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After fire displaces residents, thief steals Christmas

Sometime between Sunday and Tuesday morning, someone broke in and stole the Christmas presents under the tree of one of the families in the building, the Duluth News Tribune says.
by Bob Collins

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Obituary: ‘Love your addict’

The family of Shane Paul Lohan, of Hanover, Mass., wasn't reluctant to describe their son in the obituary his mother had to write for him last week. He was a drug user; heroin, as near as we can tell. It killed him at he age of 24.
by Bob Collins

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The ghost ships of Superior

Real Minnesotans? They're the ones who'll stand along the canal in Duluth when an ice-laden ship like the Great Lakes Trader comes in from the netherworld of lake Superior as it did today.
by Bob Collins

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The age of vinyl dies in Superior

The age of vinyl dies in Superior

It's entirely possible the alleged resurgence of vinyl has been overstated.
by Bob Collins

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He came to Minnesota to be a farmer. He stayed to be a cop

What makes some out-of-towners adopt Minnesota? Let's ask Ralph Bradley, who was an undercover narcotics officer in the Oakland, Calif., area when he first set foot on Minnesota sod. He was here picking up a prisoner.
by Bob Collins

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Kentucky town reveals the lack of logic in health insurance debate

You'll have to work hard to find any significant logic in the interviews Vox's Sarah Kliff did with residents in Kentucky, who apparently voted for Donald Trump because they didn't think he and the Republicans would really take away their health insurance coverage. He was, you may recall, the candidate promising to repeal Obamacare.
by Bob Collins

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Baseball bans rookie hazing

Baseball bans rookie hazing

Baseball's new collective bargaining agreement will ban the 'tradition' in which young players are required on a late-season road trip to travel while wearing outrageous costumes.
by Bob Collins

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Feel-good story of a church restoration ends with bad feelings

It was such a sweet story when KARE 11's Boyd Huppert, who has a habit of finding them, told the tale of Greg Thomas, who restored a declining church in Montgomery, Minn. He was fighting cancer and, the story goes, he wanted to fix up St. John's church when he stopped to pray.
by Bob Collins

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Young boy dies in the arms of Santa

Young boy dies in the arms of Santa

Eric Schmitt-Matzen, of Tennessee, is a professionally trained Santa Claus, but nothing can prepare any Santa Claus for what the Knoxville News Sentinel says Schmitt-Matzen faced this season.
by Bob Collins

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