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The Coen Brothers Get "Serious" with a Comic (and Spiritual) Masterpiece

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment


Cathleen Falsani

The Coens have created moral universes in which some of life's essential questions are asked -- if not always answered. It seems there's no question the brothers are afraid to tackle.

Disaster Preparedness Pays Off in North Dakota

ProPublica | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


ProPublica

The successful transfer of patients in Fargo stands in sharp contrast with the chaotic hospital evacuations that took place after the flooding of New Orleans following hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Fargo Blizzard Approaches On Heels Of Flooding

AP | DAVE KOLPACK and NATE JENKINS | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green


FARGO, N.D. — A blizzard battered North Dakota on Monday, threatening to create wind-whipped waves that could lash the patchwork levee system th...

CNN Journalist Arrested In Fargo

AP | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media


FARGO, N.D. — A CNN journalist and seven other people have been arrested for standing on top of sandbag levees in the Fargo area. Fargo Police ...

Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

Movie Review: New in Town

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

If Frank Capra were to make a movie today, it would probably look a lot like New in Town. Of course, Frank Capra is dead. Then again, so is this movie.

"I Just Think I'm Gonna Barf."

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

"Oh, I just think I'm gonna barf...."-- Marge Gunderson (Francis McDormand), from Fargo   I open today with that Fargo quote for many reasons. T...