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They don’t call it Superior for nothing

They don’t call it Superior for nothing

Few places on earth seem to do autumn as well as northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. In a perfect world, it would last longer. Alas, it is not a perfect world.
by Bob Collins

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When family was about to lose its home, high school friends stepped in

Karl Randa has cancer and, from the sound of things, the prognosis isn't great. It didn't help when someone broke into his family's home and stole many possessions. It didn't help when the family was faced with losing their home. It helped when his friends stepped in.
by Bob Collins

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Clown mask takes out a soccer coach

Clown mask takes out a soccer coach

Ben Hildre says he wouldn't have done it if the gorilla costume he normally wears for some annual team tradition hadn't been damaged.
by Bob Collins

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Kluwe: Trump doesn’t belong in a locker room

You probably figured as soon as Donald Trump blamed his sexual exploit talk on 'locker room talk' that former Minnesota Viking Chris Kluwe would weigh in on life in the Vikings locker room to set him straight.
by Bob Collins

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God, the Chicago Cubs, and the Church of Baseball

God, the Chicago Cubs, and the Church of Baseball

As a fan of a team that will likely never win a World Series in my lifetime (a distinction, we suspect, you Chicago Cubs fans are about to lose), you'll find no bigger supporter than me of the notion that baseball is the perfect game. Sure, we joke from time to time that it's like a religion, but we don't really mean it.
by Bob Collins

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School choir sings last song for their teacher

The kids in Alvin Junior High School in Texas learned the lesson we all have to learn sooner or later and made the best of it.
by Bob Collins

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s own words

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s own words

We're rather eating up the opportunity to hear behind-the-scenes stories afforded by the new book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The book is published by a division of CBS, so CBS News has gotten two days of exclusive interviews out of the deal.
by Bob Collins

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The time a president put an opponent in prison

It was 1918 when activist and socialist Eugene Debs made a speech in Canton, Ohio urging resistance to the World War I military draft. So President Woodrow Wilson -- Debs ran against him in 1912 -- ordered him arrested and charged with violating the Sedition Act. He went to prison.
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Parkers foot bill as St. Paul makes money hand over fist

The PiPress says the meters are more expensive than those in Minneapolis, even though the downtown is generally devoid of retail. The rate per hour next year will go up again -- to $2.25 under Mayor Chris Coleman's plan to 'maximize' revenue. At what cost to the city?
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