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The art and science of smashing pumpkins

The art and science of smashing pumpkins

At Boston University's annual pumpkin drop, pumpkins land on a canvas, which is then hung on a wall in the physics departent as a testament to the scientific fact that not everything has to be about something.
by Bob Collins

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A ‘last man’ of Luverne dies at 96

A ‘last man’ of Luverne dies at 96

It's time for the Last Man Club of Luverne, Minn., to drink up. Warren Herreid, one of its most noteworthy members, died yesterday. He was 96.
by Bob Collins

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Windy Ferm celebrates a birthday

You can do a lot worse than being a 91-year-old man in Erhard, Minn. (pop. 149), at least if your name is Windy Ferm.
by Bob Collins

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Protest abruptly ended in classroom Pledge of Allegiance moment

All the usual elements are there in the latest twist in the ongoing debate in this country over protest and expression: the kid who sits during the Pledge of Allegiance, the one who stands while wearing an American flag T-shirt, the assumption of authority to teach a little respect, as the person who posted the video from Winter Mills High School in Westminster, Md., characterized it.
by Bob Collins

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Cancer, Lady Gaga, and the things that aren’t important

Cancer, Lady Gaga, and the things that aren’t important

Every now and again, we need a recalibration of our consideration of things that are important. Usually it involves a story about how outrageously unfair life is.
by Bob Collins

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Locked in cooler, man decides to sit and drink beer

In Marshfield, Wis., a 38-year-old man went to the local Kwik Trip shortly before midnight to buy beer but somehow locked himself inside the cooler. He decided to spend the night drinking beer.
by Bob Collins

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In West St. Paul, don’t call the cops too often

Residents of a 30-unit apartment complex are being thrown out because too many police calls came from residents there. Not all residents, probably, but everyone goes because the city has yanked the rental permit of the building owner.
by Bob Collins

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Researchers: None of us should be here

Researchers: None of us should be here

Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland released more research in Nature that provides further evidence that the universe shouldn't exist, which, of course, only makes the question 'why are we here, then?' all the more confounding.
by Bob Collins

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High school girl beats all the boys, still doesn’t win golf tournament

High school girl beats all the boys, still doesn’t win golf tournament

The rules are the rules and it doesn't matter if Emily Nash, 16, of Lunenburg, Ma., beat all the boys by four strokes in a high school golf tournament. She doesn't get the trophy for winning the tournament, nor the right to advance to a state tournament for winning the tournament she won, but didn't.
by Bob Collins

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When reporters are part of the story

Typically, reporters and news organizations are reluctant to turn over unpublished notes and recordings when the justice system demands they do so. But in the case surrounding the death of a man in a fight outside a bar in May, the Fargo Forum is making an exception.
by Bob Collins

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