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A cure for politics? Minnesota’s Boundary Waters

A cure for politics? Minnesota’s Boundary Waters

No pressure, Boundary Waters, but the New York Times this afternoon is telling the nation you're the cure for the political cesspool gripping the nation right now.
by Bob Collins

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Cybercriminals staging major attack on U.S. websites

What's happening to the nation's big websites today is yet another reminder how vulnerable we are.
by Bob Collins

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End of the line for the skyway to nowhere

End of the line for the skyway to nowhere

St. Paul is about to lose one of its most distinctive and quirky downtown landmarks.
by Bob Collins

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Wisconsin banker says Wells Fargo sales pressure addicted her to hand sanitizer

Wells Fargo has taken actions to rid itself of the stench surrounding a scandal in which it pushed products on unsuspecting customers as part of its employee sales goals. But it has done nothing for the working stiffs who were also victims as scapegoats while the company execs tried to keep the scandal from claiming themselves.
by Bob Collins

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Presidential campaign enters its ‘Weird Al’ phase

Presidential campaign enters its ‘Weird Al’ phase

The latest New York Times' op-doc features Yankovic and The Gregory Brothers teaming up to try to make us feel better, just as the dance band on the Titanic did.
by Bob Collins

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After a black woman is stopped by a white cop, the two consider the ‘what ifs’

After a black woman is stopped by a white cop, the two consider the ‘what ifs’

In September, Arapahoe County (Colorado) sheriff's deputy Tom Finley responded to a call of a black man carrying a rifle in a 7-11 parking lot. It wasn't a man at all. It was a woman. And she was carrying golf clubs.
by Bob Collins

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The ethical implications of reporting with stolen information

What are the ethical implications in reporting on stolen information without reporting where it came from and why it was leaked?
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There is no better sport than baseball

There is no better sport than baseball

Baseball is just a game that naturally lends itself to overwrought metaphors. That’s a feature, not a bug. And it’s singularly the nature of the game. We pull our past with us — our brothers, our grandmothers, our aunts, our sons and daughters — as we hang on for one more season, one more game, one more chance to dream that salvation will come, if not in this life, then surely the next. Or the one after that.
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After teen dies in crash, a football game tries to heal

After teen dies in crash, a football game tries to heal

The Ada-Borup game against Cass Lake was supposed to be just a football game. A young man's death transformed it into something more.
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Joe Biden burns out

Joe Biden burns out

Since presidents and vice presidents are not allowed to drive, will either one of them remember how to do it after eight years away from the wheel? Let's check in with Joe Biden who, thanks to Jay Leno, had a road test the other day.
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