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Red Wing man rescues stranded family in Costa Rica

The Lopez family has been stranded in Costa Rica because 3-year-old son Axel was injured during the trip and is in a cast, unable to fly on a commercial flight.
by Bob Collins

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Daily News to staff: Drop dead

Daily News to staff: Drop dead

Half of the newspapers reporters and editors are being eliminated in an oh-so-American-workplace way today. They've been told to go back to their cubicle farms and wait for the email which will tell them whether they're staying or going.
by Bob Collins

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Wisconsin air circus begins

The big aviation fly-in in Oshkosh opened this morning over in Oshkosh, Wis. For one week each year, the airport becomes THE busiest airport in the world.
by Bob Collins

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What part of ‘give the kid the ball’ don’t you get?

If there's still justice in the world, someone is tracking down this Chicago Cubs "fan", who has no knowledge, we presume, of one of the rules of being a baseball fan: Give the kid the ball.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News? 7/23/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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The soybean trade war through the eyes of a soybean

The soybean trade war through the eyes of a soybean

President Trump's tit-for-tat trade war with China has now reached the cartoon soybean stage.
by Bob Collins

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Maggie is done with you, Twitter people

I'm generally not a big fan of of the theatrics and drama of people who declare that they're leaving Twitter. Just go, already, if it's not for you. Everyone who's on Twitter already knows it's become a cesspool of bickering and politics since, well, you know. That's not all Twitter is, of course, but it can easily give you a skewed perspective of the human condition and that can be exhausting.
by Bob Collins

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The pinsetter mechanic

Bowling is reportedly still the #1 participatory sport in America, Motherboard contends. Someone has to go to work every day to fix the contraptions that reset the pins. Someone like Joe Martinez.
by Bob Collins

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Mora nurse-in to defend right of mothers to feed their kids

Two women fed their babies at a swimming pool in Mora this week and that's the sort of thing that people call the cops on in Mora. Sit tight, Mora. You're about to get a pool full of nursing women.
by Bob Collins

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Sun Country finds people don’t want to work for low wages

In a small and rare victory for the working stiff, Sun Country Airlines, still in the process of becoming a cheap, no-frills operation, has found failure in its plan to get rid of its own employees in favor of outsourcing the jobs to people who'll work for less pay and benefits.
by Bob Collins

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