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76 years later, a sailor returns from Pearl Harbor

76 years later, a sailor returns from Pearl Harbor

Glaydon Iverson was never identified -- most of the 400 who were killed on his ship weren't -- until a few months ago, though it was clear he was likely dead, the first Freeborn County casualty of World War II.
by Bob Collins

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Prevented from going to war, Excelsior man honors those who did

Prevented from going to war, Excelsior man honors those who did

Gary Marquardt, of Excelsior, walks through the local cemetery. When he finds a Vietnam vet, he stops and blows Taps. Then he leaves a penny on a headstone.
by Bob Collins

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Telecommuting is dead

At one time, IBM was considered an innovative, model employer, and boasted of the number of its employees who telecommuted. Those days are over.
by Bob Collins

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Stolen Wisconsin fish photo rekindles a Rice Lake debate

Stolen Wisconsin fish photo rekindles a Rice Lake debate

Who on earth would go to the trouble of stealing an old picture of a musky from a men's room, let alone one that was all over the internet anyway?
by Bob Collins

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Court strikes down FAA drone registration program

Court strikes down FAA drone registration program

John Taylor sued over the requirement that he register his drone for a good reason: The rules don't work.
by Bob Collins

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Anti-Trump comment in high school yearbook stirs Brainerd

Anti-Trump comment in high school yearbook stirs Brainerd

When the kids at Brainerd High School voted in a mock election last November, Donald Trump crushed Hillary Clinton. So the reaction this week to a comment in the high school yearbook shouldn't be at all surprising.
by Bob Collins

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Two newspapers that hate each other share some love

Most journalists of a certain age have a story about the hatred between the New York Times and Washington Post. The two newspapers have waged a pitch battle for generations to be the nation's newspaper of record.
by Bob Collins

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Press Club to FCC: ‘Hands off journalists!’

Press Club to FCC: ‘Hands off journalists!’

The National Press Club is filing an objection over what it says is the 'manhandling' of a reporter who tried to ask a question of a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission.
by Bob Collins

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Adam Jones: ‘You see color’

Adams Jones, the Baltimore Orioles star who focused attention on racism among baseball fans, has a message today for people who dismiss his claims. 'Come play centerfield,' he said in an essay.
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