I heard about this this morning on MPR and could hardly believe it. This past January Jeffrey Ely hit a dog near Cloquet and kills it instantly. Now he is suing the owners for $1100 to cover damage to car and lost work time. The family is countersuing for $2400.

Um, ya know, crap like this happens, folks. Who's to blame? The driver, probably not. The family? Unlikely. The dog? Hardly. It seems to me when a pet is hit by a car either everyone is to blame or no one is to blame, unless there are extenuating circumstances, which I don't see here.

Anyone want to take a side in this?

DNT | Bemidji Pioneer | Fox 9 (Twin Cities) | WCCO (Twin Cities) | Star Tribune | MSNBC

Posted by ironic1 at 10:06 AM | Permalink | 16 comments, last by gtws
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Albert Hofmann 1906 - 2008

Posted by in.dog.neato at 05:38 AM | Permalink | 2 comments, last by c-freak
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Tristram Cary, composer of music for many episodes of Doctor Who in the 60s and 70s, has passed away. He was regarded as a pioneer in electronic music. Sound the doo- WEEE-ooooooo in his honor.

[homepage][wikipedia entry]

Edit: Ron Grainer was the composer of the original theme song, not Tristram Cary as was erroneously reported in this obituary.

Lesson: Always check your sources.

Sound the dooo-WEEEE-oooo anyway.

Posted by ironic1 at 05:10 PM | Permalink | 11 comments, last by zra.
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I'll be in mourning for a while over this one. I just planted my little Autumn Blaze Maple last fall. He had so much promise; so much life ahead of him. I never dreamed he'd be crushed by his big brother in a tragic accident.

Posted by Paul Lundgren at 12:34 PM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by jp
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Now that we can pry the gun from his cold, dead hand, I noticed that Charlton Heston died at the age of 84. Also dead at 84 in the past year, among other notables, were Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Norman Mailer. In recent memory, Pope John Paul II also cut down in the prime of his life at 84. Is this the new 27? If so, we've got to put up with a few more Rolling Stones records. Just an observation.
Oh, and Duluth, Duluthy-luth.

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Posted by ironic1 at 04:44 PM | Permalink | 7 comments, last by farglebargle
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wow.

Posted by c-freak at 11:31 AM | Permalink | 10 comments, last by Bob Wayne
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Gary Gygax
July 27, 1938 - March 4, 2008

Posted by tamara at 01:24 PM | Permalink | 12 comments, last by Bad Cat!
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www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/02/19/krofft/

Continue reading "H R Pufnstuf, Jack Wild, and Quisp in Loves Park, IL" »

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Photo of Wesly Ngetich by Sjixxxy.

Story from the DNT.

Posted by Barrett at 02:37 AM | Permalink | 3 comments, last by susan holmes
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“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. ”

Sir Edmund Hillary

1919-2008

Posted by tamara at 07:04 PM | Permalink | 5 comments, last by The Big E
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Ike Turner
1931-2007

Posted by tamara at 04:10 PM | Permalink | 13 comments, last by edgeways
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A calendar for funeral directors proves that death can be sexy too!

Posted by Girl From the North Country at 10:15 AM | Permalink | 7 comments, last by Girl From the North Country
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Evel Knievel October 17, 1938 - November 30, 2007

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From Sarah Heimer...

"You may have heard about Matt Zaun's passing...but if you haven't, he died in his sleep on Saturday night in Eau Claire after going to a Black-eyed Snakes show. Anyway, he was and is one of my dearest friends and I am going back to Fargo..... this time to bury someone. I guess I'm asking you if you can find someone else to draw some funny pictures for this upcoming Transistor and please try to not run my comic again because that is ghetto and I just don't think I'll be able to pump one out this time. Maybe Sean Elmquist could come up with something. I found out about this Sunday night. What a shock.Thanks for understanding. --Sarah."

Hear more about Matt Zaun here and here and here.

If anyone knows how to get a hold of Sean Elmquist / Mic Trout, please have him email me.

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Celebrate Day of the Dead

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Pass me the Quisp and milk please.

