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Ran stop sign, killed motorist, gets 10-day sentence

It's asking a lot to judge sentences handed in a courtroom at which those doing the judging aren't present, but a sentence handed down in a texting and driving case in Chisago County is likely to stir the debate over how serious the system is on cracking down the practice.
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The healing power of the Stanley Cup

The healing power of the Stanley Cup

Everybody on a Stanley Cup-winning team gets to spend a day with the Cup. They can do pretty much whatever they want. Today, it was the equipment manager's turn. So Craig Leydig took it to The Capital Gazette, where five people were killed in a mass shooting last week.
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The marketing of patriotism has a long history

NPR's latest news video notes that the expression of patriotism -- the Pledge of Allegiance -- comes from a Socialist, Baptist, advertising copywriter who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in order to sell more magazines.
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Store manager is fired for not giving time off to woman with son on life support

A Michigan mother is providing plenty of reason why workers need some protections when dealing with family emergencies. Crystal Reynolds Fisher, of Albion, Mich., let her convenience store manager know she wouldn’t be able to work the other day. Her son was in the hospital for reasons that have not yet been made clear. The…
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Woman does the math after serious injury

The foundation of health insurance in recent decades is getting people not to use what they pay for. So what happened in Boston the other day shouldn't be too surprising even though it's unusual to see the system laid bare in such a dramatic way.
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