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Man leaves meth in tip jar

Today's sign that the apocalypse is upon us comes from La Crosse, Wis., where the La Crosse Tribune reports a man left meth in a tip jar at a Famous Dave's.
by Bob Collins

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Missed forecast is a teaching moment

Missed forecast is a teaching moment

Some people are spending the day obsessed with a missed weather forecast. Some people -- the St. Paul Saints social media team, for example -- are spending it rounding into midseason form.
by Bob Collins

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Muslim organizations’ ad offers sympathy, support to Jewish community

Muslim organizations’ ad offers sympathy, support to Jewish community

A prominent ad on the back page of the Star Tribune this morning following bomb scares at two Jewish centers in the Twin Cities and anti-Semitic attacks around the nation.
by Bob Collins

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Happy birthday, Bones

Happy birthday, Bones

Bones, Mike Hartzell, picks up the litter, sweeps sidewalks and looks out for people and pets and the neighborhood looks out for him, too.
by Bob Collins

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Riding the waves on Upper Red Lake

Riding the waves on Upper Red Lake

You might be inclined to question the decision of a couple of drivers on Upper Red Lake over the weekend, and we'd guess they'd tell you it was no big deal.
by Bob Collins

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Man grows old for his art

Man grows old for his art

Think of the things you set out to do every day 30 years ago and ask yourself how many of them you actually did. Karl actually did take a photo of himself every day. And he has no plans to stop now.
by Bob Collins

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Catholics OK’d to eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day

Catholics OK’d to eat corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day

However, if you eat corned beef on St. Patrick's Day, you're required to 'undertake a work of charity, an exercise of piety, or an act of comparable penance on some other occasion during the Second Week of Lent,' according to Susan Mulheron, chancellor of canonical affairs for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
by Bob Collins

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In Rochester, local crime brief co-opted by white nationalists

In Rochester, local crime brief co-opted by white nationalists

An unsolved shooting in Rochester, Minn., has turned into viral anti-immigrant propaganda for white nationalist and extremist websites. Here's a look at how a look at how this basic crime brief became fake news.
by Cody Nelson

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An educator dies in Luverne

An educator dies in Luverne

There is an enormous disconnect in this country on the subject of teachers and educators. They are attacked as a group. But individually, they are beloved. Tim Christensen's obituary shows it.
by Bob Collins

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The moment you know it’s time to go

The moment you know it’s time to go

People of a certain age have some reckoning to do soon: They have to figure out when it's time to go. It's important to get it right. Staying too long in a profession and a job threatens a person's legacy. Leaving too soon can be personally heartbreaking.
by Bob Collins

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