

Now, we have another to add to the list: National adventure magazine Outside has named us one of the top ten best places to hop on a bike not just around the country, but across the continent.
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What, do they expect Jimmy Carter or something?

Last winter, the New York Times mentioned Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak as a potential 2016 presidential candidate.

He was included in a list that included Democratic heavy-hitters like Hillary Clinton, Rahm Emanuel, and Elizabeth Warren. Pretty impressive, eh?

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-- Did Rybak lie about I-35W bridge collapse during DNC speech? [VIDEO]
-- Mayor Rybak offers perfect rejoinder to L.A. Nik on Facebook

Well, apparently the Raleigh News & Observer didn't read that article. Because in a piece published yesterday, the Observer asks the following question about the City of Lakes' dreamy mayor: "Who?"

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Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura has made no secret of his desire to run for president as an independent candidate in 2016, and he may have recently found his ideal running mate: Howard Stern.
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Heathens! The London opening ceremony.

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Illinoisans and Googlers think alike.

SEE ALSO: Minnesota is awesome, says Google auto-complete

Minnesota is awesome. Wisconsin, on the other hand, is stupid.

Or so say Googlers. Today, the Washington Post published a cool map depicting blogger Renee DiResta's work. DiResta typed "Why is [state fill-in-the-blank] so..." and documented the top four auto-completes.

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