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The healing power of ballroom dancing

After almost being killed by a bull, Jim Carter, of Duluth, lost the use of a leg. He joked to a friend that since he couldn't ski anymore, he'd become a dancer instead. It turned out to be no joke.
by Bob Collins

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Hot dog crackdown turns $60 into $52,000

Hot dog crackdown turns $60 into $52,000

An encounter with a University of California Berkeley cop may end up being the best thing that ever happened to a man selling hot dogs illegally before a football game.
by Bob Collins

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The best wave in sports? It’s in Iowa

The best wave in sports? It’s in Iowa

The fans of the University of Iowa football team started a wave during their game against Iowa State on Saturday Wyoming last week, and this new tradition should stick. At the end of the first quarter, the fans turned and waved at the building next to the stadium, particularly those assembled on the 12th floor,…
by Bob Collins

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MN high school player paralyzed in football game

MN high school player paralyzed in football game

In southwestern Minnesota, a Hills- Beaver Creek High School football player was paralyzed while playing in a game against Mountain Lake on Friday night.
by Bob Collins

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Irma repaints earthly hues

Irma repaints earthly hues

For our occasional series -- The Beauty of Disasters -- we give you this before-and-after shot from space of the water surrounding Florida.
by Bob Collins

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MN court upholds law against false claims in political campaigns

MN court upholds law against false claims in political campaigns

Michelle MacDonald had claimed she was endorsed by the Republican Party's Judicial Selection Committee in her bid for the Minnesota Supreme Court. She wasn't,even though she was the party's only candidate in the race to ask for it.
by Bob Collins

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I wrote this blog post while standing in water so you’d understand it

I wrote this blog post while standing in water so you’d understand it

The TV coverage of Hurricane Irma has renewed the long debate over whether journalists have a responsibility to lead by example, or whether we need the showbiz aspect of their work to understand the story they're telling.
by Bob Collins

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St. Cloud Somali coffee shop gets a boost from Lutherans

Farhan Abdi, a Muslim who works with Somali youth in St. Cloud, has a coffee shop that needed some help, the St. Cloud Times says. Enter the Lutherans of Sartell.
by Bob Collins

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‘We need to look out for each other’

It is near impossible to ask how something like the murder-suicide in Orono could happen and who Gina Summers was when happiness existed in her and her family's life. Not without being accused of forgiving the murder of a child. We get it. We ask anyway,
by Bob Collins

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