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Calling the Cosmos

Calling the Cosmos

For the most part, earthlings have been listening for signs of life from another system rather than sending out signals to let someone else 'out there' know we're here. That, apparently is about to change because SETI Institute scientist Douglas Vakoch, is planning an ongoing series of messages to begin in 2018. Not everyone is convinced that's a good idea.
by Bob Collins

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Workers comp and the case of the slippery U sidewalk

You punch out of work early because the weather isn't good, and you break your hip when you fall on an icy sidewalk at a garage your employer owns four blocks from where you were working. Are you entitled to workers compensation benefits?
by Bob Collins

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Voting? You have to really want it, Republicans say

Voting? You have to really want it, Republicans say

Not that we needed more evidence of the polarized politics of America, but Pew Research reveals today that Democrats and Republicans can't even agree on whether it should be easy to vote.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The stuck-up bridge

If there has to be a stuck-up bridge, isn't Stillwater the perfect place for it?
by Bob Collins

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Should kids be taught how to be polite to police?

Four New Jersey Democrats are pushing a bill in that state that would require schools to teach kids how to interact with the police.
by Bob Collins

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Nation’s fattest cats and dogs? It’s not Wisconsin, it’s … us

Nation’s fattest cats and dogs? It’s not Wisconsin, it’s … us

When I saw there were state rankings of pet obesity, I was ready to go all Indignant Minnesotan. Surely, we had the fittest pets, or at least fitter than Wisconsin. But facts are stubborn things.
by Paul Tosto

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Army vet dying of cancer wanted to see his three daughters married

Army vet dying of cancer wanted to see his three daughters married

Chris Weeks, of Wylie, Texas, wanted to live long enough to see his three daughters married, but colon cancer had other ideas for the 12-year Army veteran.
by Bob Collins

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Can women be ‘the best’ in sports as long as there are men?

John McEnroe said today he's not going to apologize for his comments on NPR last weekend in which he refused to call Serena Williams the best tennis player in the world. Under McEnroe reasoning, women athletes can never be considered 'the best' because they can't beat men at the game.
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