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Adios, Ricky!

Adios, Ricky!

If you've worked in the cubicle farms of America long enough, you're probably familiar with the typical memos that come out at firing and layoff time, dripping with passive aggressive, but nothing you can pin the writer down on. That's the way the news release went from the Minnesota Timberwolves late Friday announcing they've traded Ricky Rubio.
by Bob Collins

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The dying of the vacation

he American workplace war on your private time has developed a new weapon, the Boston Globe reports today -- the workation.
by Bob Collins

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Supreme Court dooms effort to end Redskins name, logo

Supreme Court dooms effort to end Redskins name, logo

The U.S. Department of Justice today has given up the latest attempt to try to force the team to drop the name.
by Bob Collins

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Dog wanders on stage during concert, likes what he hears

Dog wanders on stage during concert, likes what he hears

Let's go over proper etiquette at the concert. You don't clap between movements. You do clap when a dog walks on stage and takes up residence with the concertmaster.
by Bob Collins

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It doesn’t pay to be a Good Samaritan

From time to time in this space we take special note of the people who stop to help others. But sometimes, it's better just to keep on walking or driving.
by Bob Collins

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To the people who make NPR

There’s been a really great hashtag campaign on Twitter this week (#WeMakeNPR) as the people who work at NPR tweet about what they do and how it is they came to do it. For many people, radio is a voice, but the reality is the heart and soul of a radio network and radio station…
by Bob Collins

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Cyberbullies stalk Wisconsin horse rescue operator

In Viroqua, Wis., a woman who rescues abused horses is the latest victim of the unstoppable need of social media to shame someone, facts be damned.
by Bob Collins

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Baseball umpire saves a woman trying to jump

Baseball umpire saves a woman trying to jump

John Tumpane, a Major League Baseball umpire, could've kept walking yesterday when he saw a woman climb over a railing on the Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon.
by Bob Collins

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No power, no bathroom, no problem for Stillwater bridge operator

No power, no bathroom, no problem for Stillwater bridge operator

Mike Schmidt, a 36-year veteran of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, represented the Minnesota culture well last evening when he considered then answered MPR host Mike Mulcahy's question about being stuck atop the Stillwater Lift Bridge on Tuesday when its electrical system shorted out.
by Bob Collins

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