Posted by Kitty Brand at 04:10 PM | Permalink | 1 comment by Bad Cat!
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There's nothing quite like the feeling of a wheel popping off your car when you're changing lanes on a highway.

The moral of the story is, when you get a brake job and start to hear a grinding noise a few days later, you might want to check to see if your mechanic tightened the lug nuts properly.

Anyway, this could be the end of a long and glorious run for the ol' Ford Taurus. We'll see.

Posted by Paul Lundgren at 09:12 PM | Permalink | 13 comments, last by vicarious
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I'd like to make some joke here but I cant find it in me. Andy would have liked for me to make some joke right now but..all I can say is this guy was a truly natural talent.

DNT obit

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The statewide smoking ban starts on Monday!

Good? Bad?

Discuss.

Posted by Starfire at 09:34 AM | Permalink | 32 comments, last by adam
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I can't believe World of Wheels is closing right before National Rolling Skating Month. Oh, well. It was good while it lasted.

Continue reading "Final wow at the WoW" »

Posted by Paul Lundgren at 10:40 AM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by zra...
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Download file

As you all may know by now, the World of Wheels will be closing its doors on October 1st. Never again will I win a fruit roll up for my impressive ability to hula hoop on wheels. Never again will I get yelled at for skating into the limbo stick instead of under it. But enough about me, what is going to happen to everyone else??? You know, the regulars. What else are they going to do? I can't even fathom how frustating it will be to have all those hot roller moves stored up inside with no where to display them. That can't be healthy. I for one am heading over to the World of Wheels one last time this Wednesday. Hope to see you all there, say, around 7:30?

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Posted by ironic1 at 09:26 AM | Permalink | 8 comments, last by St.G
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World of Wheels in Superior will be closing its doors at the end of the month.

Posted by adam at 09:30 PM | Permalink | 2 comments, last by king neal
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From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6941392.stm

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BFndQ379ICw

The death of a legend, the guy who founded Factory records. signed Joy Division/New Order and The Happy Mondays, started the legendary Hacienda club and was immortalised in the film 24 Hour Party People.

RIP

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Adam Sheda was shot to death at a house party in the East Hillside on Friday night, having just returned from fighting in Iraq.

This is his MySpace page.

"All my friends better throw me one hell of a party when I get home. My plans when I get back are to drink until my heart stops."

- Adam Sheda

News stories here and here.

Posted by Barrett at 10:04 PM | Permalink | 3 comments, last by AndrewO
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I was somewhat comforted by c-freak's "Do Not Be Frightened of all the burning" post as I watched smoke billow up from my office window this morning. What with Fichtners and Loui's having burned down in the past year. But, to my GREAT relief, it was just True North Cedar burning to the ground (apparenly, wood burns) and NOT a pile of tourists in our beloved aquarium.

As the office continues to buzz, I realize how sometimes I am very thankful that this is the biggest news we usually get around here.

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Circa 7pm today I noticed the smoke billowing out of Uncle Loui's Cafe on 4th Street, and luckily I had my trusty camera at my side. About a minute later the D.F.D. arrived, busted in though the glass and put out the smouldering blaze.

Guess we won't be having any gyro omelets anytime soon. Oh, well.

UPDATE: $75,000 in damages

Posted by Barrett at 09:04 PM | Permalink | 8 comments, last by jenna
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Continue reading "RIP Tiny Bubbles" »

Posted by tamara at 09:40 AM | Permalink | 6 comments, last by edgewood
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Posted by edgeways at 11:08 PM | Permalink | 11 comments, last by gwanto
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So I was borered tonight and a little reading at the Comics Curmudgeon produced this

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Posted by Kitty Brand at 10:55 AM | Permalink | 4 comments, last by The Cheerleader
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Kirk Rundstrom , founder of Split Lip Rayfield passed away today after a courageous battle with cancer. If any of you were lucky enough to catch Split Lip Rayfield on one of their many visits to Duluth you know he will be missed.

Thank you Kirk Rundstrom for all the music and memories.

Read more here:

Harp Magazine

Bloodshot Records

Kansas City Star

The Wichita Eagle

KWCH

Posted by Starfire at 08:16 AM | Permalink | 2 comments, last by andy
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