Finally! After a yearlong buildup, Eclipse Records is finally getting back into the live music business at its new location, 1922 University Av. W., St. Paul (but almost Minneapolis; click here for a map). Store owner Joe Furth essentially had to build a new venue inside his new store, hence the time it took.

Perfect Duluth Day: Armory graffiti
Afterglide: Shopping and discount babies
Bill Roehl: Best garage sale ever

Three eighth-graders in western Minnesota didn't want to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The recently-noticed act had been taking place all year but earned the kids in-school suspension. Is this a case of schools going too far or were the students disrespecting America?

The Blotter: Obama + Amy = fluffy kittens
KARE 11: It's like, totally for my glaucoma. Totally.
MPR: Wrestling says, "It's because I'm too fat, isn't it? ISN'T IT!?"
Defenestrator: GOP BDSM

KARE11: Apparently, there are prostitutes on Craigslist.
WCCO: Will climate change affect fishing?
Minnpost: St. Paul Saints ham it up in political year

"I was running from one meeting to another, and somebody said 'Your drivers license might be suspended." (Wcco video); more from the Strib.

You won the Internet!

I had not seen this story until I stumbled across it on Autoblog Green, one of my fav greenie sites. Looks like KARE-11's story has gone national, being picked up by CNN and the like. Briefly, the story is this -- eight-year-old Minnesotan Owen Erickson runs his bike right into a Toyota Prius, which he could not hear coming because the car was running on its electric motor. Are silent, electric-powered vehicles a blessing to the Earth, or a threat to public safety? Don't be silent, MNspeakers, it's dangerous!

Star Tribune: Farmers feeling a bit bloated and gassy
Scholar's Notebook: MN House offers Margaret Spellings a shocker
Dolan Media: "Honey, don't you think our taxes are too high?" "Yes dear, lets move to Arkansas."
MPR: It's Newt Gingrich's fault.

Ranty points out the the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest is cosponsoring a walking tour of northside Synagogues (scroll down for info) on May 31.

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For quite some time our digital cable has been cutting in and out and getting garbled off and on, it seems to be especially bad lately. I could barely watch a show I'd recorded on DVR. I was at my friends house across town a few weeks ago and periodically his cable would do the same thing. Is anyone else with Comcast having this problem? If so, do you know what it is? Should I look into satallite TV and TiVo?

Caroline Palmer writes about the latest dance by ARENA, inspired by painter Gustav Klimt: The work begins with water, naturally -- droplets captured close-up on film and projected onto a white background. The dancers, bathed in Jeff Bartlett's morning-golden light, slowly engage the space, scouting their territory, hugging the walls, flexing their limbs and melting into one another's bodies. Janczewski is well known for his inventive partnering and the evidence of his skill comes early during a recent dress rehearsal. The dancers seamlessly wind and unwind around each other's bodies. They toss and flip one another, at times teasing the edges of a small pool on the far side of the stage with lifts that send partners back safely into waiting arms or tumbling in a controlled manner to the floor.

KARE11: Die off of song birds
Minn Monitor: Marketing the MPD
PiPress: Wisconsin hate crimes double
PiPress: Kill a dog, sue the owner

JACC: Fox 9 does not comment to bloggers
DeBlog: Everything's coming up DeRusha!
l'etoile: Lutefisk Sushi
Girl Friday: The NE Mexican restaurant shuffle

OK, who was the last Twin to hit for the cycle?

If you think the answer is Kirby Puckett in 1986, you didn't hear that Carlos Gómez did it late Wednesday night in a rain-delayed game against the White Sox.

An Eden Prairie company, Kroll Ontrack, Inc., recovered nearly 400mb of data from a hard drive aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia and was apparently able to complete some of the science experiments conducted onboard the flight. But it appears Kroll may be a very intriguing company beyond its data recovery operations.

Ed Kohler delivers a sneak peak of Metromix Twin Cities (link not active yet). Metromix launches in the Twin Cities tomorrow. How will it play against it's local competitors? Also, check out other Metromix sites.

I'm a cartoonist and illustrator in NY thinking about making the move to Minneapolis. I have a few friends there and I think I've reached a turning point in life where I need to start over, so to speak.

I'm hesitant though. I'm wondering what kind of opportunities are out there for a cartoonist/illustrator, hell, any kind of beneficial art-related job for someone with a BFA. Could someone help me understand the situation better?

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Wow, having just read this, I must say I am disappointed in your point of view Swandog. Considering a child has to say "under God" is a fairly shady

Now you're just sounding like a half-cocked loon, swannie.

I thought she really wanted 200 roses!!

Before The Simpsons, there was Life in Hell. This is my favorite Matt Groening version of the P of A: I plead alignment to the flakes of the unti

mnblrmkr is right. Employers can not hire or fire you for virtually any reason they want as long as it's not age, sex, color or religion (dependin

What you're doing, Swandog, is saying that the entire community should excommunicate a couple 8th graders for what is either a political statemen

Just asking, because in 2004, there was a woman fired over her support for Kerry (this was somewhere in the south). And I thought I read that ther

Swandog, you haven't answered me yet! When did you meet your first, real-live black person, swandog? Kindergarten, I was the minority in the

You and others seem to think that you have a right not to be offended and you don't. You also seem to think you have a right to be liked by a comm

I don't have a right to not to be offended, but you were advocating not hiring people because of their political statements, and that is against

Anyone else see the line up for the Taste of Minnesota this year? Badfinger, Eddie Money, REO Speedwagon, The Zombies (think the locals will hold a s

I don't have a right to not to be offended, but you were advocating not hiring people because of their political statements, and that is against the l

Swandog, you haven't answered me yet!

Anyone have extra tickets for this?? I need to pick some up for a friend who slept on this and is in dire need! He's willing to pay up to $60 per tick

Alie: Good on ya'. Live Asians are good to know. And one of these days, I'll show up to a MNspeak gathering and we'll up your number closer to double