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How could actor and comedian Nick Offerman outdo last year’s online ‘ad’ for a whisky in which he sat in front of a yule log fire for 45 minutes?
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It could have been a cringe worthy moment when Patti Smith lost the words at the weekend Nobel Prize gala, but it turned out to be a rather perfect moment of grace. Read more →
‘The new brand will increase recognition, build trust (especially around cyber security), and change the story about what it means to work for and do business with the State of Minnesota,’ MnDOT said on its website. Read more →
It was a moment in time captured by a random photographer. Saya Tomioka and her boyfriend, Griffin Madden, shared a kiss in Times Square after they’d emerged from ‘The Book of Mormon.’
The photographer showed them the picture and then dashed off.
A random moment became meaningful, however, when the Oakland Ghost Ship fire claimed the life of Madden.
In addition to an inability to merge and unwillingness to take the last piece of anything, picking up after their dogs is a stain on the image of Minnesotans.
The kids at Emerson Elementary in Minneapolis have had it with you, Minnesotans. Read more →
Cindy Stowell, a science content developer from Austin, Texas, died this week, months after she taped her appearance in August, promising to donate any winnings to cancer research.
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Good news, Minnesota, Santa likes you. A lot. Larry Jefferson, a retired U.S. Army veteran who plays Santa Claus, has returned to his Dallas home after four days at the Mall of America that landed him plenty of attention because he’s African-American. Read more →
Rachel Martin started her new gig as a co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition today, and if you read between the lines of her interview with Current, the public radio newspaper, one gets the sense that the ‘inner-Beltway mentality’ continues to crumble.
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It was dueling walkouts at a meeting of the Capitol Preservation Committee Tuesday when Republicans and DFLers fought the battle of the Governor’s Reception Room paintings. Read more →
The Twin Cities missed out on a Boston designer’s idea to let people offer some positivity after this month’s election, but now it’s migrating to online. Read more →
For the record, NewsCut has smashed traffic records for the year so far and the last two months have been the most popular months in the history of the thing. But, we’re also aware that blogs aren’t the “bright shiny object” that so hypnotizes the experts.
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Next to the Super Bowl, this is the time of the year when some pretty fair advertising brains churn out some videos worth watching for the holidays. So far this year, we’ve found five that fit the bill. Read more →
It’s been quite awhile since we’ve seen a video of one of these surprise concerts that pop up in unexpected places.
That streak has ended thanks to the students at St. Olaf who popped up in Edina last Thursday evening. Read more →
Mose Allison combined Delta blues with jazz, and accommodated the British Invasion. Read more →