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The Knife River Ranch at North Dakota is ideal for city boys who have never ridden on a horse to learn some riding, roping and cattle driving during a working vacation. A vast, scoured of prairie grass, sag, and ancient cow pies that are dry and sun baked, could be seen when riding on the ranch home.

Bernie Mac the 45-year-old star of Fox's The Bernie Mac Show describes his experience as professional comedians and gives his opinion about the kids in America. He also shares his experience as a comedian.

When Justin Miller, inside counsel for DuPont, calls Win Rockwell, a partner at the Minneapolis law firm Faegre & Benson LLP, he doesn't have to worry about the clock. Rather [...]

WHEN THE D'AMICO BROTHERS DECIDED TO EXPAND, THEY CHOSE NAPLES. FLORIDA, THAT IS When the weather in the Twin Cities turns cold, profits at Minneapolis-based restaurant company D'Amico & Partners [...]

Minnesota's gambling tycoons fight for fair shares of the pot Ken Mimmack slides by the blackjack tables at Grand Casino Mille Lacs, waving to the dealers, then wheels over to [...]

How to do business from the 17th green Here's a quiz: Can you check a stock quote, e-mail your business partner, and change an appointment, all without leaving the golf [...]

Bitstream Underground stays hip as it becomes a big business Bitstream Underground began life in 1994 as a computer bulletin board service, an electronic gathering place for musicians, music fans, [...]

The Empathy Gap: Building Bridges to the Good Life and the Good Society By J.D. Trout. Viking. $24.95. Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life By Dacher [...]

The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety Is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love By Richard Restak Harmony Books. 272 pages. $23. The Female Brain By Louann Brizendine Morgan [...]

MTV's efforts to inspire seven journalists to live in a French chateau and work together under one roof are described. The various stages and experiences at 'The Real World Paris House', a three storeyed, four bedroom petite chateau are also presented.

The making of 'Cheater' a super hit reality show on the American television, where in each episode cheater cheats and the cheater catches him or her red handed is described. The critical analysis and the impact on the society by showing personal lives on the television are discussed.

An Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia plays a missing-persons investigator in the television show, 'Without a Trace' in which each week a victim goes missing, and each week the team reconstructs his or her life. LaPaglia wants Without a Trace to feel authentic, both technically and emotionally.

Jack Pence recently had a problem with Cookie Monster. Pence is the manager of VEE Production Services, a division of Minneapolis-based VEE Corp. In 1990, VEE designed the overall decor [...]

When I landed a job teaching writing at Carleton College, the first thing I did was buy a hip new wardrobe. Twenty years earlier I was a slovenly underachiever at [...]

Every day at 3:30 a.m., Mary Jo Copeland gets up and goes to church. St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center, Minn., isn't open, but Copeland has a key, and she lets [...]

THERE ONCE WAS A PRODUCT NAMED . . . First there was the Magnetic Poetry kit, the 450 rearrangeable words that turned refrigerators across the country into free-form poetry slams. [...]

The deadly serious business of making people laugh SUNDAY Orny Adams has been preparing for the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival as if it were the Olympics. 'I'm running [...]

Wherein the author stalks the flighty, green-backed webhead in his natural habitat You can feel it even when you're stuck in traffic, the romance of Silicon Valley. I'm on Highway [...]

As the voices of the sinister C. Montgomery Burns and Burns' subservient sidekick, Waylon Smithers, on The Simpsons, Harry Shearer enjoys something that most actors only dream of: acting out [...]

November 6, 2002 Center City YMCA Book Club PRESENT: Kate Fremont, president; Ann Marie Bryant, recording secretary; Evelyn Holmes, Tobias Colfax, Claire James, and Sylvia Girard, Members AGENDA: New business. [...]

Advertisers have long used character and story to contrive freestanding fantasies that entice and seduce. Merchandisers, on the other hand, have traditionally piggybacked on existing narratives and larger cultural phenomena [...]

