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Jon Tevlin is a metro section columnist.

20 years later, a drug lord and his daughter make peace

Even as a child, Minneapolis youth worker and artist Jen Arzayus was curious and perceptive. The little girl from Trenton, N.J., also had fantasies of growing up to be an FBI agent. So when her family's secretive and lucrative lifestyle "didn't add up," Arzayus began keeping a make-believe FBI file -- on her father.

Updated: June 07, 2011, - 10:13 PM

In tornado zone, a helping hand gets slapped with a $275 fine

Mike Haege had the day free between jobs and just wanted to do some good. That wasn't uncommon for Haege and his family, who have been featured in their local newspaper for everything from raising money for the Orphan Grain Project in Liberia to holding Bible study groups in their Hastings home.

Updated: June 02, 2011, - 08:45 PM

Jon Tevlin: John Kriesel's honesty is a breath of fresh air at Capitol

John Kriesel may be the only representative in the Minnesota Legislature who believes two men should be able to marry each other AND shoot someone who trespasses on their property.

Updated: May 31, 2011, - 12:18 AM

For 45 years, a philosopher in our midst has been thinking big

The man sat in the sun outside the St. Paul coffee shop wearing a white ball cap, loose-fitting sweat clothes and shiny white sneakers. His head was down, and his eyes were fixed on an open paperback book. He held a pencil and occasionally looked up from his reading as if to pluck an answer from the sky, then jotted something down.

Updated: May 24, 2011, - 11:11 PM

Instead of End Times, think of today

If you are reading this column, well, welcome to my club.

Updated: May 21, 2011, - 07:10 PM

Waves from this North Side shooting ripple wider than most

Perhaps it is fitting that his last act was a hug.

Updated: May 18, 2011, - 10:28 AM

Odd couple team up to land Vikings for underdog

When the Minnesota Vikings set out looking for bipartisan support to build a stadium, they probably didn't know they would find staunch allies in the guise of East Side Tony and West Side Rafael, two guys from the blue-collar parts of town on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

Updated: May 12, 2011, - 12:53 PM

Minnesota Freedom Rider has remained true to the cause

It was nearly 50 years ago and she was 19. The blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter of an Irish immigrant, she was riding the Greyhound Bus to Jackson, Miss., to get thrown in jail.

Updated: May 10, 2011, - 10:13 PM

Gaiman spat has makings of a freaky fantasy movie

When Colin Covert reviewed the movie "Coraline" for this newspaper, he called it a "creepy wonderland of giant bugs, dancing flowers and acrobatic mice, along with a few hair-raising hobgoblins."

Updated: May 07, 2011, - 05:50 PM

Cynics aside, $13M gift will turn more kids into readers

I opened my door Tuesday morning to a headline in my newspaper that was a pleasant surprise: Four Minnesota corporations had joined forces to give the Minneapolis school system $13 million to help with early childhood literacy and improve science and math proficiency among young students.

Updated: May 03, 2011, - 08:19 PM