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Remembering the RNC: Memories from a jailed reporter, a business owner, St. Paul City Attorney and Council Member

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

TC Daily Planet writer Sheila Regan was one of 39 journalists arrested at the RNC last year. Click here for the story of her arrest.

On September 4 last year, I found myself in a jail cell on the last night of the Republican National Convention.

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Twins poised to make September run for the title

by Jean Gabler | 8/29/09 • For those of you who have missed my entries, I apologize. I did write an entry shortly after I returned from vacation but I just found out that it was lost in cyberspace.

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Review: "Phaedra's Love," Red Letter Theater: Three and a half stars

By TC Daily Planet

by Matthew A. Everett | 8/30/09 • “If only there’d been more moments like this...”

An Open Letter to Select Fellow Audience Members...

Dear Viewers of Phaedra’s Love,

You were warned.
Repeatedly.

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Famous Kiwanis Malts gets ready for the Great Minnesota Get-Together

By Barb Teed, TC Daily Planet

Ron Zuercher pours ingredients into the malt machine at Famous Kiwanis Malts at the Minnesota State Fair.

Barb Teed

The line at Famous Kiwanis Malts booth at the State Fair Tuesday night was already long and the fair wasn’t open yet.

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Twin Cities gardens on parade

By Jon Behm, TC Daily Planet

Parade of Gardens, photo by Jon Behm

Twin Cities' gardeners couldn't ask for a more gorgeous August day for the 2009 Parade of Community Gardens, which took place under clear blue skies on Saturday.  During the "parade" gardeners from all over the Cities' opened their plots to the public, showing off their bounty as well as supporting community gardening as a sustainable and eco-conscious way of producing food.  Nearly forty garden locations participated, each one containing multiple gardens.

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Minnesota State Fair memories

By Mary Thoemke, TC Daily Planet

Photo courtesy of Minnesota State Fair

I have been going to the Minnesota State Fair ever since I was a little child, and every year it is a delight all over again.

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MOVIES | "Raising Arizona": The Coen Brothers you know and (probably) love

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Nicolas Cage in "Raising Arizona." Image courtesy Walker Art Center.

Sasha Frere-Jones once wrote that Neil Diamond's voice has two settings: more Neil and less Neil. Joel and Ethan Coen's movies might be measured on a similar scale.

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Ken Porwoll: St. Paul barber with “a consistent and caring presence” honored by McKnight Foundation

By Mary Thoemke, TC Daily Planet

Photo by Mark Luinenburg. Copyright The McKnight Foundation

Ken Porwoll is 89 years old.

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