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Swearing by Shakespeare

It's only coincidence that on the same day I post about a high school kid giving the finger to a ref in high school soccer's biggest game of the year, NPR has waded into the waters of the high school classroom and the kids who drop 'f-bombs' in class.
by Bob Collins

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Tax hike vote will not get you Fergie, Fighting Sioux or more sex

Most morning shows on commercial radio should never be taken too seriously, but apparently an election in Grand Forks could be influenced by a satirical, if juvenile, bit by a local radio station's shock jocks. Part of the problem, perhaps, is the gullibility of listeners.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The agony of defeat

We can't really blame the Star Tribune for deciding not to print this photo from yesterday's high school soccer tournament in the morning paper. Newspaper readers have their sensitivities the Internet doesn't.
by Bob Collins

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A cyclist stands up to terrorists and drivers

Even Weiss' reason for not being even a little afraid of the possibility of a terrorist is going to get a lot of urban cyclists around the country cheering. He already deals with everyday automobile drivers, he writes.
by Bob Collins

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In will, Afton woman remembers deputies who showed her kindness

Washington County deputies never expected anything back from the attention they paid to Margo Alice Forrest, who never married, never had kids, lived alone and kept to herself, the Pioneer Press' Mary Divine writes today.
by Bob Collins

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In Minnesota, a drug court success story

Although a high-ranking politician in the United States calls our justice system 'a joke', you couldn't tell it by Minnesota's approach to drug users. Drug courts work by treating addiction as an illness and steering away from jail users who are willing to put in the time in a more productive way.
by Bob Collins

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When bus drivers have our back

When bus drivers have our back

We're not above poking fun at the state to the east but there's nothing but love for Wisconsin this morning, which provides us with a needed reminder that decency is still in style.
by Bob Collins

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A World Series marriage proposal

A World Series marriage proposal

It's really the simple marriage proposals that are the most beautiful. Like Carlos Correa's. Nothing fancy. Step One: Win the World Series with the Houston Astros. Step Two: Work out a plan with Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports to interview you on national TV. Step Three: Propose.
by Bob Collins

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Brainerd hospital will no longer admit severely mentally ill to psychiatric unit

A Brainerd hospital is going to test whether it's possible for a medical facility to treat only the "good" patients and avoid any sort of backlash with the policy. The chances are Essentia Health will succeed at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd because it's refusing to admit patients with little constituency: the severely mentally ill.
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NPR reporter grills boss over sexual harassment allegations

NPR reporter grills boss over sexual harassment allegations

The unusual collision of a radio network's management and a radio network's newsroom was heard nationwide on Wednesday when NPR CEO Jarl Mohn was grilled by one of his network's reporters -- Mary Louise Kelly -- on why NPR fired its head of news only after the Washington Post blew the whistle on Michael Oreskes' behavior 20 years ago at the New York Times, when he accosted two women in separate incidents. It was an unusual, and likely uncomfortable, few minutes as Kelly interrogated her boss. It was unusual for the CEO of an organization to be willing to be grilled so publicly.
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