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Fourth-graders learn robotics and racism

Fourth-graders learn robotics and racism

It happened to the Pleasant Run Panther Bots, who had just won the competition near Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Star reports. Two on the team are African American, three are Latino. After they won, students and parents reportedly told them to 'Go back to Mexico.'
by Bob Collins

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Funeral held for man who isn’t dead

Funeral held for man who isn’t dead

Perhaps the best time to have a funeral is while we're still alive.
by Bob Collins

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Welcome to Llanfairpw…gogogoch

Because it's Friday, that's why.
by Bob Collins

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Clinton keeps its cafe

Clinton keeps its cafe

Exhale, Clinton, Minn., -- population 433 -- your cafe survives.
by Bob Collins

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Why I volunteered for Super Bowl week

Twenty-five years ago today, I showed up at Minnesota Public Radio for my first job interview. I knew nothing, really, about Minnesota other than Hubert Humphrey, Gene McCarthy, Walter Mondale, Garrison Keillor, and a meatpacker strike that killed a classmate who was covering it for ABC News. I wasn’t sure if the fact that I…
by Bob Collins

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The power of the leprechaun

The power of the leprechaun

StoryCorps' Friday morning episode today provides some great advice: If you want results, dress like a leprechaun.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota sends love — and hay — to wildfire victims

Minnesota sends love — and hay — to wildfire victims

These are tough times in the nation's breadbasket. Commodity prices are down, and when a wildfire swept through sections of Kansas a little over a week ago, it devastated entire farm communities and killed livestock. So a Minnesota woman is sending hay.
by Bob Collins

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Saints to attempt Twister record

The obvious question: Who owns the current record for the largest game of Twister? It depends on how you calculate it.
by Bob Collins

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After attack, black family decides to leave Delano

After attack, black family decides to leave Delano

A family of color in Delano is moving out after being targeted with racial epithets on their home.
by Bob Collins

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