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Troy Melhus

News Editor  |  StarTribune.com

Phone: 612-673-4883

E-mail: tmelhus@startribune.com

StarTribune.com features producer Troy Melhus has been an entertainment writer, reporter and critic at large for more than 15 years. He cut his teeth at the University of Iowa before spending several years as the movie critic for the Des Moines Register, covering everything from Jerry Springer to the Sundance Film Festival.

Recent content from Troy Melhus

• AirTran sale brings other airlines' prices down
  The feisty, low-fare, Atlanta-based airline has announced its fall and winter sale. And it's not alone.
  Sep 10, 2009
• Weekly travel deal: Dozens of cities on sale on United
  It's a United Airlines get-out-of-town weekend if we've ever seen one.
  Aug 27, 2009
• Weekly travel deal: Los Cabos
  Sure, it might be hurricane season, but that's never stopped a true deal-seeking traveler, has it?
  Aug 20, 2009
• Weekly travel deal: Honolulu, Dallas, New York
  Travelzoo just keeps the hits coming. The online aggregator of Internet deals continues to feature specials for the Twin Cities - this week declaring Hawaii as its destination of the week.
  Aug 12, 2009
• Who is Steve Zahn?
  The "Jeopardy" answer is: He's that Minnesota-bred actor who's now Jennifer Aniston's leading man.
  Jun 25, 2009
• 'Management' weird, but not weird enough
  Zahn and Aniston can't keep "Management" from getting stuck in the usual romantic-comedy goo.
  Jun 25, 2009
• A biker's tale of being accosted on a Minneapolis trail
  An avid bicyclist and former U.S. Marine recounts a harrowing robbery on a Minneapolis bike trail.
  Apr 29, 2009
• Video: Tom Horgen goes back to college
  Nightlife reporter Tom Horgen shines a spotlight on some of the nightlife around the University of Minnesota campus, now that school's back in session.
  Oct 2, 2008
• Video: Sid Hartman talks to Tim Brewster
  Star Tribune sports columnist Sid Hartman goes one-on-one with Gophers football coach Tim Brewster after the Gophers' second win.
  Sep 10, 2008
• Hog heaven: A Milwaukee showcase
  The new Harley-Davidson Museum is a destination, a rallying point for pilgrimages.
  Jul 5, 2008

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