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Miss Congeniality

The beauty queen has an ugly side.
by Tom Bartel
The Big Bad GLBT pages

The Big Bad GLBT pages

Here are the pages that caused the Virginia delegation to cancel their order for The Rake's 2008-09 Secrets of the City Guide to Minneapolis Saint Paul
by Tom Bartel
Enter the World of Brian Andreas and the Story People

Enter the World of Brian Andreas and the Story People

A new kind of prose-poem-style story — slightly irreverent, deceptively wise, and impish at the core
by Emily Grosvenor
Oral Distractions

Oral Distractions

Butter City: TV’s Appetizing New Film-Talk Show
by John Ervin, photos courtesy of Butter City
"God talked to me today"

"God talked to me today"

I was an agnostic who never took my family to church. And then, my son starting hearing the voice of God.
by Ann Bauer
Minnesota Naughty

Minnesota Naughty

Decked in tinsel and tassels lies a group of performers hopelessly devoted to the art of burlesque.
by Kate Leibfried, photos by Christopher Kelleher
Fashioning a Movement

Fashioning a Movement

University of Minnesota dance students don new Spring fashions.
by Christy DeSmith, photos and video by Marco Baca
All the News That Fits—and Then Some

All the News That Fits—and Then Some

The Rake surveys the recent online scrum: Who's up? Who's going down? And what does it all mean for you?
by Cristina Córdova, Illustrations by Dan Murphy
Planet Pickett

Planet Pickett

How a guy from Austin, Minnesota parlayed his passion into one of the country's finest jazz clubs.
by Britt Robson, photos by Mike Dvorak
Do You Really Believe?

Do You Really Believe?

Embattled from within, evangelical leaders created The Truth Project to persuade professed born-agains to walk the walk.
by Alyssa Ford, photos by Mike Krivit
Who Doesn’t Love Sam & Sylvia Kaplan?

Who Doesn’t Love Sam & Sylvia Kaplan?

They are essential to almost any Democrat who wants to get elected in Minnesota. But what makes them tick? The Rake susses out the enduring appeal—and extraordinary influence—of this power couple.
by Brian Lambert, photo by Dan Olson
Over the Coals 2007

Over the Coals 2007

We’ll leave the hosannas, top-10s, and “best-of” lists to others—here’s our first annual recounting of idiotic, inane, and utterly inexplicable local doings from last year.
by Rake Staff, Ann Bauer, Brian Lambert, Britt Robson, Peter Schilling, Jeremy Stratton and Brian Voerding
Scientology: The Local Source

Scientology: The Local Source

St. Paul will soon be home to one of the largest Scientology churches in the world.
by Ann Bauer
Diabulimia: Delicious but Deadly

Diabulimia: Delicious but Deadly

Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots.
by Ann Bauer
The Death and Life of American Imagination

The Death and Life of American Imagination

How a generation is squandering its most critical resource
by Jeannine Ouellette, illustration by Mike Carina
Go{pher} Broke

Go{pher} Broke

With two high-profile coaching changes and a $288.5 million football stadium on the way, Joel Maturi is raising the stakes for University of Minnesota sports.
by Britt Robson, art from U of MN Athletic Communications
What do you do?

What do you do?

12 Profiles from the real world of work
by Brad Zellar, Portraits by Lucas Saugen
News Hole

News Hole

Vanished stories from the aftermath of the I-35W bridge collapse
by Brad Zellar, Cristina Córdova, Brian Voerding, Peter Schilling and Brian Lambert
Crazy

Crazy

At 17, my son was a funny, odd autistic boy. But a misdiagnosis turned him into a violent, unpredictable man, and drove our family to the brink.
by Ann Bauer, illustrations by Ilana Kohn
The Voyage of the Heath Ledger

The Voyage of the Heath Ledger

Aching muscles and aching hearts: a pair of troubled travelers paddle to the far reaches of Canada.
by Jon Lurie, artwork by Barbara Harman, When I Dream of Water
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