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...measure of creative people's achievement when their success allows them to be known by one name (Picasso, Yanni). But a musician from Minneapolis, Minn., did those titans one better, insisting that he be referred to only as an unpronounceable hieroglyphic. Since 1993, the man born PRINCE Rogers Nelson has refused to use his given name to protest the terms of his recording contract. Last week, however, the singer who has simply been referred to as The Artist announced that his contract has expired and his name has been emancipated. "I will now go back to using my name instead...
Every day, according to the Work & Family Connection, a news-and-information clearinghouse in Minnetonka, Minn., some 500,000 American children are sick enough to stay home from school or day care. While some of those kids are seriously ill, a fairly large percentage simply need to be isolated to prevent the spread of minor illnesses such as pinkeye and chicken pox. Or they need one more fever-free day after a bout of flu or strep throat before returning to school or day care. "In a perfect world, you wouldn't give it a thought. You'd stay home...
...foreign friends with questionable agendas" and to powerful citizens of the Kisone Republic. His accusers believed he was giving these large gifts as a means of gaining support for his political platform. Fowler is First Citizen of the Kisone Republic, a peaceful micronation located in various parts of Mankato, Minn., and the airspace surrounding it. Currently, Fowler's dorm room is "the floating city" of the Republic...
...Orleans slipped with cat-like stealth out of Union Station and glided past Chicago's night skyline. Barely under way, we were summoned to the dining car and ensconced in a cushy booth with white linen tablecloth and fresh flowers opposite Gloria and Gary Pothast, a couple from Duluth, Minn. Stephan, between bantering and chuckling, confided that his favorite on the menu was the blackened catfish (prepared fresh in the galley below, unlike the reheated frozen food we had eaten on the Lake Shore Limited). While not up to the best of New Orleans cuisine, it was real Cajun cooking...
...Graves' products hit the store last year. "Customers really respond to products that involve new thinking and connect with their souls," says Target v.p. Ron Johnson, who launched the Graves line before switching over to Apple's business-development team. Not surprisingly, the department-store chain, based in Minneapolis, Minn., has become the talk of Madison Avenue, not to mention Main Street. And this year, as Target nears the opening of its 1,000th store, Graves has been joined by the doyen of design, Philippe Starck, another Alessi regular, and Target's hometown hipsters, the young design team...