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Wis. woman who took up yoga at 102 dies

Wis. woman who took up yoga at 102 dies

Charlotte Bleistein, 102, of Greendale, Wis., has died. Earlier this year she got a little regional fame because she had started taking up yoga, as profiled by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jim Stingl. She had more time for it once she gave up her career as a lawyer after a traffic accident at age 96.
by Bob Collins

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What’s up, Minnesota motorcycle-riding panda?

What’s up, Minnesota motorcycle-riding panda?

OK, we'll bite, mysterious motorcycle rider dressed up like a panda. Why are you dressed up like a panda?
by Bob Collins

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How much more evidence of football damage do you need?

Though there are plenty of gorgeous days left, the baseball diamonds in the ginormous sports complex in my town are empty; the kids and their parents have moved on to either soccer or football. It doesn't appear that anything has stopped football from being the sport of choice for these younger kids and their parents, so it's unlikely today's study from Boston will change anything. Nonetheless, your kids brains are getting scrambled by tackle football.
by Bob Collins

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Study: Adolescents are growing up more slowly

Eighteen is the new 15, a new assessment of the generation suggests. They don't drink as much, have sex, or drive a car the way other generations -- that's you, probably -- did.
by Bob Collins

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In one city — nope, not ours — sports teams unite to fight racism

An ad campaign in Boston is dubbed, 'Take The Lead', will involve the Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Revolution. The teams started planning the campaign in May, after the racism against Baltimore Orioles star Adam Jones.
by Bob Collins

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GOP faces its Vietnam moment with health care vote

GOP faces its Vietnam moment with health care vote

"We'd like to do something and something's better than nothing." And this concludes the lesson on how a dead-and-gone effort to repeal Obamacare rolled back to life.
by Bob Collins

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No humans left on island hit by Hurricane Irma

There's something you won't see in this drone video of the island of Barbuda, released by GlobalMedic overnight. Humans.
by Bob Collins

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A poor showing for Minnesota in annual list of best places to live

A poor showing for Minnesota in annual list of best places to live

Money practically declared this the year of the suburbs, as city housing prices are skyrocketing. You know who does suburbs like nobody's business? Minnesota.
by Bob Collins

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Review: Truth, agony return in ‘The Vietnam War’

Review: Truth, agony return in ‘The Vietnam War’

For people like me who grew up hating everything about the Vietnam War, the politicians who gave it to us, the hard hats who insisted 'America, love it or leave it,' the opening of Ken Burns long-awaited documentary, The Vietnam War, came out hard.
by Bob Collins

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