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Clueless jerks trash campsite in Boundary Waters

Clueless jerks trash campsite in Boundary Waters

A trashed campsite captured on video is a perfect example of how to be terrible stewards of the environment.
by Cody Nelson

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Cheese curd pioneers give up fight, won’t return to State Fair

Dick and Donna Mueller, who started the cheese curd craze at the fair decades ago, had hoped to retire and hand the booth over to younger members of the family. The State Fair board said no. After two months of wrangling, the family said Tuesday they're calling it quits.
by Paul Tosto

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Writer Marlon James rips Minnesota racism after Yanez verdict

Writer Marlon James rips Minnesota racism after Yanez verdict

The day after a mostly white jury for killing Philando Castile during a traffic stop last July, award-winning writer Marlon James gave us some words.
by Cody Nelson

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A ban on smartphone sales to kids?

A Colorado man is trying to do what anti-smoking activists did years ago; he's trying to get restrictions on cellphone sales to kids.
by Bob Collins

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Teens jump guitar-playing ‘bear’ in racial attack

Teens jump guitar-playing ‘bear’ in racial attack

What does it say about America that a guy can't dress up like a bear and play some music without getting jumped? It happened again to Keytar Bear, who is an iconic busker in Boston.
by Bob Collins

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Big-dog photographer attacked by real-sized bovine

Chrisopher Cline, of Buffalo, Minn., reports he was helping with a newborn calf on the farm when he was attacked by the calf's mother.
by Bob Collins

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No, Lyndale Ave. wasn’t a space shuttle emergency landing strip

No, Lyndale Ave. wasn’t a space shuttle emergency landing strip

That assertion that Hennepin County roads were built so wide to accommodate the space shuttle in the event of emergencies? It's satire, people. Really good satire.
by Bob Collins

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NRA still silent on Castile shooting, verdict

NRA still silent on Castile shooting, verdict

When Philando Castile was shot to death last July, many people expected the National Rifle Association to leap to the defense of Castile, who had a permit to carry the gun he was carrying. It's what the NRA does, of course. But not this time. Why not?
by Bob Collins

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No pulse? No problem for Duluth marathoner

Tim Cernohous collapsed near the end of the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth on Saturday morning. When rescuers rushed to him, he had no pulse. But he still had a goal to finish the race.
by Bob Collins

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Pols see opportunity in congressional shooting

Pols see opportunity in congressional shooting

In the event you thought politicians are able to view the world through anything but the lens of political strategy, we give you Brad Carver, chairman of a political party in a Georgia congressional district, near where a special election will be held this week to replace Tom Price.
by Bob Collins

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