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Dispatches from a pheasant hunt

Sam Cook of the Duluth News Tribune, who has a way of putting his couch-anchored readers out in the woods, asks in his column today, 'Do you want to know how the hunting has been this fall?'
by Bob Collins

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Malheur verdict hailed as ‘victory for rural America’

Malheur verdict hailed as ‘victory for rural America’

Perhaps no jury verdict since O.J. Simpson's has sparked such a discussion on race and the judicial system as yesterday's surprise "not guilty" verdict against the armed protesters -- all white -- who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, protesting what they said was government overeach.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The assault on the pipeline protest

1,000 Words: The assault on the pipeline protest

This picture, from the Morton County, N.D., Sheriff's Department, from the scene of the Dakota Access Pipeline protest should spark another discussion about that equipment the U.S. government gave away to police departments with all the money it had to fight terrorism.
by Bob Collins

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No, NPR, Cleveland fans are not ‘flighty, fairweather fans’

No, NPR, Cleveland fans are not ‘flighty, fairweather fans’

When reporters parachute in to provide sports coverage to an audience which hates sports, you get the kind of story NPR provided today in a blast against the fans of the Cleveland Indians.
by Bob Collins

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Dylan does Sartre in ignoring Nobel Prize

The best way to understand Dylan's silence is to understand Sartre's concept of 'bad faith.'
by Bob Collins

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Intruder documents his break-in into Rochester newsroom

The social media generation has given us a new type of criminal; the type to break into buildings just to take video of breaking into buildings.
by Bob Collins

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All we are asking, is give Gen Xers a chance

All we are asking, is give Gen Xers a chance

Baby Boomers, the same crowd that put ABBA in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, thank you very much, will probably put up some sort of spirited defense against a column by the Washington Post's Dana Milbank. . But there's one problem with trying: Milbank has a point.
by Bob Collins

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Girl’s tennis team that never loses… loses

The last time the people of Edina knew what it was like not to win the girl's state tennis tournament, there was a Clinton in the White House, the Dow was breaking through 6,000, Princess Diana and Prince Charles were still married, and the DVD player had just been introduced.
by Bob Collins

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97-year-old vet is going to a Cubs World Series game

97-year-old vet is going to a Cubs World Series game

Jim Schlegel, the 97-year-old veteran of Pearl Harbor whose daughter wanted him to see one more Chicago Cubs World Series game, is going to see one more Chicago Cubs World Series game.
by Bob Collins

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Feds close airspace over pipeline protest

Feds close airspace over pipeline protest

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been protesting the pipeline, fearing it could destroy the tribe's water. The pipeline was rerouted from north of Bismarck because of environmental concerns there. The tribe says the construction will destroy sacred ground.
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