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Headline writer inadvertently delivers jolt of tough love.

[Update: that's more like it.]

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Still keeping tabs.

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Headline of the day. Everything in the world happened at once in St. Cloud.

Also, I haven't linked to a story by The Hardest Working Man in Twin Cities Media in awhile.

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Which one would you read?

Same story, three headlines. It's a click-generator any way you write it, but the Strib drives it home, and I have to believe theirs has drawn the most traffic:

Minnesota Daily: Goldy goes down after weekend fan assault

Pioneer Press: Fan cited for punching Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher

Star Tribune: Rodent Rage: Fan Punches Goldy Gopher

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"Hoff, whose normal voice most resembles a yell, says he was simply reporting neighborhood rumors, many of which were either contained in a criminal complaint against Larry Maxwell, the man convicted of fraud, or in the subsequent lawsuit against Moore."

- John Tevlin, in yesterday's Strib column, "Local Blogger's Defamation Trial could have Broad Effect," about the libel trial(s) of "Johnny Northside," (aka John Hoff).

[Reaching for popcorn]

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The Google Reader is a Trove of Follies this Morning

How am I supposed to get any work done with all of this?:

Crystal Man Cited for Urinating at his Seat during Linkin Park Concert at Xcel Center | Pioneer Press

Who knew there was also a yellow note?

Vikings' Everson Griffen tased, arrested in L.A. | Pioneer Press

Happy off-season everybody!

Ex-Vulcan Accused of Hit-and-Run in St. Paul | Pioneer Press

That is not a new euphemism for groping a bartender.

  As Fans Descendon Dallas, Police Watch for other Visitors: Pimps Selling Children for Sex | Star Tribune

WHAT?!