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The last days of the Tracy Claeys era?

The last days of the Tracy Claeys era?

It's fair to say that Pioneer Press columnist Joe Soucheray is hardly liberal. So when he wrote today about the scandal at the University of Minnesota football program, and the head coach who oversees the student athletes, it's going to be harder for the few still on the 'what's the big deal?' bandwagon to hold on.
by Bob Collins

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In Edmonton, family has a purple Princemas

In Edmonton, family has a purple Princemas

Being a Catholic, Cecilia Latorre, of Edmonton knows it's sacrilegious of her to set up a little nativity scene in her home featuring Prince. 'But it's important to me,' she tells the CBC.
by Bob Collins

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Video: Trucker was so drunk he fell out of the cab

Here's a video to remember the next time you look in your rear-view mirror and see a semi that's pulled up within a few feet of your rear bumper while you're barreling down the highway.
by Bob Collins

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The top-10 NewsCut posts of 2016

The top-10 NewsCut posts of 2016

I was going to just post some videos of penguins here so that you didn't come here for nothing today, but let's do that December thing instead and reveal the top 10 blog posts for NewsCut for 2016.
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There’s more to someone’s life than what gets them in the paper

The Fargo Forum got plenty of pushback earlier this month when it reported the death of a man in a Fargo house fire. Nickolas Pulicicchio, 38, died in a fire November 30. “Puliciccio was sentenced to 60 days in jail in 2014 for stealing $60,000 in coins from a UPS shipping center in Fargo. The…
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Another comments section bites the dust

The Internet's power was supposed to be giving a voice to the voiceless. They had their chance and, a casual walk through the comments section of most websites reveals, they botched it.
by Bob Collins

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To the people who pick up the trash by the side of the road

Can we give it up, please, for Rick Oglesby, of North Mankato, and all the people like him who usually get no public credit for what they do each day? They're the type to pick up your trash along the side of the road.
by Bob Collins

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Plan for parade ‘celebrating’ winless team roils Cleveland

Plan for parade ‘celebrating’ winless team roils Cleveland

The sports fans of Cleveland are mad -- really mad -- that their football team stinks again. So, they're going to throw them a parade.
by Bob Collins

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In Oslo, finding Julestemning

The U.S. ambassador to Norway, a woman who gained fame in Norway for finishing second in Norway's version of American idol, and Norway's most famous TV news anchor, drive around Oslo singing Christmas songs in Norwegian in this video provided by the U.S. embassy in Oslo.
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In U of M football scandal, a defense of millennials

Among the more absurd observations in the wake of last week's 'boycott' by the student-athletes of the University of Minnesota football team, was this in Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse's column on Saturday.
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