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A KKK fan walks into a North Dakota bar…

Maybe there was a time when dressing up as a Ku Klux Klan member would have earned some scorn, but, at least in Horace, N.D. (southwest of Fargo), those days are apparently over.
by Bob Collins

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WCCO’s Roger Erickson dead at 89

WCCO’s Roger Erickson dead at 89

Generations are growing up now, having no idea of the glue that people like Erickson and his long-time radio partner Charlie Boone, provided to make a community a community. But generations of people, also declining in number, did. At one point, half of all radios in Minnesota were tuned to WCCO.
by Bob Collins

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In 11 seconds, a bridge destroys a house

You're living a pretty good life in rural New Hampshire, the foliage is beautiful, the scenery along the river is lovely, and then it starts raining and doesn't quit and, the next thing you know, your house is floating away until it's destroyed by a bridge.
by Bob Collins

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Six-year-old gives pilot a flying clinic

Six-year-old gives pilot a flying clinic

Adam Mohammed Amer figured to be like a lot of five-year-old kids who are invited to visit the cockpit of an airliner, in this case Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi. You know how this goes: Give the kid a look, and watch him be amazed. It didn't turn out that way. The kid probably could've flown the plane.
by Bob Collins

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Packers billboard prompts 911 calls

Packers billboard prompts 911 calls

Calm down, Wisconsin. Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb are not on fire.
by Bob Collins

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And now: another squeeze on your ability to retire

Americans are not particularly financially literate, and that may be a help to Republicans who are trying to get a tax "reform" package through Congress. We tend not to save for retirements and with the proposed lowering of the contribution limit to $2,400 for 401(k) plans, that's not going to be a situation that'll improve.
by Bob Collins

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Strange thing: Where’d Dustin get the Minnesota hoodie?

Strange thing: Where’d Dustin get the Minnesota hoodie?

Of all the stranger things in the world, few mysteries are as hot right now as how a 1980's Science Museum of Minnesota sweatshirt ended up with Dustin on Stranger Things 2, a series set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.
by Bob Collins

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Halloween brings on the self-esteem stress

Halloween brings on the self-esteem stress

We can now add Halloween to life's pressures, another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
by Bob Collins

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Don’t throw the ball back!

Don’t throw the ball back!

There are really only two ways to enjoy the World Series. One is to actually buy a ticket and be at the game. The other is to to work the third shift somewhere and watch it on TV. Once again last night -- or was it this morning? -- the game ended with late action in a 13-to-12 Houston victory over the Dodgers.
by Bob Collins

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The music stops at the Withrow Ballroom

It's believed to be the oldest ballroom in the state, tracing its ancestry to 1928, when Ben and Anna Zahler built the place. They sold it to their son and for several decades it served as a popular polka venue as one Zahler generation sold it to the next.
by Bob Collins

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