"Gallon smashing" is the hottest thing since the Harlem Shake.

A viral YouTube video inspired a 16-year-old St. Paul girl to go "gallon smashing" Saturday night at the Midway Target.

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She might've got a homemade video out of it, but it came at a price. The teen was cited for disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property after a manger reported the incident to an off-duty police officer working at the store.

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Miami Heat do the Harlem Shake

Suffice it to say Crunch isn't impressed.

Last week, the defending NBA champion Miami Heat released an official team Harlem Shake video, complete with a crown-adorned and shirtless LeBron James busting some moves.

SEE ALSO: Minnesota does the Harlem Shake: The ten best local Harlem Shake videos on YouTube

The video has been viewed more than 31 million times and has accrued than 129,000 "likes." But it has drawn the ire of one big gray furry hater -- namely, Crunch, the Minnesota Timberwolves' mascot.

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Coleman thinks Michelle's Oscars appearance was some sort of quid pro quo for Hollywood's efforts to elect her husband.

Norm Coleman has had some surprisingly nice things to say about President Obama lately, but he's still a Republican, and he couldn't resist the urge to take a shot at the first lady during an appearance yesterday on Wolf Blitzer's CNN show.

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Asked what he thought about Michelle Obama's live-via-satellite presentation of the Academy Awards' best picture award, Coleman said: "The fact is that the president and the first lady owed Hollywood so much, Wolf, so much. For her to go on, I'm sure that everyone was very very happy."

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Activities Director Koltes (left) has been suspended; Elvis (right) would be proud.

Mound Westonka High School Principal Keith Randklev may have been cryogenically frozen while watching Elvis perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s and then thawed sometime recently, because here's what he said yesterday when asked about why a group of students were suspended for shooting a seemingly harmless Harlem Shake video in the school cafeteria:

THE BACKSTORY: Mound Westonka hockey players and parents irate about Harlem Shake video suspensions

"Many, many of the Harlem Shakes that I saw had a lot of hip-thrusting in their acts," Randklev told KSTP. "There was activity that was not appropriate and did not lead to a safe environment."

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Mound Westonka students were suspended for dancing on tables while filming their own Harlem Shake video last Friday.

:::: UPDATE :::: Mound Westonka principal says Harlem Shake video contained inappropriate "hip-thrusting"

Last Friday, the second-seeded Mound Westonka hockey team played a sectional playoff game against seventh-seeded Blake.

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They did so without six players who were controversially suspended for participating in the production of a Harlem Shake video in the school cafeteria earlier that day for a TV production class project. And after Mound Westonka lost the game 6-4, some players and parents are blaming administrators for blowing the incident way out of proportion and ruining their season.


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Where the one percent of Barbie and Ken dolls live.

The human housing market may not be so hot these days, but it's a different story for Twin Cities Barbie and Ken dolls.

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Yesterday, a Bloomington resident named Leif put an epic poolside Barbie mansion up for sale on Craigslist. We're sure the dolls owned by Leif's family are sad to see their home go, though they'll still own a yacht large enough to live in.

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Housley might not agree with the cultural critique underpinning "Gangnam Style," but who can take issue with that dance?

In a new video put together by campaign volunteers, MNGOP Senate candidate Karin Housley's supporters go Gangnam Style.

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But an MNGOP spoof on Psy's smash K-pop hit is ironic, as some Korean culture experts interpret the "Gangnam Style" video as a subtle critique of wealthy Koreans' conspicuous consumption.

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Tim Poe during his debut performance on America's Got Talent.

Tim Poe, the America's Got Talent singer whose battle injury claims were disputed by the Minnesota National Guard, was cut from the show last night.

Poe sang George Strait's "The Chair" at the Las Vegas finals before he was booted rather anticlimactically from the competition.

"I don't know that he holds up to other singers on this show at all," said judge Howie Mandel.

Howard Stern, another judge, waited to make his decision. "We have a lot of great singers that we saw," Stern said.

"Let's look at more and we'll make a decision," Mandel conceded.

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Tim Poe on America's Got Talent last week.

America's Got Talent singer Tim Poe is now claiming to be divorced from reality as an explanation for why he told a false story about being wounded in combat.

Last week, Poe told the TV show's judges that he was injured in a grenade blast while serving in Afghanistan, causing him to stutter. The next day, the Minnesota Army National Guard said that although Poe indeed served in the army, its records don't support his claim about his injury.

Poe was criticized by former fans on Facebook, his ex-wife, and a staff sergeant whose photo Poe used on America's Got Talent in place of his own.

On Friday, Poe, now a resident of Texas, sobbed through an interview with WFAA-TV in Dallas and apologized for embellishing -- but not lying about -- his story.

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Tim Poe is singing the blues

In the wake of revelations that Tim Poe lied about his war injuries on America's Got Talent, his Facebook fanpage has been under constant fire by snipers leaving negative comments.More »