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What unites us? Dogs

What unites us? Dogs

I took note of a particular passage in Sen. John McCain's farewell message and wondered whether it was really true. 'We have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement.' Do we? 'Like what?' I thought.
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Court: No reason to go easy on a veteran who solicited sex with minor

Justin Taylor Dentz, 38, of Blaine, admitted in court that he solicited sex with someone on Backpage.com and agreed to pay $120 for time to the person who said she was 15. She was a cop conducting an undercover prostitution sting in Maple Grove.
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The link between gender and the voice police

The link between gender and the voice police

Slowly, NPR is shedding its snooty image of old aristocrats and allowing more voices on the air -- regular, varied voices -- that would have never made it to air a couple of decades ago, not without a carton of heaters first. It's a good thing. They come with unimaginable expertise and intelligence.
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A slap in the face is White House order of the day

There's nothing particularly surprising about President Donald Trump's rejection of a White House statement praising the late Sen. John McCain on Saturday. What's surprising is people expected something different.
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On John McCain

On John McCain

A nagging disappointment for me at the death of Sen. John McCain is I barely remember the only encounter I had with him. It was 1980 or so; I was a 24-year old reporter for a great little radio station in a competitive small market who scored some time with him at a Republican fundraiser in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.
by Bob Collins

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Brittany and Wanda go to lunch

Brittany and Wanda go to lunch

Brittany Lawrence has probably heard your complaints that the only thing on social media are pictures of people showing what they're eating. That's wrong. There are pictures of budding Internet sensations: in this case, Wanda Petersen, 86, showing what she's eating.
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