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Entire WNBA team kneels for National Anthem

Entire WNBA team kneels for National Anthem

The protest during the playing of the National Anthem at sports events is growing still. Last evening, an entire WNBA team knelt during the song's playing.
by Bob Collins

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Kids and candy ruin parade for proper parents

Kids and candy ruin parade for proper parents

What's the matter with these kids in Grand Forks today? You take them to a parade and someone on a float throws candy and they run to get it. Where are the parents?
by Bob Collins

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Video: Air racer nearly killed in runway accident

The next time you get into a little fender-bender or are cut off in traffic and given to a bout of road rage, think about Thom Richard, a pilot who was stopped on a runway at the National Championship Air Races in Reno last weekend.
by Bob Collins

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Hunter, stuck in swamp, rescued by drone and helicopter

Hunter, stuck in swamp, rescued by drone and helicopter

A good dog is a pretty important hunting companion during the current birding season, but so is a good drone.
by Bob Collins

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Just take the last piece, Minnesota

Just take the last piece, Minnesota

Call it the “always leave the last bite” syndrome. You’re a Minnesotan and you’d rather admit the accents in “Fargo” are highly accurate than take the last bit of a communal food offering.
by Tracy Mumford

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Study: ‘Why’ gets blame for poor campaign coverage

Study: ‘Why’ gets blame for poor campaign coverage

A study from Harvard's Kennedy School says the inclusion decades ago of "why" to the traditional list of questions every news story should answer -- who, what, why, when, where, how -- has shifted the focus of news coverage from the newsmaker to the reporter.
by Bob Collins

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Teacher’s 1st Amendment lesson quashed

A history teacher in North Carolina is bound to get into some hot water for teaching kids about history, specifically the First Amendment of the Constitution which gives the right to burn, cut, or step on the American flag. So that's what Lee Francis did at his high school on Monday.
by Bob Collins

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Rather than shame poor kids, cafeteria worker quits

Sometimes you just have to stand for something. Stacy Yannazzo Koltiska, a school cafeteria worker in Pennsylvania's Canon-McMillan School District, stands for something: feeding kids without shaming the poor.
by Bob Collins

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Faribault pushes to end scourge of air conditioners

Faribault pushes to end scourge of air conditioners

The Faribault Daily News reports the City Council yesterday took aim again at AC units installed in apartments in the city's downtown. In 2014, it declined to ban them. This time, the heat is on. The city staff is giving the Council the option of banning air conditioners.
by Bob Collins

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