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Distracted drivers are slow learners

Distracted drivers are slow learners

At a red light on Wednesday, Moorhead police officers looked out of a bus and saw not one, not two, not three, but four different drivers taking the opportunity to do a little texting.
by Bob Collins

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The people who keep U of M students from jumping

The people who keep U of M students from jumping

It's hard to imagine a more difficult and stressful job than being a security monitor on the University of Minnesota campus, charged with keeping people from jumping off the Washington Avenue bridge.
by Bob Collins

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Iconic cheese curd booth given the boot at MN State Fair

Iconic cheese curd booth given the boot at MN State Fair

Dick and Donna Mueller started the cheese curd craze with an iconic yellow building on Dan Patch Avenue, but they're ready to retire.
by Bob Collins

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Dylan’s Wisconsin song now has music

Dylan wrote the song in his early 20s while he lived in Wisconsin. He made a mention of Wauwatosa even though there's no record of his ever visiting there. But it rhymes with 'toaster' -- sort of -- and nothing screams 'Wisconsin' like its famous toasters.
by Bob Collins

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Star Wars’ tribute to Carrie Fisher

Star Wars’ tribute to Carrie Fisher

The Star Wars franchise issued its awaited tribute to Carrie Fisher today. Fisher, of course, died in December.
by Bob Collins

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Wisconsin’s license plates are tapped out

Wisconsin’s license plates are tapped out

It's the end of an era on Wisconsin's license plates. There are no more six-character combinations left in America's Dairyland. The state will go to seven.
by Bob Collins

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Earth at night

Earth at night

NASA has released what it's calling the clearest view ever achieved of the earth at night.
by Bob Collins

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Study: Road closings for marathons increase risk of death

Study: Road closings for marathons increase risk of death

Dr. Anupam Jena, of Harvard Medical School, looked at 11 major U.S. marathons -- the Twin Cities Marathon included -- and a decade's worth of heart attacks for Medicare patients. He found that on marathon days, the mortality rate increased by about 15 percent.
by Bob Collins

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TV show sparks debate on the ethics of ‘outing’

TV show sparks debate on the ethics of ‘outing’

It's not often that a TV reality show sparks a national conversation on the ethics of 'outing' another person, but it's not often a TV reality show 'outs' an individual as CBS' Survivor did last night when contestant Jeff Varner -- a former news anchor -- revealed that fellow contestant Zeke Smith is transgender.
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