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1,000 words: the inaugural selfie

1,000 words: the inaugural selfie

Minnesota DFL U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar brings Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain and Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders together for a little photographic unity.
by Bob Collins

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Rifle maker apologizes for Mankato-themed gun

Rifle maker apologizes for Mankato-themed gun

A custom rifle manufacturer has apparently decided to halt the sale of a Mankato-themed rifle after complaints that it used a noose to depict the Dakota Conflict. Mankato was the site of the largest mass execution in history when thirty-eight Dakota men were hanged.
by Bob Collins

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That’s ‘Rev. Dr. Garbage Man’ to you

That’s ‘Rev. Dr. Garbage Man’ to you

Today's must-listen/must-read story comes -- not surprisingly -- from StoryCorps on NPR this morning, which is the story of John Marboe, who picks up trash for a living. That's in addition to being a Lutheran pastor in St. Paul and an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. He got his Ph.D. in 2011.
by Bob Collins

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School newspaper sues school district in wake of alleged racial attack

The students who run the school's newspaper and news website at St. Louis Park High School are making a stand for their right to data they say they need to tell the story of a November incident in which a senior boy allegedly pulled a hijab off another student.
by Bob Collins

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An Inauguration Day Rouser

An Inauguration Day Rouser

I don't do the Monday Morning Rouser anymore, nor its occasional offspring on Friday. Today seems like a good day to make an exception.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota from space

Minnesota from space

The Twin Cities got a shout out from the International Space Station during its pass on Thursday.
by Bob Collins

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White House photographer leaves the job as a star

White House photographer leaves the job as a star

If you know how artists are, perhaps you can understand the sort of thing that drives Pete Souza crazy. Souza, the official White House photographer during the Obama administration (he also was the photographer during the Reagan years), took these two iconic photographs.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The cribs

1,000 Words: The cribs

Angie Arnold's picture tells the story of Wednesday's bomb scare at the Sabes Jewish Community Center in St. Louis Park far more poignantly than any news story about the assault could.
by Bob Collins

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Wisconsin county finds there’s no money in mustard

Wisconsin county finds there’s no money in mustard

Unless there's a miracle, a big part of our condimental heritage could soon disappear. Wisconsin's Mustard Museum is in trouble, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
by Bob Collins

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Government may get out of the arts business

Government may get out of the arts business

The Hill reports that the Trump administration is planning to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for Humanities. It's part of a package to reduce the national debt by $10 trillion over the next 10 years.
by Bob Collins

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