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1,000 Words: The wrongfully convicted

1,000 Words: The wrongfully convicted

There is a grace around Richard Phillips that one often sees in people who have been wrongfully convicted and had their lives stolen by a system that, too often, doesn't work.
by Bob Collins

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Circle Me, Bert returns

The threat of war in the world has eased considerably today. There is peace in the 'Circle Me, Bert' standoff.
by Bob Collins

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The sliming of America

The sliming of America

This tweet this morning from conservative talk show host Erick Erickson is yet another example of just how polarized and hypocritical the nation has become.
by Bob Collins

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Baseball star crashes fantasy draft

Tomorrow marks the unofficial national holiday that isn't anymore: baseball's opening day. It's a spring tradition, of course. Here's another: Red Bull disguising Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant and sending him out to see what the little people are up to.
by Bob Collins

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A climatologist retires, still uncertain about the climate

We’ve never met a state climatologist we didn’t like — or any climatologist for that matter — and we suspect Harry Hillaker would continue the streak. Alas, he’s retiring as Iowa’s climatologist, the Des Moines Register says. There’s something comforting about seeing the state’s climatology records are kept in file cabinets… on paper. So old…
by Bob Collins

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Singer performs home concert for ill Mpls man

Singer Andy Grammer and his band, which is playing at the Music Hall tonight, had a performance to make before his concert in Minneapolis: the home of a fan with colon cancer who was too sick to make it to the show. The show came to him yesterday.
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