The article features personal podcasts streamed by ordinary people in their homes. Personal podcasts discussed include The Birdchick of blogger Sharon Steitler which aims to raise awareness on birds, XOXOJK of podcasters Kate O'Reilly and Jenn Schall which is all about deep friendship, and The Pratfalls of Parenting by podcaster and comedian Levi Weinhagen which takles the issue of being an artist and a parent.

The article reports about the Happiest of Happy Hours at The Third Bird, a partnership event of the restaurant The Third Bird and the online review site Yelp. It discusses the job of Jonathan Truong, senior community manager for Yelp Twin Cities and host of the event. It also mentions how the Yelp site works and its effect on the increase in revenue of businesses.

Toronto, Canada, is the latest major city trying to keep the public informed about food safety in restaurants without alienating the industry in the process. In June, we reported on [...]

WE REPORTED RECENTLY that chef Vince Tyler had been recruited away from Champps Americana by Perkins as part of the latter's mandate to upgrade its menu and bolster lunch and [...]

Anniversary bash a bomb for local business. NEXT TIME MAYBE they'll try menus that appeal to Secret Service agents. Over 3,000 dignitaries and staff of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [...]

Clever presentations and grown up ingredients are giving creamy, dreamy puddings brand new allure. NOT THAT LONG AGO, pudding was a dessert that suggested kids and cafeterias. But with more [...]

Champagne shortage threatens New Year revelry. THE APPROACH of the year 2000 has certainly been making plenty of computer people nervous these days--but sommeliers? It's happening in increasing numbers as [...]

FOR SCOTT CAMPBELL, owner and head chef of Avenue Bistro on New York's Upper West Side, the recently lifted import ban on French foie gras is like manna from goose [...]

Operator calls ADA lawsuits 'out of control.' THE AMERICANS with Disabilities Act was supposed to make businesses more readily accessible to people with physical handicaps. But according to restaurateur Eddie [...]

Looking for an easy way to add a touch of the exotic? From golden fritters to comforting purees, this versatile fruit should be on your menu. COMPARED TO THE familiar [...]

Salt Lake sees flurry of restaurant growth. AN OLYMPIC committee scandal isn't the only thing spicing up quiet Salt Lake City, UT, these days. As the city gears up for [...]

Midwest storms good for airport operators. WHEN RECORD snowfalls stranded airline passengers in Chicago. Detroit, and Minneapolis last month, airport restaurants responded by staffing up and staying open late. Serving [...]

Minnesota elects a toy governor As I step off the escalator and into the upper-deck lounge of the Canterbury Park racetrack in Shakopee, Minnesota, a middle-aged Jesse Ventura supporter in […]

Discloses the expectations of Minnesota-based corporate event planners for 1999. Dinner and dance shows; Characteristics of employee recognition events; Market share revenue generated by corporate events; Corporate events planning as an emerging industry; Estimate budget of corporate events.

Reports on the flat fee arrangement offered by law firms to clients in Minnesota. Clients' response to flat fees; Financial advantages of flat fee deals to law firms; Comparison with traditional billings; Benefits offered by the arrangement to corporate clients.

Opinion. Discusses the educational aspect of Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. Reflection of the author's experience at the College; Description of the College; What reputation does this College have.

Provides information on the Grand Casino Mille Lacs, one of the casinos owned by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, in Minnesota. Information on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988; Appointment of Ken Mimmack as head of corporate affairs for Ojibwe band's corporate commission; Plans of Mimmack for the band.

Focuses on the use of telemedicine as a means of delivering health care in Minnesota. Information on the system devised by Allina Health System; Use of grants received from Federal Office of Rural Health; Concerns expressed about the technology; Telemedicine program at the University of Minnesota; Advantages of the technology.

Introduces the IMAX-style cinema. Effect of the launching of the film `Tiger Child' during the Osaka World's Fair in 1970; Opening of Imation IMAXTheatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley; Use of traditional advertising to educate the consumer; Cost of producing 3-dimensional movie.