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Bobby Carroll, a janitor at the University of Massachusetts Boston campus, is a symbol of America's working stiffs. He turns 63 on Christmas Day. He makes $51,000, which doesn't go far in a city like Boston. If he can hang on for two years, he an retire with a nice pension and health insurance that will help him deal with his mental illness.

by Bob Collins

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December 4, 2017 6:59 AM

Trouble in the trumpet section

There is no part of American culture where you can escape the civil war of politics. The latest example is what happened at a Minnesota Orchestra concert on Saturday night.

by Bob Collins

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December 4, 2017 5:03 AM

In Iowa town, come for the basketball, stay for the racism

There might well have been a time when two employees of a radio station in Forest City, Iowa (just over the border from Albert Lea, Minn.) would've thought twice about saying what they said during a basketball game last Tuesday.

by Bob Collins

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December 4, 2017 4:29 AM

In Hockenberry’s exit, public radio news team investigates its own employer

Like NPR before it, WNYC's news staff didn't pull punches in its coverage today, suggesting that John Hockenberry was given the option to leave The Takeaway quietly in exchange for keep all the reasons quiet.

by Bob Collins

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December 4, 2017 2:54 AM

Wisconsin wants to be more than beer and cows

Millennials and veterans: What would it take to get you to move to Wisconsin?

by Bob Collins

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December 4, 2017 1:28 AM

Bus crash survivor wins $100,000

Sawyer Stevens wants to use the money to go to medical school and become a pediatric neurosurgeon. Because of his own experience on a bus one afternoon in Cottonwood, Minn., he someday might save some other kid's life.

by Bob Collins

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December 4, 2017 12:45 AM

Estate tax on death’s doorstep

When the tax is up for debate every few years, supporters almost always invoke the family farm. Who would possibly be against the family farm and the poor widow who has to sell because she can't pay a tax bill? Who would have to sell the family farm? Almost nobody in the farm state of Iowa, the newspaper reports.

by Bob Collins