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Brawl marks end of Bemidji, Brainerd hockey game

Brawl marks end of Bemidji, Brainerd hockey game

Where on earth would high school kids playing hockey learn that brawling on the ice is acceptable behavior for youth sports?
by Bob Collins

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Miracle men: It was 37 years ago, today

Miracle men: It was 37 years ago, today

The country had been reeling since Vietnam, inflation was killing paychecks, and nuclear war with the Soviet Union seemed inevitable.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota may consider free tax filing

Finding things that Democrats and Republicans can agree on might seem like an impossible task, but here's one possibility: We shouldn't have to pay money to file our taxes.
by Bob Collins

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WNBA player pens ‘Dear Candice’ letter

Imani Boyette, a center for the Chicago Sky of the WNBA, was a Candice Wiggins fan when she was growing up, but she is not at all happy with Wiggins' assertion that she was bullied in her time in the league because she's straight.
by Bob Collins

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Married almost 66 years, Worthington couple dies hours apart

Tucked in the obituaries in today's Worthington Daily Globe is the story of John and Beverly Troth, who were both 95 years old when they died eight hours apart on Monday.
by Bob Collins

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NASCAR hits the skid as sport abandons ‘rednecks’

NASCAR hits the skid as sport abandons ‘rednecks’

The first big race of the season is set for Sunday -- the Daytona 500 -- and there's a stench of a sport's death mixing with that of burning rubber.
by Bob Collins

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A free press defends itself

The most frightening part of the White House's assertion that the free press is the enemy of the American people is that the free press has had to work so hard in subsequent days to point out why it's not.
by Bob Collins

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Warm weather threatens classic ‘Birkie’ race

Warm weather threatens classic ‘Birkie’ race

If ever there was an indicator that the Upper Midwest has lost its weather mojo, it's this: the American Birkebeiner -- the iconic northern Wisconsin cross country ski race -- is likely to be a foot race this year.
by Bob Collins

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‘High fives’ from police too hot for a community

‘High fives’ from police too hot for a community

The police in Northampton, Mass., found out the hard way that even the best of intentions can be a problem.
by Bob Collins

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Inside the great meat-pie-eating scandal of 2017

Inside the great meat-pie-eating scandal of 2017

This is Wayne Shaw, who was caught eating a meat pie on the sideline during the match between Sutton United and Arsenal on Monday night. Scandalous, indeed!
by Bob Collins

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