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This weekend, a new Spider-Man movie swings in (as though on a web) to take over most of the theaters that aren't already ...

I've been scanning real estate listings for Medina's 1492 Hunter Dr. since last October. That's when, in a shocking three-team trade, the Timberwolves shipped Karl-Anthony Towns off to the New York ...

Detective Jessica Miller spends hours studying the black-and-white photographs. Three little boys peer back at her from the grainy images, and she sometimes feels like she can hear them pleading. When ...

I have to admit to something. Until this year, I had never bought nor consumed a beer at the Minnesota State Fair. No, not even the pickle beer. I know, I know. In my defense, I usually go to the fair ...

Will Stancil strikes a curious internet-age duality: the pugnacious punching bag, eager to scrap yet immune to the counter-attacks that barrage his Twitter timeline day and night. Stancil didn't ...

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Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. It’s like a particularly dumb law school exam question. Minneapolis Park Board ...

It’s famously and/or infamously hard to make friends in the Twin Cities. Chalk it up to Minnesotans’ passive-aggressive nature, the difficult-to-discern mannerisms associated with “Minnesota Nice,” ...

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