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RNC FAQ: How many cops, dollars, and dignitaries does it take to screw in a political convention?

Roughly 45,000 people are expected to converge on the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center on the first four days of September. This tally includes just over 4,500 delegates and alternate delegates, approximately 15,000 media members and other invited guests. Of course there will also be thousands of uninvited guests gathering at various locations around the Twin Cities to mark the occasion of John McCain’s nomination in their own chosen manner. MORE »

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St. Paul Public Schools: Seeking community members for Board of Ed committee

The Capital Expenditures Advisory Committee (CEAC) reviews and comments on major capital expenditures planned by the district; members are appointed by the Board of Education to one-year terms. Applicants should have an interest in capital projects and the ability to work with a large advisory committee as a team member. The Board is looking for people who think strategically about district-wide needs and focus on what best meets the long-term needs of the students. MORE »

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MOVIES | "Let the Right One In": Classic horror, minus the naked coeds

Horror films may be, artistically, the most dismissed genre in film, but the genre has become a cash cow for studios. Films in franchises like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Saw can cost less than $10 million but make triple that in opening-weekend ticket sales. Unsurprisingly, many of the older horror franchises have been recently remade or updated—a new Friday the 13th film is opening on Friday the 13th of February, 2009. Horror films have always attracted teenagers and college kids, who flock to theaters in hopes of seeing inventive new death scenes, naked coeds, and gore galore splattering from aliens, demons, monsters, and humans. Most of these films, however, are bland copycats that are simply not scary. Fortunately, that can’t be said about Let the Right One In, the astonishing new Swedish coming-of-age vampire film from director Tomas Alfredson and screenwriter John Ajvide Lindqvist (adapting his own novel, Let Me In). Alfredson and Lindqvist kick the doors in on the generic bloodsuckers and present a new horror classic. MORE »

Recount Stories

This is the place to look for recount data—updated from the Secretary of State’s web site every night. And this is the place to send your recount stories — editor@tcdailyplanet.net. Check this space every day for more stories! MORE »