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Rochester football players take a knee

The killing of a black man inside his own apartment by a cop who allegedly thought she was entering her own unit is pretty much why people of color kneel on the sideline of football games. Some police officers, they say, are far too quick to take the lives of African-Americans. Too many jurors, they add, are too quick to let them get away with it.
by Bob Collins

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‘Life comes at you fast, and passes quickly’

I am sorry to report that Pernina Burke, who graced these pages in March when she turned 100, passed away on Sunday morning, her granddaughter, Christie reports. My life is full of opportunities I wish I'd pursued but didn't, so it was particular pleasure to be able to tell her story, which is reprinted here.
by Bob Collins

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No, officer, you can’t mass arrest kids to help them mature

If ever there was a slam-dunk case in which the 4th Amendment was clearly violated, it was the mass arrest and handcuffing of a group of middle school girls in San Bernardino, Calif., in 2013. For some reason the school board has continued to defend it and the sheriff's deputy. Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals smacked it down again, just as a lower court had.
by Bob Collins

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Court: Long sentence ‘exaggerated’ crimes of MN parents who raped daughter

It's not hard at all to see why a district court judge in St. Louis County threw the book at Brian Barthman of Hermantown more than a year ago. His criminal sexual conduct was particularly disgusting on many levels.
by Bob Collins

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Give the kid the ball (cont’d)

Look, if a Red Sox fan can give a baseball to a Yankees fan and find the joy in doing so, anything in the world is possible.
by Bob Collins

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Only 1 Bataan survivor remains in Brainerd

Walt Straka, 98, is the only surviving member of the 194th Tank Battalion in Brainerd, who were ordered to the Philippines in September 1941, a few months before Pearl Harbor. They were the first tank unit in the Far East.
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Meet Minnesota’s professional mermaid

Meet Minnesota’s professional mermaid

'My goal for doing this is just to make at least one person believe in magic again,' Hope McAlister said. 'You can physically see people light up as you start talking about it.'
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