By now most of our readers know the history at BringMeTheNews, but how much do our readers really know about the advertising side of our business? We’re very different from other local news outlets in this regard. Our Director of Content Marketing, James Anderson, explains.

Weekly humor columns that appeared under Jon Flatland's name in the Blooming Prairie Times were apparently swiped from a host of other columnists and bloggers. The paper's publisher apologized to readers for the plagiarism that seems to date back through many years of Flatland's newspaper career.

The rejection letter that F. Scott Fitzgerald received from the New Yorker told him that publishing his story "Thanks for the Light" was out of the question. But after his grandchildren rediscovered the one-page story, the magazine's editors reversed their predecessors' decision.

The convicted Minnesota businessman recently sat down with Twin Cities Business magazine Editor in Chief Dale Kurschner at a federal penitentiary in Kansas. It's the first time Petters agreed to an interview since being sentenced to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The 14-page feature will be in the May issue of Twin Cities Business that comes out April 18.

Some shoppers bought up Target's Missoni line hoping to make a mint flipping the goods on the Internet. But MSP Magazine's shopping and style editor says many would-be resellers aren't selling much at all.

And did you know Betsy Ross probably didn't sew the very first flag? It turns out there are a lot of myths about the Fourth of July. Arm yourself with the truth about July 4 and the war for independence before you head out today – and impress your friends and family at the barbecue later.