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How not to keep your DUI quiet

How not to keep your DUI quiet

Here's a pro tip from upstate New York: If you're arrested for DUI and you want to keep it on the down low, don't buy up all the newspapers in the area carrying your mugshot.
by Bob Collins

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U of M football player says team didn’t consider alleged sexual assault victim

U of M football player says team didn’t consider alleged sexual assault victim

A University of Minnesota football player has provided new insight into what the team was thinking when it called a boycott of football activities to protest the suspension of 10 players who were accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a September party.
by Bob Collins

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A closer look at the Minn. Legislature’s first bills

Student loan relief, Social Security taxes, religion in school, transgender bathroom laws, and CEO pay are among the topics in the first wave of bills filed in the Minnesota House.
by Bob Collins

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When stories don’t feel good

I'm very late getting to this dissection of a StoryCorps segment last month but since I relayed it on NewsCut I should get complaints into the record, although it did not generate controversy on this blog.
by Bob Collins

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Little League changes the game

Little League changes the game

Little League baseball is adopting new rules to speed up the pace of play, which leads us to ask this question: What's the hurry?
by Bob Collins

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A police chase through the snow drifts

A police chase through the snow drifts

It's good news and bad news for law enforcement when it snows. Good: It makes it easier to track a perpetrator. Bad: It makes it hard to chase said perp. A Beltrami County deputy demonstrates.
by Bob Collins

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Dodgeball game leads to criminal charges

Dodgeball game leads to criminal charges

Dodgeball is the sort of sport that can leave the typical scars that high school has a way of leaving. In Wisconsin, it can also lead to a criminal record.
by Bob Collins

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Spelling bee looks for a savior

Spelling bee looks for a savior

What have you got against spelling, Twin Cities? In an op-ed commentary in the Star Tribune today, spelling bee coordinator Kelly Maynard notes that no sponsor has emerged to sponsor school kids in the regional portion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The paper retweet

1,000 Words: The paper retweet

Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders printed out a tweet -- you can get them on your computer now -- and went to the floor of the U.S. Senate where he put it on an easel, so it would show up on television. This, no doubt, all seemed perfectly normal to the U.S. Senate.
by Bob Collins

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In outtakes, mascots show their professional side

Like everyone else in the Twin Cities, we have been entertained by the video of outtakes during a commercial filming for White Bear Mitsubishi. There's nothing better than seeing slapstick from mascots.
by Bob Collins

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