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Fargo boy mows lawns for a gravestone

Brandon Bakke, a sixth grader, is adopted and he never met his father. But he found out his biological father died in Chicago and is buried in an unmarked grave.
by Bob Collins

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NBA not shying from social protests

Last night, in their first exhibition game, the Boston Celtics released and played a video. The players and coaches then locked arms and bowed their heads during the National Anthem.
by Bob Collins

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The bombing of Aleppo’s children

Perhaps if someone in Aleppo dressed as a clown, the horrors taking place there could get a little attention.
by Bob Collins

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For Kenyon kids, a pat on the back is elementary

For Kenyon kids, a pat on the back is elementary

KARE 11's Boyd Huppert, of course, has found another angel walking among us and, as it turns out, he owns a bus company. He's Jon Held, who has the bus contract for the Kenyon-Wanamingo School District.
by Bob Collins

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Fashion house’s drug-themed collection angers Twin Cities drug counselor

Fashion house’s drug-themed collection angers Twin Cities drug counselor

It's hardly a new phenomenon that people will look at a fashion and not go with their instinct. Better to fit in than to say "that's absolutely stupid." It's been that way since the emperor went for a stroll in his invisible suit.
by Bob Collins

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A recipe for a better Minnesota: Be more Willmar

The student body at Willmar Senior High School is 57 percent white, 23 percent Hispanic, 18 percent black and 2 percent Asian, and it wasn't a big deal at all to the kids when Anisa Abdulahi was named the first Somali-American homecoming queen at the school, West Central Tribune's Linda Vanderwerf writes.
by Bob Collins

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Conservative radio host gives up

Charlie Sykes, probably the most well-known conservative radio voice in Wisconsin, announced today that he's done with the business at the end of the year.
by Bob Collins

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Clown terror sweeps nation

We're not exactly Ground Zero when it comes to clowns but Minnesota is, nonetheless, well represented in the sudden, weird fascination with dressing up as a clown and frightening the landscape merely by being a clown.
by Bob Collins

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Report: DMV making voter ID difficult in Wisconsin

A voting rights group, using audio it recorded from several DMV offices in rural areas of Wisconsin, says people in the state are being given incorrect information when they try to get an ID to vote in next month's election.
by Bob Collins

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For a dying woman, living was the best medicine

For a dying woman, living was the best medicine

Norma Bauerschmidt, of Michigan, became an online celebrity thanks to her Facebook page, Driving Miss Norma, which started over a year ago after she was diagnosed with uterine cancer.
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