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After medevac copter crash, paramedic is fired

After medevac copter crash, paramedic is fired

The crews of medevac helicopters fly into the worst weather on dark nights because someone needs help. Those aboard longing for a long life, would do well to find another line of work. But those aboard have different values. That's why I referred to them as 'angels in helicopters' when I wrote in December about Miles Weske's recovery from a crash during bad weather in September.
by Bob Collins

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The language of layoffs

ESPN, which threw way too much money at sports leagues for the right to broadcast games, took its mistake out on its employees again today when it chopped some high-profile personalities, more than a year after it gutted 350 behind-the-camera employees.
by Bob Collins

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Passenger had to pee, is kicked off flight

There isn't any room for nuance in the laws surrounding flying, not since 19 men hijacked airliners and flew them into buildings.
by Bob Collins

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City Pages: TV station revealed identity of tipster who later killed himself

Until today, few people likely thought of a sanitation worker as a victim of the Jamar Clark shooting in Minneapolis in November 2015. But today's City Pages article on what happened to one of them -- Alan Ditty -- is a disturbing piece of journalism.
by Bob Collins

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Rochester rallies around a homeless man

At least in the short term, Corey Jacob, the homeless Rochester man whose van was smashed on Good Friday when it was hit by a drunk driver, is going to be OK.
by Bob Collins

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101-year-old wins gold in dash

101-year-old wins gold in dash

Your Wednesday inspiration comes from Man Kaur, a 101-year-old athlete from India, who took home the gold at the World Masters Games in New Zealand this week. She was the only entrant in her age group.
by Bob Collins

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Teen takes grandmother to the prom

Jett Kobs, a senior at Unity High School in Balsam Lake, Wis., knows his grandmother never went to her senior prom. So young Jett took her dancing.
by Bob Collins

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Report: New health care repeal bill protects Congress

ay what you will about Obamacare -- and you will -- but it was a fine declaration in it that put members of Congress and the federal government under its provisions. If we had to live with it, they had to live with it. Vox reports today that a new plan to repeal and replace Obamacare will protect members of Congress, their families, and their staffs from being denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. The rest of America? You're on your own.
by Bob Collins

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The drought before and after

The drought before and after

Justin Sullivan, of Getty Images, recently returned to all of the spots he documented during the California drought. His images show that nature is pretty grand, if occasionally unrelenting.
by Bob Collins

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Pre-muddied jeans are the new art

Pre-muddied jeans are the new art

There's a cheaper way to look like you're doing physical work than buying the $425 jeans at Nordstrom with fake mud. You can actually go out and do some work.
by Bob Collins

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