May 2010

The Winners In The War On Drugs

May 31, 2010

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is blaming the murder rate in his city on white, middle-class, pot-smoking Minnesotans. He’s wrong.

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How To Add Muzzle Flares In Your Home Videos

May 30, 2010

Want to spice up your home videos to make friends and family pay more attention to your vacation footage? How ’bout adding a gunfight scene?

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Outdoor Twins Baseball

May 25, 2010

Video of a Joe Mauer at bat filmed from behind home plate at Target Field.

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FutureShock: Synthetic Life

May 22, 2010

Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they’ve created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.

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BP Oil Reaches Louisiana Marshlands

May 21, 2010

A photograph of an oil-slicked hand against a Louisiana marshland; the environmental consequences of the Beyond Petroleum oil spill.

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Video Game Medals

May 20, 2010

What if you could have an actual pin-on medal for your video game accomplishments?

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Red Dead Redemption

May 16, 2010

Watch the trailer for Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games’ open-world, wild west shoot-em-up videogame.

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Scott Van Pelt Annoys Joe Mauer

May 6, 2010

Scott Van Pelt has lunch with Minnesota Twins star, The Fragile One (a.k.a. Joe Mauer), but Scott can’t get anything right when talking to a true Minnesotan.

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Vikings Stadium Bill

May 4, 2010

The Minnesota Vikings stadium bill begins to find its way through committees at the state legislature today; for the good of Minnesota, it should pass and be signed by Governor Pawlenty.

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Super Mario Brothers Crossover

May 2, 2010

A reprogrammed flash version of the entire original Super Mario Bros. NES game that you can play as Mario, Mega Man, Link from Zelda, Simon from Castlevania, or Samus from Metroid, complete with customized attributes, special moves, and music for each character.

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