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John Oliver takes aim at North Dakota and doesn't hold back
HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" spent more than 19 minutes on Sunday night skewering our northwest neighbors.
Variety
Senior Dancers are a saucy crowd favorite at Lynx, Wolves games
The dozen women, ages 59 to 78, shake their booties to hip-hop on the Target Center court during Lynx and Timberwolves home games.
Video
Actor Randy Quaid held on fugitive charges
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife were ordered held on $500,000 bail each in Vermont on Monday on charges that they skipped out of the country five years ago after being charged with vandalism in California.
Variety
Lady bugs are bugging Minnesotans to no end; oh, and they bite
Asian lady beetles descended on the Twin Cities over the unseasonably warm weekend in search of a place to spend the winter.
Music
SPCO's Liquid Music busts genres with William Brittelle's 'Spiritual America'
Season-opening concert illustrates the ambitions of the SPCO's envelope-pushing series, where sellout crowds are the rule, not the exception.
Celebrities
C.J.: KSTP-TVer Lindsey Brown, newly wed, is too happy to smile less
It was Mississippi, it was September – and absolutely nothing went wrong.
Stage & Arts
See-worthy 'Little Mermaid' at Orpheum
Touring show features glitzy staging and entertaining performances but was marred by sound issues.
Music
Review: With just a few voices, 'St. Matthew Passion' lights up the Ordway
Eight singers from Gabrieli Consort joined the SPCO and conductor Paul McCreesh in a full-throated performance of the Bach masterwork.
TV & Media
New documentary 'Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration' looks back on a TV classic
A new documentary looks back fondly on a Minnesota icon.
Music
Now open for business: Hüsker Dü's first official website
Just a virtual T-shirt stand for now, the new site marks a new agreement between the three band members to manage new business affairs.
West Metro
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Somali child-care providers get help to boost learning
A major push is underway to improve quality at Somali-American day cares and child-care centers, which have mushroomed across the metro area and the state.
Celebrities
Paul Douglas: Talking about climate change 'not good for my television career'
Paul Douglas entered the world of TV meteorology wary and never wanting to be dependent on "the man."
Music
Review: VocalEssence pays tribute to war veterans with 'Dreams of the Fallen'
review: VocalEssence's performance tracks a soldier's journey from horror to peace.
Stage & Arts
Minnesota Dance Theatre moves gracefully from classic to ultra-modern
review: MDT's fall concert includes a Lise Houlton staging of an 1898 piece along with two new pieces.
Local
Gallery: Stillwater Harvest Festival
This wais the sixth year for the Pumpkin Regatta, where participants paddle huge pumpkins in the St. Croix River as if they were kayaks, Sunday afternoon, October 11, 2015 as part of Stillwater's tenth annual Harvest Fest.
Variety
Minnesota historian's eye-opening work reveals story of Asian migration
Even though Minnesota author Erika Lee was a history major, she didn't know the story of Asian migration to the U.S. Now she's sharing it with others.
Variety
AC2 (Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen) turn up heat, humor at State Theatre
The two TV personalities and BFFs entertained with a free-wheeling two hours of conversation and Q&A.
TV & Media
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