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NFL player protest cuts into pizza company’s dough

Papa John's, the official pizza joint of the National Football League, reported this morning that same-store sales increased only 1 percent, while analysts expected it to increase 1.3 percent. Apparently, .3 percent is the toll that the NFL player protest is having on the company.
by Bob Collins

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MN Supreme Court settles St. Paul collector car debate

John Krenick, of St. Paul, has lost again, and so, too, has everyone trying to store old cars on their own property in violation of Minnesota law.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota has a bridge it’ll sell you

Minnesota has a bridge it’ll sell you

Who among us hasn't thought, 'my life would be complete if I only had half a bridge to call my own'? Here's our chance.
by Bob Collins

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In Wisconsin, ‘love is bigger than death’

A couple in Wisconsin faced every bride and groom's nightmare. Nick Eckes' mother and grandmother were killed in a wrong-way crash on State 57 in Appleton while on their way to the wedding rehearsal and traditional rehearsal dinner.
by Bob Collins

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A last wish: Watching Justice League

A critics screening is due out in two weeks. Quenemoen isn't sure he's got that much time.
by Bob Collins

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Disgusted by the Oreskes story? ‘Me too’

Disgusted by the Oreskes story? ‘Me too’

The apologists for sexual harassment were immediately out in force, questioning why NPR should suspend a person for something he did 20 years ago. Even questioning how a man could 'slip his tongue' into a woman's mouth without a little bit of help. Disgusting, anyone?
by Bob Collins

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Story of adrift sailors begins to sink

Story of adrift sailors begins to sink

The AP's reporting leaves just one big mystery: Why did they make it all up?
by Bob Collins

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Basketball season, and Twitter blackout, nears at U of M

Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino doesn't want to know what you think about him or his team during the season. So his Twitter account is going dark until March.
by Bob Collins

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Year in county jail for drunk driver who killed motorcyclist

Everything portraying the frustration and uselessness in efforts to curb drunk driving in Minnesota was on display in a courtroom in Le Center Monday when Kimberly Stangler got a year in jail for killing a motorcyclist last October.
by Bob Collins

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