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Minnesota Viking Jared Allen visits the barber shop and shares some the finer points of maintaining his signature mullet.
Posted by Ken Ronnan
Posted by Ken Ronnan
MSNBC's Keith Olberman compliments "The Daily Show" on its catch that Fox News' Sean Hannity used videotape from a Sept. 12 rally mixed in with video from Rep. Michele Bachman's "Superbowl of Freedom" health-care rally. Doing so made the event appear to have a larger attendance than was actually there. (See "The Daily Show" catch below.) Clarence Page, columnist with the Chicago Tribune, talks with Olberman about the video misuse, finding it a real embarrassment to FOX.
"The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart takes a closer look at the trees in FOX News' video coverage of the Bachmann rally in Washington, D.C.
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One Minneapolis-based nonprofit has been bringing a part of another country to Minnesota families since 1972. Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE) provides educational student exchanges for host families and students each summer with students visiting from Spain, France, Germany, Taiwan and China. Several families share their experiences with an international student from the ISE program.
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According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor-vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the country.
Assistant professor Pinar Karaca Mandic, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, explains how her research on the graduated drivers license program (GDL) has found it successful at reducing the number of fatal teen auto accidents by 6-20 percent. Minnesota has been using a GDL since 1999 to put restrictions on teens' drivers licenses.
Posted by Ken Ronnan
A group of students at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul will be the first in the nation to receive a diploma in an accredited program for the study and performance of hip-hop music.
The three-semester hip-hop program includes classes in rap history, music business and composition with instructors including Twin Cities-based hip-hop artists and an internationally known DJ.
"This is a very important art form that is not going away," said McNally Smith College President Harry Chalmiers. "When we look at hip-hop closely, we see that we can study its impact on people's lives, on society. Where does this music come from? What are people trying to say? These are important questions to ask."
See also MinnPost's Blog of the Day for Nov. 9, in which Sam Bergman at Inside the Classics talks about the merits of hip-hop and the misunderstandings people frequently have about the genre.
Posted by Ken Ronnan
The Proctor, Minn., Police Department sold a motorized lounge chair on eBay after it was confiscated from a man charged with driving the chair drunk at nearly four times the legal limit and crashing into a parked vehicle.
The chair received bids of more than $40,000 on eBay, before the auction was shut down early because the chair was improperly labeled with the La-Z-Boy brand name. The Proctor Police Department reposted the item as the "DWI chair," which then sold for $10,099.99.
In a related video, "The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien had an accident of its own during rehearsal with a motorized item. After hearing about the motorized lounge chair, the show decided to make its own motorized podium for announcer Andy Richter to ride around the studio. He does not appear to be drunk at the time of the accident.
Posted by Ken Ronnan
Former Gov. Jesse Ventura has been traveling the country investigating modern-day conspiracy theories for his new cable series. Here's a look at his upcoming show called "Conspiracy Theory."
"Conspiracy Theory" premieres Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. on truTV.
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