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Loving the way his mom would, S.C. man charts a course to the major leagues

Loving the way his mom would, S.C. man charts a course to the major leagues

Chris Singleton, the centerfielder for Charleston Southern University batted .276 with four homers this season. Those aren't exactly eye-popping numbers for an outfielder. But Singleton has other things to focus on, too. He has to care for his younger siblings, Camryn and Caleb, because two years ago tomorrow, Dylan Roof executed their mother, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and eight others in a church in an effort to start a race war.
by Bob Collins

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Tiny Minnesota town told it might lose Public TV

A community group formed to bring TV to the rural area says it decided to stop relying only on Orr property tax assessments to function. It has previously also gotten support from neighboring Leiding, Minn., which stopped contributing in 2012.
by Bob Collins

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In attack’s aftermath, is ‘unity’ still an American ideal?

In attack’s aftermath, is ‘unity’ still an American ideal?

Something unusual happened on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives late this morning. Democrats and Republicans stood in a show of unity in the aftermath of what increasingly appears to be a politically motivated attack on members of Congress this morning.
by Bob Collins

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Wisconsin may be last in the nation to recognize Veterans Day

There is only one state in the Union that doesn't recognize Veterans Day as an official state holiday. It's you, Wisconsin. Maybe that'll change.
by Bob Collins

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A political attack?

A political attack?

The shooting occurred one day before the annual Congressional Baseball Game, the event, which started in 1909, that always gives us hope that perhaps warring factions can put political differences aside for a greater good. In the past, these sorts of things might make the country step back and perhaps even draw closer.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota school won’t ban Sherman Alexie book

Minnesota school won’t ban Sherman Alexie book

'I do not believe we send our young minds to be victimized to read such immoral drivel,' Carrol Sarsland wrote in his formal request to ban 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.'
by Bob Collins

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The Minnesota Twins are for real

The Minnesota Twins are for real

A lot of us laughed when an off-season statistics calculation predicted the Minnesota Twins would win nearly 80 games this season, even though the franchise did almost nothing in the off-season to boost their roster, which lost more than 100 games last season. We were wrong.
by Bob Collins

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12-year-old had one wish: A ‘save’ in his last Little League game

Yes, we're fully aware that NewsCut has its share of readers who will say, 'what are these kids learning by intentionally striking out so Braydon Gero, 12, a kid with Down Syndrome can have a happy moment in his last Little League game of the season?' And the answer is easy
by Bob Collins

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Did Bob Dylan steal parts of his Nobel lecture?

Did Bob Dylan steal parts of his Nobel lecture?

Andrea Pitzer, a writer for Slate, says Dylan lifting the work of others is nothing new and checking his work has sparked a cottage industry. Dylan got $923,000 for his lecture as part of his Nobel Prize in literature. Pitzer says he should give some of it to the authors of the work he used.
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In deciding the future of health care coverage, Medica may call the shots

The future of Obamacare is being decided in a back room somewhere in Washington, from what we've been told, but maybe its immediate future is being decided in some cubicles in the Twin Cities.
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