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The class-based spectacle of Black Friday

We were only a few hours into Black Friday today when the first of the 'brawling shoppers' videos hit Twitter. It's become an annual tradition, too: Fighting over the goods. We should stop watching them, writer Luke O'Neil writes.
by Bob Collins

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The Vikings aren’t who we thought they were

The Vikings aren’t who we thought they were

Minnesota Vikings fans awoke today with a fresh reminder that nobody wins the Super Bowl in week five.
by Bob Collins

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Fan behind Obama-noose costume says no ‘racial intent’

Either Lee Johnson is lying about his decision to wear an Obama costume with a noose around its neck or he's clueless about the history of racism in America.
by Bob Collins

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With turkey’s pardon, the end of tradition

With turkey’s pardon, the end of tradition

Eventually, every tradition has to die and when President Obama pardoned a turkey at Thanksgiving today, one did.
by Bob Collins

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A mathematician analyzes the election

Vi Hart, like most other homo sapiens, has a theory about the election, which she features in her latest video. We are divided in the United States, of course, but it's mostly by age, the Internet math star calculates.
by Bob Collins

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Man sells firewood to pay dead wife’s medical bills

Man sells firewood to pay dead wife’s medical bills

He sells firewood by the side of the road -- $5 a bundle. He's been doing it since last year and when he first started, his wife, Helen, was alongside him. This is how he pays his wife's medical bills, his daughter says.
by Bob Collins

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Coin toss still doesn’t settle Thief River Falls election contest

It's like old times in Thief River Falls where a dispute over a mark on a ballot recalls the statewide recount in the Minnesota Senate race years ago.
by Bob Collins

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Holiday ads: DNA tests, blue-collar workers, and kids building time machines

Next to the Super Bowl, this is the time of the year when some pretty fair advertising brains churn out some videos worth watching for the holidays. So far this year, we've found five that fit the bill.
by Bob Collins

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Huge Russian jet pays a visit to Duluth

Huge Russian jet pays a visit to Duluth

The Russian/Ukranian freighter landed during a snowstorm in Duluth yesterday afternoon for refueling after being diverted from its original Winnipeg destination. It had departed earlier in the day from San Bernadino. It left Duluth before sunrise this morning.
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