Let’s face it. The economy sucks. Doesn’t matter who you are these days, you’re feeling the squeeze. Soaring gas prices, plummeting real estate values, low returns on your mutual funds. So what do you do? You cut out the non-essentials: fine wine, fancy dinners, charitable giving. After all, who has the money to go out … Read more
Looks like Anoka-Ramsey Community College just got a whopping $5.5 million to expand their facilities on the Coon Rapids and Cambridge campuses. Here are the details as per the college: Anoka-Ramsey Community College received a resounding "YES" from Minnesota state legislators and Governor Pawlenty, April 7, to its request for $5.5 million to fund four … Read more
The world’s attention is currently focused on the 130 day around the world relay taken by the Olympic torch. The attention, of course, stems not from the spectacle of a highway built up the side of Mount Everest for the torch-bearer to climb in May, nor from the touching traditional display of Olympic unity that … Read more
Image from Barnacle Press After Hank Handy’s audition to become KARM’s next television meteorologist, Cotton Leggler held the responsibility of breaking the news to Hank. Hank the "Handyman" Handy had, without a doubt, the main ingredient of meteorology, his name. Leggler was impressed that Hank didn’t create such a catchy name on his own, like … Read more
For starters, be sure to check out photographer Nicholas Marshall’s Voltage 2008: Fashion Amplified Preview. After that, you might be ready to do a little shopping of your own. SHOPPING & STYLEAlexis Hudson Trunk Show Stop by StyledLife today for the first Twin Cities Alexis Hudson trunk show. "Alexis Hudson is the hottest up-and-coming handbag … Read more
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Passive aggressive and dependent on others of their own kind, box elder bugs create havoc and annoyance when swarming in groups. Todd Sklar, a triple threat in the filmmaking business, wrote, directed, and starred in the coming of age tale, Box Elder. With a shoestring budget and 18 days of shooting, Box Elder is a … Read more
BOOKS & AUTHORSChat It Up: Young Adult Literature With the Minnesota Book Awards right around the corner, you’ll have several opportunities this week to meet some of the finalists. Tonight, our very own Tom Bartel will be hosting a Chat It Up event featuring Young Adult Literature author Patrick Jones. Jones’s book Chasing Tail Lights … Read more
Copyright 2008 NBAE (Photo by Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images) Game #77, Road Game #38: Minnesota 119, Charlotte 121 Season Record: 19-58 1. Plenty of Blame To Go Around Coach Randy Wittman thought the Minnesota Timberwolves came to play without passion or commitment tonight on the road against Charlotte, and he was spot-on. I wasn’t … Read more
The status quo is almost always a warm, comforting feeling. No matter how often people complain about Minnesota’s interminable winters, or Cyndy Brucato’s mummy-like visage staring soullessly from KSTP evening newscasts, eternally hungering for the blood of Amy Hockert, they would still be profoundly disturbed these constants were suddenly stripped from their lives. This is … Read more