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Court: No 5th Amendment protection against being forced to unlock phone

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled in the case of a man convicted of burglary. A detective obtained a search warrant for the man's cellphone but was unable to unlock it, so a court ordered him to use his fingerprint to unlock it.
by Bob Collins

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Snowmobiles to school

A lot of schools were delayed or closed today because of the weather. The poor weather didn't reach Wadena, Minn., where it was 2 degrees at sunrise. It didn't matter.
by Bob Collins

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Regents want bigger say in size of U of M coaching deals

Regents want bigger say in size of U of M coaching deals

New University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck could make $18 million over five years, the largest contract ever given out to a U of M coach. And some members of the Board of Regents think the board should have something to say about spending that kind of money.
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Airbus joins the flying car club

Airbus joins the flying car club

As we've noted many times in this space over the years, flying cars are a fairly impractical solution to a problem. Most every flying car project that's underway continues to take investors' money and delay the rollout.
by Bob Collins

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A motorized ice circle

A motorized ice circle

What do you do if you live in northern Minnesota, the winter is long, you have a chainsaw and an old outboard motor? You make motorized ice circles, like Mark Verm did in Nashwauk.
by Bob Collins

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D.B. Cooper, Bigfoot, and the people with the time to still care

D.B. Cooper, Bigfoot, and the people with the time to still care

Might a clip-on tie be a clue to the identity of D.B. Cooper? The Cooper name is attached to the mysterious man who hijacked a Northwest Orient flight in 1971 and then parachuted out of the jet, leaving the clip-on tie on his seat -- 18E.
by Bob Collins

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A careful approach to reporting unverified information

Last week's revelation about a private intelligence report allegedly claiming Russia has gathered compromising data about president-elect Donald Trump is challenging news organizations to figure out when they should report unsubstantiated information.
by Bob Collins

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Video: Duluth is a skating rink

If you're planning on walking around Duluth's waterfront, pack your ice skates.
by Bob Collins

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After 112 years, a small-town newspaper folds

A moment of silence, please, for the loss of a little bit of "community" in the communities of Madison Lake, Eagle Lake, St. Clair and Pemberton. The local newspaper has shut down after 112 years.
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Wisconsin doctor was worth two obits

Wisconsin doctor was worth two obits

Several fans of NewsCut's The Art of the Obituary category have called our attention to Friday's passing of Dr. Kay Heggestad of Madison, Wis.,who merited two obituaries in Sunday's Wisconsin State Journal. She wrote one of them. Her family wrote the other, to fill in the extraordinary details she left out.
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