Northwestern Notes

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September 2012

4 posts

170 Years Ago Today, Abe Lincoln and a Rival...

mentalflossr: Lincoln’s weapon of choice: the cavalry broadsword. Here’s the full story of the duel, and the sarcastic anonymous letters that caused it. We find this funny, if only because politics has become so polarizing in today’s world, but we’d be hard-pressed to find an instance of one candidate ghost-writing letters meant to defame it’s target.

August 2012

3 posts

July 2012

1 post

June 2012

8 posts

“We’re drinking lots and lots of water. We wish it was vodka or beer, but...”

– One fan on how they are dealing (and, errr, sacrificing) with the recent heat on the Country USA festival grounds.

May 2012

8 posts

April 2012

12 posts

NPR breaks down what exactly is in a school lunch hamburger — all 26 ingredients, including all of those flavorful, hard-to-pronounce ones. Morning Edition has the full story.

March 2012

20 posts

Rare bunny stepped on, killed at his own press... →

Florida legislators use Jay-Z lyrics to push for votes for/against a bill. Are there any appropriate lyrics you’d like our Wisconsin lawmakers recite?