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Worst fans? Football

Why has NFL football become less popular? Search us. But maybe the fact football fans are insufferable has something to do with it.
by Bob Collins

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Regrets. We’ve got a few

Regrets. We’ve got a few

'Live your life without regret,' the self-help charlatans advise in their absurd and simplistic way. Better? Give yourself a break for being a kid.
by Bob Collins

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School kids take a stand against dog poop

School kids take a stand against dog poop

In addition to an inability to merge and unwillingness to take the last piece of anything, picking up after their dogs is a stain on the image of Minnesotans. The kids at Emerson Elementary in Minneapolis have had it with you, Minnesotans.
by Bob Collins

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The dying of upward mobility

The dying of upward mobility

The percentage of people making more than their parents dropped to 58 percent by 1992 from 92 percent in 1970. By 2014, it stood at 50.2 percent.
by Bob Collins

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A pediatric surgeon’s plea about gun violence

If you want to understand the true horror of gun violence, talk to a pediatric surgeon like John Densmore, a pediatric surgeon at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Between November 2012 and August 2016 he's treated 12 gunshot victims. Children. The hospital as a whole has treated 200. Children.
by Bob Collins

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Jeopardy contestant dies before episode airs

Jeopardy contestant dies before episode airs

Cindy Stowell, a science content developer from Austin, Texas, died this week, months after she taped her appearance in August, promising to donate any winnings to cancer research.
by Bob Collins

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In Mendota Heights, secrecy kills careers

There's good reason for data privacy laws in Minnesota, though city and school officials around the state have often appeared to use them to hide behind while settling scores, unaccountable to the people. Popular school superintendents, for example, have been fired for no apparent reason. Local boards have given big payouts to employees to go away, city employees are fired and we're none the wiser why. Maybe there were good reasons; maybe there weren't. Secrets must be kept, the law says. The public has a right to know except when it doesn't.
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On Pearl Harbor anniversary, Gingrich’s tweet lives in infamy

On Pearl Harbor anniversary, Gingrich’s tweet lives in infamy

We can only imagine what goes through the mind of politicians like Newt Gingrich, who this afternoon, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor, chose to issue an incredibly tone-deaf tweet, even by today's standards.
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Suicide and the myth of the holidays

Suicide and the myth of the holidays

Contrary to what you may have heard, this is not the time of year when people are more likely to take their own lives. The notion that it is -- allegedly due to the holidays and the darkness of winter -- is a myth, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania reports today. But that fact hasn't stopped it from being repeated.
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In ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ themed promotion, Timberwolves fans get engaged

We've got another escalation in the 'arm's race' of marriage proposals, each needing to be bigger and more spectacular than the last one that went viral. A quiet dinner and a private moment? So yesterday.
by Bob Collins

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