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Super Bowl ads 2019: Stunts, self-deprecation and celebrity sightings

Super Bowl ads 2019: Stunts, self-deprecation and celebrity sightings

Marketers focused on finding the humor in this year's crop of Super Bowl ads. Here's what worked -- and so much more that didn't -- on the world's biggest showcase for TV advertising.
by Eric Deggans

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Duluth teachers, district grapple with how to move on from 'Mockingbird'

Duluth teachers, district grapple with how to move on from 'Mockingbird'

Since Duluth schools pulled "To Kill a Mockingbird,"the debate over selecting an alternative has highlighted just how difficult it can be to teach the iconic book, and how hard it can be to replace it.
by Dan Kraker

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ChangeMakers: Jerry Holt, telling Minnesotan stories for decades

ChangeMakers: Jerry Holt, telling Minnesotan stories for decades

A childhood friend bought Jerry Holt his first camera in high school. His desire to tell stories led him to the Star Tribune in October 1990 after college and three years in the Marine Corps.
by Evan Frost

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Buddy Holly's hometown looks back, 60 years after 'The Day the Music Died'

Buddy Holly's hometown looks back, 60 years after 'The Day the Music Died'

"He sang strictly country," said Larry Byers, a former DJ in Lubbock, Texas, who heard Buddy Holly's early performances. "Until he saw Elvis Presley and decided that maybe he should change his style a bit."
by Betsy Blaney

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Five things to watch for in Super Bowl LIII

Five things to watch for in Super Bowl LIII

Sunday's Super Bowl pits the New England Patriots against the Los Angeles Rams. LA's talent-packed offense gives New England's head coach Bill Belichick a tough choice on who to target.
by Tom Goldman

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Senegal's stunning gold jewelry - and the controversial women who wore it

Senegal's stunning gold jewelry - and the controversial women who wore it

An exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art highlights intricate gold work that nearly disappeared from Senegal -- as well as its past ties to a morally complicated group of powerful women.
by Nurith Aizenman

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Teen drag queens will steal your heart in 'Death Prefers Blondes'

Teen drag queens will steal your heart in 'Death Prefers Blondes'

Caleb Roehrig's new YA thriller follows socialite-turned-cat burglar Margo Manning and her crew of kickboxing drag queens as they take on one last multimillion-dollar heist -- and its consequences.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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Children's Theatre found negligent, not liable for teen's assault

Children's Theatre found negligent, not liable for teen's assault

The woman said she was sexually assaulted by an instructor at the Minneapolis theater's school when she was a teen in the 1980s and was inspired to come forward by women who confronted entertainer Bill Cosby.
by Brandt Williams

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ChangeMakers: Black Minnesotans making history

ChangeMakers: Black Minnesotans making history

A series of profiles of black Minnesotans making history throughout the state. The series of portraits and interviews will run through February in honor of Black History Month.
by Evan Frost and Christine T. Nguyen

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