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Children’s Hospital – Blue Cross dispute spills into public view

Children’s Hospital – Blue Cross dispute spills into public view

Theoretically, the supporters of taking health care away from 22 million Americans -- as the Congressional Budget Office predicts the U.S. Senate health insurance bill will -- shouldn't be too bothered by today's full-page ads in the Star Tribune that warn a dispute between an insurer and Children's Hospital threatens health care for kids.
by Bob Collins

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Super Bowl-prostitution link questioned

Every time there is a major event in the Twin Cities -- the Republican National Convention, for example -- we are told that it will also be accompanied by a large increase in prostitution. It's that way in other cities, too, particularly when the Super Bowl comes to town, as it will in Minneapolis next winter.
by Bob Collins

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Opponents of $15 minimum wage get new ammunition with Seattle study

Researchers at the University of Washington studied Seattle's phased-in increases -- first from $9.47 to $11 per hour in 2015 and to $13 per hour in 2016 -- and found the second wage increased reduced work hours in low-wage jobs by 9 percent while wages increased only 3 percent. They concluded that the reduction in hours cost the average employee $179 per month, while the wage increase added only $54.
by Bob Collins

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Separation of church-state finds few SCOTUS fans in playground case

Only Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor sided with a state law -- similarly to one in 39 states -- that explicitly bars state funds from going directly or indirectly to any religious sect or denomination.
by Bob Collins

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No glove? No problem. Fan has a purse

No glove? No problem. Fan has a purse

Anybody who knows baseball will tell you fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are the most savvy and knowledgeable of all baseball fans. Today's proof? This fan didn't need a glove to catch a foul ball.
by Bob Collins

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Marlon James on the people who call the cops

Marlon James on the people who call the cops

Appearing on Weekend Edition Sunday, James said white people "need to police their own imaginations."
by Bob Collins

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A storybook finish for an original St. Paul Saint

A storybook finish for an original St. Paul Saint

Even if the pitcher grooved the pitch for a 45-year-old man, Kevin Millar's curtain call for the St. Paul Saints on Saturday was baseball perfect.
by Bob Collins

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For an old runner, a time to stop

For an old runner, a time to stop

There is a moment when we all must pass the torch and it is no different for a man who created the Western States 100, the world's oldest trail run.
by Bob Collins

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