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How young is too young when it comes to recruiting future college sports players?
Ashley McNiff, one of thousands of runners in Monday's Boston Marathon, is running because she doesn't want to let what happened to her friend dictate to her. Her friend was a runner. Her friend was running in broad daylight. Her friend was raped and murdered and left in the woods.
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Among the more amazing depictions of the struggles truckers had on Minnesota roads on Thursday was this Facebook video, shot by Mike Barness on Highway 52 in Vermillion.
Nature is never more marvelous that when it changes the hue out the window.
Former Minnesota Sixth District Congressman Mark Kennedy's voting record may come back to haunt him as he tries to get a new gig as president of the University of Colorado.
Goodness of people in Wisconsin overburdens transplant system
When the Waukesha family's story was told, people stepped up. So many people offered to be the donor, it crashed an overburdened screening process to select one.
Like many other issues, there is a reckoning coming on the issue. But not until it gets talked about.
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