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Paulsen’s confessed fondness for water pranks puts office geyser in new light

U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen confessed to a fondness for water pranks during a recent commencement address at his alma mater, St. Olaf College. That puts a new light on the horizontal geyser that spurted from the wall of his Capitol Hill office soon after the freshman Republican arrived in Washington, D.C. Video after the jump. 


WCAL-FM advocates ask court to void deal that begat MPR’s The Current

CORRECTED AND UPDATED  Advocates for the former WCAL-FM public radio station have filed a petition (pdf) asking the Rice County District Court Sept. 25 to declare the station’s $10.5 million sale to Minnesota Public Radio void.
SaveWCAL wants the court to return the money to WCAL’s charitable trust, along with the fund’s $3 million endowment and the [...]