College student arrested after tossing M&M candies at cop: The police officer took Sean McGuire, 20, to the Polk County Jail, but not before McGuire urinated all over the back seat of the squad car. Via: Obscure Store and Des Moines Register.

This is the weakest Basilica Block Party lineup in memory. (Via)

Strib: Minneapolis homicide detectives to be featured on "The First 48"
MinnPost: Minnesota's Internet tech crowd flexes its muscle
PiPress: Family of St. Cloud student found dead sues bars where he drank
WCCO: What's with the Stillwater ex-mayor and all the junk?

"Pizza With A Conscience" Galactic Pizza gets a nod on the national level with a feature on CNN Money.

Hard to believe folks have been hating, and trying to make whoopie, on Spoonbridge & Cherry for 20 years now.

Saintpaulitan: (Police) dog days
Birdchick: Marsh wren

It's clearly another slow day in Des Moines: Tom Owens and Diana Helmer moved to Perry in December and engaged in an unusual habit.

They knew no one but waved at everybody.

"I've noticed the effects a wave has," Helmer said. "When you wave it's like a smile. A smile always changes your mood. You can't smile and not be changed."

OK, some might ask, what's their angle?

Others might ask why you care. link via Obscure Store.

It is hard to get information on old homes in Minneapolis: you need to go to Hennepin County during business hours and/or make appointments with the the Minneapolis Library archive people during business hours to view the old original documents. But, Hennepin is about to make it much easier.

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Let Freedom Ring: Molnau's got a 19 incher
TC Daily Planet: Legislature pussies out on vaginas in the classroom
Star Tribune: The Veepstakes

TC Daily Planet has an extensive look at the conflict between the Off-Leash Area and playwright Marcie Rendon that resulted in Rendon refusing to see the play that she scripted, Border Crossing, and her taking her grievances public, including her complaint that the production silenced the voices of Native Americans.

Scott McGerik's Weblog: Red Stag
TC EATS: Manny's
The Rake: Street Food
City Pages: Senor Wong

WCCO: Apparently, Pawlenty is not getting any
Strib: The gift of kidney
Strib: 41 hot dogs in 10 minutes
City Pages: It ain't easy being poor, female, and young in Minnesota

The Great Commuter Challenge is being held this morning. It's a race between a guy in a car (the ironiclly named Strib reporter John Foti), RT "Leadfoot" Rybak on bicycle and Ramsey County Commissioner Toni Carter on foot. Without peeking at the results, who do you think will win?

Another woman in a University of Minnesota dorm reported being sexually assaulted this weekend, marking the third incident in as many weeks on or near the campus.

Doodledee: Library hours, then and now
Saintpaulitan: Beef! Beef! Beef!

Paul Schmelzer does an audio interview with Rep. Mindy Greiling, who wrote a letter to the Star-Tribune calling for the paper to demand Katherine Kersten's resignation, a response to Kersten's column concerning the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, in which Kersten claims that the school promotes Islam in violation of the separation of church and state. (Greiling says this claim, beyond being factually incorrect, "have threatened the safety of the children and staff at the school, which has been forced to take extra security measures in the wake of recent death threats.")

Powerline, in the meanwhile, calls Greiling letter "an act of thuggery."

The New York Times Magazine profiles Minnesota rapper Tou Saiko Lee, who raps about his Hmong heritage and incorporates ancient Hmong poem chanting in his music. He performs with his brother, Vong a.k.a. Knowstalgic, in the hip-hop group Delicious Venom. The magazine also focuses on Gen. Vang Pao in a related article.

Ed Kohler delivers a sneak peak of Metromix Twin Cities (link not active yet). Metromix launches in the Twin Cities tomorrow. How will it play against it's local competitors? Also, check out other Metromix sites.

I'm a cartoonist and illustrator in NY thinking about making the move to Minneapolis. I have a few friends there and I think I've reached a turning point in life where I need to start over, so to speak.

I'm hesitant though. I'm wondering what kind of opportunities are out there for a cartoonist/illustrator, hell, any kind of beneficial art-related job for someone with a BFA. Could someone help me understand the situation better?

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they probably had a pretty restrictive criteria for selecting bands from. Really? Because I thought the "bands that suck" criteria was the

Hey Jealousy Crash Into Me Breakfast at Tiffany's Closer To Free Why Georgia (repeat) ... That's still Cities 97's playlist, right?

With Father Michael on his way out and the new bishop for Mpls-St. Paul, they probably had a pretty restrictive criteria for selecting bands from.

I was expecting more local blog posts/chatter about #minnbar, but so far it's been mostly MSM. Take that bloggers.

OneRepublic sure brings on the weak, and it's too late to apologize for so many consecutive years of lameness.

On the bright side, Hootie and the Blowfish won't be there.

nom nom nom deeeeelish!

Leaning Tower is better, by sheer virtue of being the best pizza ever.

I remember it being not so-shitty about 10 years ago. Then, 6 or 7 years ago I bought a two-day pass and that was a huge waste. Never been back since.

WHA??? Dosh is about as down to earth as they get. What could you possibly be talking about? What has he ever done that has made you think he's got a

Who's even on the list? I can't find the line up anywhere

The weather's not bad in Atlanta. As long as you don't need water to survive. Yes, that seems to be a particular problem in that area.

Iowa: Home of the "huh?" stories.

By Kurtis's standards, I'm almost old, but my husband is definetly old. HA!

I guess I'll continue my tradition of not going to that way overpriced crapfest...