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Little evidence of airline price gouging as Irma approaches

Little evidence of airline price gouging as Irma approaches

We're suspicious of the growing online claims that the nation's airlines are gouging people trying to escape Hurricane Irma. So far, the only evidence of it happening are occasional tweets claiming the airlines are charging thousands of dollars for seats out of the region.
by Bob Collins

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The last flight out

The last flight out

If you want to get a sense of the kind of expertise behind the scenes at an airline, take a look at Delta Airlines, which today did what some other airlines didn't want to do: fly into, then out of, San Juan, Puerto Rico, which is about to get hammered by Hurricane Irma.
by Bob Collins

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MN Supreme Court: Car doesn’t have to move to be stolen

Can you steal a car if it never moves? Yes, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today, reversing two lower courts which had said Somsalao Thonesavanh, of Nobles County, couldn't be convicted of car theft because he didn't take the car anywhere.
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The Athletic comes to town and raids the sports section

The Athletic, a $30-a-year service that has operated in six cities in the United States -- New York, Cleveland, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and Philadelphia -- has now added a seventh: the Twin Cities. It's also adding other NHL cities, scooping up the top hockey writers in several hockey-crazed cities, following a pattern in which it has been gobbling up local papers' best analysts.
by Bob Collins

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When hurricanes and politics collide

When hurricanes and politics collide

In times of national tragedy, it must be difficult for the politics-obsessed among us to resist a 'serves 'em right' smugness. Garrison Keillor couldn't.
by Bob Collins

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Flying into the eye of Irma

Flying into the eye of Irma

There may be no other job on the planet that seems as risky as the one Nick Underwood does. He's a hurricane hunter and today he was on the crew that flew a plane -- intentionally -- into Hurricane Irma, providing this video this afternoon on Facebook.
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Rehashing Vietnam

Rehashing Vietnam

Ken Burns' 'The War' series provided a sentimental, if painful, look at World War II. There's no way his latest epic can. It's still too raw. America is still coming to grips with the discovery that our leaders are often con men. And sometimes, 50,000 young people die because of it.
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A Minnesota ‘swingers’ club enshrined in history

It's a pretty safe bet that the members of the Silver Chain Social Club never imagined the details of their lives would be enshrined forever in history by the Minnesota Historical Society. The Silver Chain Social Club was an early-'70s swingers' club in Minnesota.
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