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Not much matters more than football
Might the controversy over the missing two pounds-per-square inch of air from a football be blown (no pun intended) a bit out of proportion? Let's consider these two images of news conferences in the Boston area this week.
1,000 Words: The costume competition
Not since they dressed up llamas at the Minnesota State Fair have we seen a competition quite like the images from the Miss Universe costume competition today.
When former Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel was paid to walk away from the company which he led into some of the worst decisions in the history of the retailer, he was given a severance package worth an estimated $61 million. That figure is being noticed now that Target plans to put 17,000 employees out of work in Canada.
Today's evidence of the devolution of the American boy comes from the Boston Globe, which today reports a disturbing fashion trend among boys who want to look cool at this time of the year: shorts.
WSJ: Minnesota is chic, no longer embarrassed by cold
If you want to learn about Minnesota, can you do any better than a fashion reporter for the Wall Street Journal who's based out of Los Angeles?
Bad Lip Reading the NFL season
The best part about the end of the NFL season is the annual release of the Bad Lip Reading video recapping the season. This year did not disappoint.
Bob Dylan on aging
Dylan will be on the cover of next months' magazine but the AARP posted some excerpts of the interview today. Unsurprisingly, most of the interview is about the music. But it takes a little used to getting use to Dylan talking about aging.
WWII pilot to reunite with crew’s family
Another reminder of how the Internet connects us in more ways than we can imagine.
North St. Paul authorities got burned when they tried to take the backyard bonfire away from the city's residents.
Honk if you predicted that an AFC Championship game would lead to a debate over the proper application of the Ideal Gas Law.