Stories you'll find only in your Sunday Star Tribune

The man with the famous sideburns and perhaps the smoothest swing in baseball is outdoing even himself this season.

In the Star Tribune Minnesota Profile by columnist Jim Souhan, read what Joe Mauer’s teammates, family, closest friends and even his barber have to say about how this hometown boy became a sports hero.

Other stories you’ll find only in your Sunday paper:

Burhan Hassan was like many young Somali men in the Twin Cities: Drawn back to his anguished homeland, where he was slain.

In his three decades in the Minnesota Senate, Bob Lessard was known as the “Old Trapper,” a reference to his various hunting and fishing enterprises. Now, in his familiar north country, Lessard and his son are trying to eke out a living in a tough economy, while also trying to put personal, family tragedies behind them. Columnist Dennis Anderson spends time with the Old Trapper.

Drunk squirrels. Cactus-diving and other stupid human tricks. Terrible singing. Cats playing the piano.…. How (and why) viral videos are finding their way from the web to your television screen. See Neal Justin’s story “From YouTube to YourTube.”

In this tough housing market, family real estate businesses are being hit hard. Find out how several family real estate teams are hunkering down, sticking together and trying to survive the housing downturn.

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Franken's staff holds open houses statewide - July 12, 2009

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Al Franken's news conference with commentary by Allie Shah and Patricia Lopez. - July 12, 2009

Al Franken's news conference with commentary by Allie Shah and Patricia Lopez. - Follow StarTribune.com through the evening for full coverage of the Minnesota Supreme Court decision. More

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