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UMN News Audio report: Universe's history written in comet dust

By University of Minnesota News Service | 03/24/08
A quarter of a billionth of a gram — that's the size of the comet dust sample University of Minnesota physicist Robert Pepin analyzed when NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned from its mission around Mars.
Arts & Culture

Brave New Workshop at 50: It isn't easy being witty

By David Hawley | 03/17/08
In an age of 24/7 news and political blunders, staying fresh and funny is a challenge for satirists. But Brave New Workshop keeps pulling off the one-liners and meeting its bottom line.
Verse or Worse

An auto motive for victory, but who's selling those green pants?

By Al Sicherman | 03/10/08
The vast MinnPost public has spoken, and has anointed Jill Field the winner in the Verse or Worse country-and-its-car competition. By Al Sicherman 
Politics & Policy

U of M gets major collection -- of comic books

By Judith Yates Borger | 03/03/08
By Judith Yates Borger | Monday, March 3, 2008 The University of Minnesota Elmer Andersen Library is taking custody of a major comic book collection. There were about 130 boxes, each holding maybe 250 comics.
Arts & Culture

New fitness center draws community to nursing home

By Kay Harvey | 03/03/08
A new fitness center in Chisago City is a talker around town.        And not just because of the facility's warm-water pool, coffee shop and juicing classes. The center opened in October with a name to match — Vitalize! Wellness Centre.
Braublog

Rake Magazine to cease publication

By David Brauer | 02/25/08
 Rake Magazine to cease publication  By David Brauer
Verse or Worse

Keillor musical set to go; now sign up some celebrities

By Al Sicherman | 02/11/08
The winner of the competition for the Broadway musical based on the short-lived Garrison Keillor lawsuit (about a neighbor's addition blocking his house's access to light and air) is Tonya DePriest, for her touching, bittersweet "No Fiddling With t
Arts & Culture

The two Minnesotas: Report outlines crisis in disparities for communities of color

By Lorena Duarte | 02/04/08
The healthiest. Tops in education. High quality of life.
Verse or Worse

Make your mark for the most memorable musical

By Al Sicherman | 02/04/08
Your genial host thought he might have been stepping out of the figurative Verse or Worse comfort zone in issuing the current challenge, which involved Garrison Keillor's aborted lawsuit.
Politics & Policy

Political warfare: Looking back at early DFL caucuses

By Iric Nathanson | 02/04/08
When upwards of 100,000 DFLers crowd into Minnesota's 4,000 precinct caucuses Tuesday, they may find that their caucus experience will be brief and rather low-key.The evening's high point — balloting for the Democratic Party's presidential nominee —