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July 18, 2017 5:30 AM

Students with unpaid lunch bills will still eat in Bemidji

Students in Bemidji, Minn., owe the school system about $15,000 for school breakfasts and lunches, but unlike many other school districts around the nation, it won't be using the scarlet letter approach to try to get them to pay up.

by Bob Collins

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July 18, 2017 4:10 AM

After cop is slain, a rivalry is set aside

When NYPD officer Miosotis Familia was assassinated on July 5, her friends in the department were ready to cancel the outing to Boston's Fenway Park that she and the others in the 46th Precinct had planned to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox. After all, her funeral was just last week.

by Bob Collins

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July 18, 2017 2:54 AM

After seeing his son graduate, Champlin man with ALS dies

Ken Brown, of Champlin, was running out of time for a dying wish last spring when the University of Minnesota provided a special commencement ceremony so he could see his son, Collin, get his diploma.

by Bob Collins

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July 18, 2017 1:43 AM

When the world needs a good dog

This is Storm. Storm is a good dog, or, as his owner, Mark Freeley, says, 'the world's best dog.' No pressure, Storm.

by Bob Collins

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July 17, 2017 10:59 AM

NRA to media: ‘You do more harm to the country with a keyboard than NRA members with guns’

The NRA's Grant Stinchfield, a conservative talk show host, said the Washington Post does 'more damage to our country with a keyboard than every NRA member combined has ever done with a firearm.'

by Bob Collins

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July 17, 2017 7:20 AM

A wellness check by police ends with a son dead

The latest victim is Austin Reeves, 26, of Hingham, Mass., who told his parents he just needed to be left alone in his room, where he was fretting over a breakup a week ago Saturday. His dog was with him. So was his gun.

by Bob Collins

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July 17, 2017 5:39 AM

For the love of baseball

The Trinidad Triggers play in the Pecos League, where players get about $50 a week to chase a dream that will elude almost of them. Oh, it's not all baseball romance by a lot shot.

by Bob Collins

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July 17, 2017 4:12 AM

NPR and employees reach new deal, ending possibility of a strike

Last week, many of NPR's most well-known names pulled the curtain on life at the public radio institution, revealing poor morale among newspeople. With the new deal, however, silence about what's in it is the order of the day.

by Bob Collins

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July 17, 2017 3:25 AM

Cancer claims man who saved an abandoned church

In 2012, Greg Thomas, of Montgomery, Minn., got plenty of national attention because he started fixing up a decayed country church while undergoing treatment for cancer.

by Bob Collins