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March 10, 2017 9:39 AM

Mystery: How did MN hockey tournament pins end up on shorts in Tokyo?

How does a pair of cut-off jeans festooned with pins from the Minnesota state hockey tournament end up on a rack in Japan?

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2017 8:19 AM

Here’s 48 minutes of ice stacking on Lake Superior

Take one big lake, add some warm temperatures, and finish it off with wind and, voila! You've got a show.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2017 6:52 AM

Couple doesn’t let pub closing stop first-date tradition

Kris and Mike Gutierrez, of Menomonee Falls, Wis., had their first date in 1994 at John Hawks Pub in Milwaukee. And because love is grand, they go there every March 25th to celebrate what a first date can beget.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2017 5:52 AM

How does insurance work? Ask a woman

The best thing about asking a question -- especially a stupid question -- is that there are plenty of people who'll gladly answer it, and make you look even more foolish in the process.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2017 4:13 AM

Kids interrupt father’s BBC interview

Robert Kelly, a professor of political science at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea, and an expert on South Korea, had a lot of interesting things to say during his BBC interview on the subject today. And nobody remembers a single thing he said.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2017 2:54 AM

Wisconsin sweeps cheese championship

What do you say when you win the cheese championship? You thank the cows.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2017 1:33 AM

69 years of MN hockey tournament for Texas man

Life is good -- so far -- at the venerable Minnesota high school hockey tournament. The private schools are getting knocked off -- should've spent less time working on the hair, perhaps -- and the Moorhead Spuds -- the greatest team name in all of sports -- are moving on.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2017 12:27 AM

On the power of words

Today's moment of sweetness comes from PBS NewsHour, whose "Brief but Spectacular" segments encapsule everything good about public TV. Last evening's segment featured writer Kelly Corrigan whose father got cancer around the time Corrigan was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.

by Bob Collins