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Couple in alleged GoFundMe scam to take the Fifth

When a Pennsylvania couple, accused of skimming the GoFundMe money donated to help out a homeless man, made clear through their lawyer today that they'll take the Fifth next week, let's just say it didn't help the image of Kate McClure, 28, and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, 39.
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The dreamers among us

Folks are going to want to pick apart this ad, released today by Nike, because Colin Kaepernick is in it and that makes them see red. I see confirmation that maybe a kid who needed a ride in the rain is right.
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Twin Citians are horrible drivers – Part 2

Twin Citians are horrible drivers – Part 2

Monday's post about the Allstate Insurance survey showing that St. Paul and Minneapolis feature some of the worst drivers in the nation certainly struck a nerve with readers, who went above and beyond in efforts to explain why the survey was probably wrong
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Turn off your phone, watch the show. Why is that so hard?

A letter in the Star Tribune today seems like an invitation to engage in one of our favorite spectator sports: watching and listening to theater- and concert-goers blow the whistle on their audience mates. It's a problem even at "Hamilton."
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Voters to party establishment: ‘We’re in charge here’

Voters to party establishment: ‘We’re in charge here’

If there are two non-southern states that are mirrors of each other, it's Massachusetts and Minnesota. So yesterday's primary election results in the Bay State carry a couple of important messages: the next generation of politicians isn't waiting their turn, and voters are coming for members of Congress, no matter what party they're in.
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1,000 Words: The handshake that wasn’t

1,000 Words: The handshake that wasn’t

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter, Jamie, died in the Parkland, Fla., school massacre, wanted to make a point when the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh took a break. Mission accomplished.
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Trump suggests yanking NBC News’ license it doesn’t have

NBC has something going for it in defending an attack on its station licenses, however. The FCC historically couldn't care less about 'serving the public interest', the mission under which the licenses are issued.
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