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Smack Fest altercation loses a bar’s license

Today's indication that there is no hope for civilization comes from the Pioneer Press which reports there is something called Smack Fest at a St. Paul joint. It's women slapping each other in the face.
by Bob Collins

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Ready to comment? Did you read the post?

Ready to comment? Did you read the post?

Perhaps the Norwegian broadcaster NRK has an answer to the declining quality of comments on the Internet.
by Bob Collins

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On Steve Inskeep’s interview with Sebastian Gorka

Steve Inskeep tried mightily again to get an answer to the question, 'Does Donald Trump believe Islam is a religion?' when Sebastian Gorka, the deputy assistant to the president appeared on NPR's Morning Edition for the second time in a month and got the question again.
by Bob Collins

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The ice fishers

It's been difficult to find the daily dose of sweetness lately. Maybe we're not as sweet as we used to be. Or maybe the Internet is infatuated with other things. We found one in Canada today. A dad takes his kids ice-fishing.
by Bob Collins

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How about giving up your smartphone for Lent?

In Hartford, Conn., the archdiocese is urging people to abstain from their phones on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, the Hartford Courant reports.
by Bob Collins

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No warrant needed to draw blood from unconscious driver, Wis. court rules

For all of the fascinating opinions from the Minnesota Supreme Court in recent years on the question of whether warrants are needed to test drivers for DUI, the Wisconsin Supreme Court one-upped them all with a ruling today on whether a warrant is needed to draw blood from someone who is unconscious.
by Bob Collins

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Childbirth claims an Ebola-fighting hero

Childbirth claims an Ebola-fighting hero

Salome Karwah, who represented the Time Person of the Year two years ago after fighting the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, seemed invincible.
by Bob Collins

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In Kanabec County, ‘we have cows’

An odd thing happened while a Kanabec County sheriff's deputy was looking for a cow in the road on Highway 23 on Monday night. He hit it. It turns out the cow was in the road on Highway 23, the Pioneer Press reports.
by Bob Collins

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As predicted, Vikings stadium is killing field for birds

As predicted, Vikings stadium is killing field for birds

It's not as if someone didn't tell you that the new Vikings stadium would be a bird killer. Let's be honest: People didn't care if it would.
by Bob Collins

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