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For a few minutes this afternoon, I had posted a story about a family experiencing a health crisis and fundraising efforts to help solve a financial burden. I have removed it, however, to pursue additional information that will lead to a more detailed story. In the meantime, here’s the latest on the political side of…
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‘What is masculinity?’ too hot a question for Wisconsin lawmaker

‘What is masculinity?’ too hot a question for Wisconsin lawmaker

What is masculinity? Those are fighting words in Madison, where a lawmaker alleges a six-week campus program asking the question amounts to a 'war on men.'
by Bob Collins

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Probation officer retrieves vet’s stolen medals

When Frederick C. Sylvia, Jr, of Achusnet, Mass., died five years ago next month, an honor guard played taps and presented an American flag to his family, a fitting tribute to a man who fought with Gen. Patton in World War II. But his son couldn't stop thinking about the medals -- especially the Victory Medal -- that he'd promised his dad he'd be buried with. He didn't have the heart to tell him in his dad's last days that they'd been stolen.
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Keeping resolution, man spends every day packing food for the hungry

Keeping resolution, man spends every day packing food for the hungry

If you want to feel like a slacker then proceed through the link to Boyd Huppert's story on Danny Pham, who not only believes in making new year resolutions, but keeping them.
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Why do scandals keep happening at the U of M?

Why do scandals keep happening at the U of M?

The firing of University of Minnesota football coach Tracy Claeys reinforces a good piece of advice: Be careful what you tweet. And don't thumb your noses at the people who sign your paycheck. Claeys was a success on the field and really bad at social media off it.
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From snow in New Brighton, drinking water will flow to Malawi

From snow in New Brighton, drinking water will flow to Malawi

It hasn't been much of a winter, which makes this year's Bartz Brothers spectacular in New Brighton all the more... spectacular.
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The end of the gas-powered car isn’t far off

Lost in all the back-patting and credit-grabbing in today's announcement that Ford will not ship some car production to Mexico is this nugget: Gasoline-powered cars are not far from being eclipsed by electric ones.
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For sale: Hell

For sale: Hell

Hell, Mich., is for sale and apparently nobody wants it.
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And now this message from nature

And now this message from nature

In his sobering message for the new year, the great nature photographer Jim Brandenburg says he hasn't heard a wolf howl or been able to take a photograph of a wolf since hunting was allowed in 2013 (a federal court stopped the practice in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota).
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Why automakers make cars in Mexico

Donald Trump was at it again with a sunrise tweet aimed at General Motors.
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