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Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' video is here to lasso the yeehaw agenda

Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' video is here to lasso the yeehaw agenda

Folks, the yeehaw agenda has reached its absolute apex. Chris Rock, Rico Nasty, Vince Staples, Diplo and, of course, Billy Ray Cyrus guest in the video for the smash hit.
by Joshua Bote

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Who knew? The marauding Vikings were also expert traders, craftsmen and farmers

Who knew? The marauding Vikings were also expert traders, craftsmen and farmers

If you picture the Scandinavian Vikings of the Middle Ages as marauding hordes raping and pillaging, you're right -- but only half right. A new exhibition in Minneapolis puts the other half on display.
by Marianne Combs

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Where myth, magical realism and women's bodies mix

Where myth, magical realism and women's bodies mix

"The stories are really inventive, they're often horrifying, beautifully lyrical, just different than anything I've read in a really long time," says bookseller Jen Murvin.
by Tracy Mumford

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Friendship keeps you human in 'Rules for Visiting'

Friendship keeps you human in 'Rules for Visiting'

Jessica Francis Kane's new novel follows a prickly, 40-something gardener who -- inspired by the friendless fate of Beowulf's monstrous Grendel -- decides to reconnect with four of her oldest friends.
by Ilana Masad

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I.M. Pei, architect of some of the world's most iconic structures, dies at 102

I.M. Pei, architect of some of the world's most iconic structures, dies at 102

During his influential career, the Pritzker-winning architect designed everything from schools to skyscrapers. Known for spare, geometric forms, Pei said the goal was to "eliminate the inessential."

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50 years since 'Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In' topped the chart

Producer (and Minnesota native) Dayton "Bones" Howe thought the song was missing something, so he suggested adding three bars from another song in the musical.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'Middlegame' makes mathematical magic

'Middlegame' makes mathematical magic

Seanan McGuire's new standalone novel stars twins: Roger is good at words and Dodger is good at math -- and both of them find themselves caught up in a shadowy alchemical plan for world domination.
by Jason Sheehan

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