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...returned to deadpan realist territory in their new film their native Minnesota. But the derisive new true-crime comedy should really be subtitled 'How to Laugh at People Who Talk Minnesotan,' says TIME's Richard Corliss. The film -- which has not much at all to do with Fargo, North Dakota -- is about the difficulty real folks have pulling off crimes that always go smoothly in fiction. Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) needs a lot of cash, so he hires two thugs (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife for the ransom money. But these guys aren't smooth...
...gang up on him. But the scale and intensity of the not-so-friendly fire have been more than he counted on. "I have lost an enormous amount of respect for some of the leaders of our party," complained his sister and campaign chairman Bay. Swinging through South Dakota, Buchanan warned his fellow Republicans to hold their tongues. "Calm down; relax," he pleaded. "Don't say things you might regret later." Earlier that day he delivered the same message on the Today show. "For heaven's sake, stop the panicky name calling...
...Senate Majority Leader--still considered the front-runner by most analysts--won consolation victories Tuesday in less significant primaries in North and South Dakota...
Others are already writing off the former governor, who finished fourth in South Dakota and Arizona, and fifth in North Dakota...
...commentator's populist, antitrade campaign helped him finish third in Arizona and North Dakota, and second in South Dakota...