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Don Effenberger

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Don Effenberger

MinnPost News Editor Don Effenberger coordinates coverage of Minnesota politics, business and sports news.

Don is a St. Paul native who worked at the Pioneer Press for 28 years, handling a wide range of editing assignments, including supervising coverage of religion, education, health, St. Paul and Ramsey County news and a wide array of special projects.

Between longevity and attrition, he became one of the newsroom’s de facto "historians," in part because of several favorite career projects. He edited and designed the company history book and oversaw yearlong coverage of the paper's 150th anniversary (the Pioneer Press' forerunner, the Minnesota Pioneer, is the state's oldest paper!).

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A foolish endeavor? Check out 24 hours of April Fools' songs

By Don Effenberger | 03/26/10

No fooling. Here’s a unique way to celebrate on Thursday if you’re up to it — enough “foolish” songs to rock around the clock. Here are 24 songs (plus a few extras) — enough for at least one different song each hour of April Fools’ Day.

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From comedy to drama to film noir, film director Billy Wilder was America's best

By Don Effenberger | 03/19/10
Eight years ago next week, the nation — and the film world — lost Billy Wilder, an amazing triple-threat movie powerhouse and my nominee for America’s greatest director.
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Left! Right! Left! Right! It's the perfect month for some marching songs

By Don Effenberger | 03/12/10
March seems the perfect month to feature some of the marching songs that pop up in pop culture. And we can all use some end-of-winter marching exercise, right?
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It's time to get ready for Sunday's Oscar show with some memorable three-word movie lines

By Don Effenberger | 03/05/10
With the Oscar ceremonies Sunday, it seems the perfect time for another installment of our ongoing series of lists of memorable movie lines.
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Feeling a bit down in the dumps? These 'happy' instrumentals might help fix that

By Don Effenberger | 02/26/10
If the long winter’s got you down, I’ve got a quick — and free — pick-me-up: five of the most upbeat instrumentals you’ll ever hear.
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Roundup time! To check out some compelling stories, lasso a few of these cowboy songs

By Don Effenberger | 02/19/10
With news of the Coen Brothers’ “True Grit” remake, it seems a good time to focus on cowboy movies — and particularly memorable cowboy-story songs — because the original 1969 film has one of the best of that musical breed.
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Dynamic duos? We've got 'em all -- romantic ones for Valentine's weekend, and a whole bunch more

By Don Effenberger | 02/12/10
A couple of weeks ago, we jokingly referred to our list of memorable two-word movie lines as “dynamic duos.” This week, I’m taking a look at all sorts of other “dynamic duos” across the whole pop-culture spectrum.
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Here are some great instrumentals, but did you know they have words, too?

By Don Effenberger | 02/05/10
It’s been a long time since the “golden age” of instrumental hits. What you may not remember —or ever have known — is that some of those most memorable songs actually have lyrics — some admittedly far superior to others.
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Dynamic duos: memorable two-word movie lines

By Don Effenberger | 01/29/10
Folks really seemed to like my list of memorable one-word lines of film dialogue so distinctive that you could actually identify the movie.
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When it comes to song title supremacy, New Orleans holds huge lead over Vikings

By Don Effenberger | 01/22/10
Here’s hoping Minnesota prevails on the field Sunday. But when it comes to the Super Bowl of hit music, “The Big Easy” is the big winner. Check out these stats. Related: Vikings vs. Saints NFC title game preview