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Racists taunt baseball player in Boston

Racists taunt baseball player in Boston

The shame we feel in incidents like this is our brain’s way of telling us what our heart doesn’t want to accept: We own the racism that lives among us.
by Bob Collins

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You get a goat, and you get a goat, and you get a goat

Ann Schieck-Solomon and her husband, Kal, have been donating money to a scholarship in Ann's daughter's name since she died as the result of a car crash in November 2012. This year they wanted to change things up a bit. So they gave away goats.
by Bob Collins

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Goodbye to ‘ToTs’ the hero dog

Goodbye to ‘ToTs’ the hero dog

'I am never going to let this dog go,' Christi Smith, of Brooklyn Park, told the Pioneer Press in 2013. 'I owe him for the rest of his life.' Alas, the rest of TaterTot's life was short. The pit bull, who became famous for saving Smith's son, was euthanized yesterday. Cancer.
by Bob Collins

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End of the line in Cloquet’s toothpick and match factory

The closing highlights why Minnesota manufacturing jobs disappear. Factories often make things people don't want or need anymore.
by Bob Collins

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What’s your problem, 7th District?

What’s your problem, 7th District?

Particularly in a rural part of the state, finding people to volunteer for party leadership at the county or district level can be difficult. But the answer isn't to take whomever is willing to do the job.
by Bob Collins

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For the love of sisters

For the love of sisters

The Americans with Disabilities Act didn't just make it easier for people with disabilities to move around. It literally changed the way we think about the worth of people.
by Bob Collins

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Kids throw out first pitch at baseball game. Catcher is their deployed dad

It happened last Wednesday evening at a Carolina Mudcats game. Air Force Sgt. Lance Daigle returned from deployment in Kuwait. His children, Cameron, 11, and Karley, 13, were to throw out the first pitch, believing they'd won an online raffle.
by Bob Collins

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SpaceX launches a rocket and it’s still cool

SpaceX launches a rocket and it’s still cool

Someday this will be generally ignored, as the space program was once it became routine. Today is not that day, however.
by Bob Collins

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After Texas tornadoes, strangers rescue a family

When a pickup truck flipped over when tornadoes struck Texas on Saturday, there were plenty of reasons for strangers to think of themselves first. But they didn't.
by Bob Collins

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Canadians show true patriot love when microphone malfunctions

Canadians show true patriot love when microphone malfunctions

The online reaction to an otherwise sweet moment is quite the barometer for the divisions in America. A typical response has been "would Americans do this?" Maybe it was just a nice moment and leave it at that, America.
by Bob Collins

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