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Wisconsin has no ‘will’ to crack down on first-time drunk drivers

Wisconsin is the only state that doesn't treat first-time drunk driving as a crime and that apparently is the way it's going to stay, the La Crosse Tribune says today.
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If grades are eliminated, what will grades-obsessed students do?

An idea hatched by some private schools -- including Blake in Minneapolis and Mounds Park Academy in St. Paul -- may be about to revolutionize how your kids get into college, let alone how they approach their work in high school. They want to get rid of grades and course information in high school transcripts.
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Boy drowns at Woodbury lake where city eliminated lifeguards

Boy drowns at Woodbury lake where city eliminated lifeguards

There's a lot of money in Woodbury, one of the most affluent communities in Minnesota. But not enough for a life guard at the city's Carver Lake and now a five year old boy is dead. From the sound of things, it's lucky his rescuer is waking up today, too.
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Minneapolis cop shoots family’s therapy dogs

Minneapolis cop shoots family’s therapy dogs

From available evidence, a Minneapolis police officer wasn't being threatened by a dog when he answered a burglar alarm at a home in north Minneapolis Saturday afternoon. But Ciroc and Rocko, two Staffordshire terrier therapy dogs, got shot anyway.
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Black Lives Matters counters NRA video with one of its own

A couple of weeks ago the National Rifle Association issued an amped-up video that some people say was a call to violence.
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Man opens pack of baseball cards and finds a kidney

Man opens pack of baseball cards and finds a kidney

Steve Winfree has a lot of worries on his mind. He started dialysis in November and he needs a kidney for a transplant. But he's not so consumed with worry that he can't appreciate the excitement of opening a new pack of Topps baseball cards. It's a stress-relief hobby for him and his wife, Heather.
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How much charity is too much? Maine woman just found out

How much charity is too much? Maine woman just found out

No good deed goes unpunished, the quip goes, and make no mistake: Laura Benedict, of Augusta, Maine, does good deeds when she holds fundraisers at her restaurant. But there's a limit on how much goodness the state of Maine can stand.
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Bucking a trend, Missouri rolls back a $10 minimum wage

Times should be good again soon for restaurants in St. Louis. Missouri is cutting the minium wage back to $7.70 again after St. Louis had hiked it to $10 two months ago and it was to go up another $1 in January.
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When an Atheist gives the invocation

Oskaloosa, Iowa, like many government institutions, begins its City Council meetings with an invocation. It's usually given by a member of the clergy but when the Eastern Iowa Atheists group asked to give last night's opening message, the city said "sure", the Oskaloosa Herald says.
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Austin tries new approach to athletes’ substance abuse

A Minnesota school district is putting weight behind the philosophy that substance abuse deserves treatment more than punishment. Up until recently, the long-time policy for athletes in the Austin, Minn., schools was if a player is caught using chemicals, they're benched for nine games or nine weeks, whichever is longer. A second offense carries a one-year suspension from the sport. A third infraction carries an additional year's suspension.
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