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Subway riders erase the hate

Subway riders erase the hate

What do you do if you get on a New York subway train and finding swastikas on every ad? In a post on Facebook on Saturday, Gregory Locke, an attorney, said you look uncomfortably at each other, and then get to work.
by Bob Collins

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Failure to turn on car lights nets gun charge

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today reaffirmed one of the most ignored vehicle laws in the state: When it's raining, you have to turn on your headlights and tail lamps.
by Bob Collins

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Embracing refugees, Nebraska shows its heart

Embracing refugees, Nebraska shows its heart

For years, Star Tribune legend Sid Hartman warned his legions against the Twin Cities becoming 'a cold Omaha.' Maybe that's not such a bad thing.
by Bob Collins

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Meteor lights up Midwest sky

Meteor lights up Midwest sky

Judging by the relative silence in the area, Minnesotans didn't see the meteor that streaked across the upper Midwest sky around 1:30 this morning.
by Bob Collins

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Ray Christensen dead at 92

Ray Christensen dead at 92

He was the voice of the Gophers for generations.
by Bob Collins

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Nation divided over Super Bowl ads

Nation divided over Super Bowl ads

Three ads extolling American values have got the patriots stirred up. No, not those Patriots.
by Bob Collins

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Cup stacking emerges as a super sport

Luke Burbank, the public radio guy, found 'sport stacking', and finally there's a sport for your kid that won't break the bank.
by Bob Collins

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To be black in America: One family’s story

Dad is a partner in a law firm. Mom is a pastor. Both have college degrees. They're raising three sons in a "safe" Dallas neighborhood. They're living the dream and doing, as Frances Cudjoe Waters -- the mother -- everything America says they should do. And yet, they suffer from racism in the country that refuses to acknowledge a basic truth: No matter their credentials or accomplishments, they’re still black.
by Bob Collins

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Here’s why the comments section gets closed

We are living in a new age of discourse in the United States. Disruption is in; dialogue is out. This is presenting an increasing challenge to blogs and websites that still allow comments in the belief that individual perspectives add value. Many sites, as has been documented here many times, have simply given up in the recognition that in the age of disruption, it is a lost cause.
by Bob Collins

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At 79, a Minnesota mail carrier calls it quits

Ray Lund, a mailman, is 79 years old -- he'll be 80 this summer -- and still working, or, at last, he was until the end of the week. His supervisors seemed to suggest that when he goes, an approach to working will go with him.
by Bob Collins

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