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Female boxer strikes a blow for sportsmanship

Female boxer strikes a blow for sportsmanship

Amaiya Zafar, 16, a devout Muslim from Oakdale, Minn., was disqualified before she had a chance to fight for the championship at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships in Kissimmee, Fla., the Washington Post reports. She wears a hijab underneath her protective headgear when she boxes and rules are rules. And sportsmanship is sportsmanship as Aliyah Charbonier proved to the rulemakers.
by Bob Collins

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Out today

No blogging today. Out sick. Talk among yourselves.
by Bob Collins

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St. Olaf’s pop-up concert

St. Olaf’s pop-up concert

It's been quite awhile since we've seen a video of one of these surprise concerts that pop up in unexpected places. That streak has ended thanks to the students at St. Olaf who popped up in Edina last Thursday evening.
by Bob Collins

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In a poor city in Wisconsin, voting doesn’t much matter

The Times dropped in on a Milwaukee neighborhood to find out whether people who didn't vote now wish they had. It found that many people are just fine with sitting the election out.
by Bob Collins

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What Democratic senators will put up the most fight against Trump?

If you're looking for a U.S. senator most likely to fight the policy of Donald Trump, Sen. Amy Klobuchar shouldn't be in the picture, an analysis by FiveThirtyEight alleges today.
by Bob Collins

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MN Appeals court: Stolen property search went too far

The court overturned a lower court ruling that the initial search of a camper by a Maplewood police officer was permissible under the so-called "plain-view doctrine."
by Bob Collins

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The time a president was murdered and only one person filmed it

It was 56 years ago tomorrow that an American president was murdered in public. Let's consider how much has changed since then by noting that in 1963 there was exactly one video of the killing of President Kennedy in Dallas. One. And it took 12 years before the American people saw it.
by Bob Collins

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The fine line between covering racism and spreading its voice

The audience that's objecting to providing a forum for racist ideas is afraid it assists in what Richard Spencer told his flock was his main goal: making them mainstream ideas.
by Bob Collins

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Hugo man took biggest hit at Sunday’s Vikings game.

Bernie Beaudry, 62, of Hugo a sound technician for Fox Sports, was a little late getting to his spot on the sideline at US Bank Stadium yesterday and paid the price for his tardiness as the Vikings took the field yesterday.
by Bob Collins

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Bicyclist has compassion for woman who struck him

It wouldn't be a bad thing if the world were a little more like Jacob Carrigan. He's the bicyclist who was struck by a woman who was fleeing in her vehicle after allegedly trying to hang a young child.
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