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The First Lady hits a CVS

Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres went shopping at a CVS and found that you can drink boxed wine for up to six weeks after you open it.
by Bob Collins

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Wade Goodwyn, NPR’s ‘Texas storyteller’

Wade Goodwyn, NPR’s ‘Texas storyteller’

'I didn’t want to be a journalist so much as I wanted to be an NPR reporter.' There's a lot packed into a quote like that, which is why it should come as no surprise it belongs to Wade Goodwyn, the Texas reporter for NPR who has a cult-like following among public radio fans, me included.
by Bob Collins

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Study: Household dust laced with toxic chemicals

A new study, examining two dozen previous reports, finds that 90 percent of the household dust examined contained 10 toxic chemicals.
by Bob Collins

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Video surfaces of 119-year-old shipwreck on Superior

Video surfaces of 119-year-old shipwreck on Superior

The Duluth News Tribune reports the wreckage of the Antelope, a schooner that went down with its load of coal in 1897, has been found and it's 'spectacularly intact.'
by Bob Collins

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Why Dale Street can’t have nice things

Surely Ramsey County and some of the people it serves can come to an agreement over a once trash-strewn lot that neighbors have turned into an urban garden. It's just a garden, after all.
by Bob Collins

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The limits of free speech can be found on your lawn

Despite what you may have heard, there are limits to free speech. In Minneapolis, for example, it's eight square feet. That's the total square feet allowed for any political lawn sign.
by Bob Collins

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When drunks run on the football field

When drunks run on the football field

There were good times in the history of Minnesota sports broadcasting when Kevin Harlan was the voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves. He went on to become a big national star because of his play-by-play prowess. But he's now most famous for what he did last night during a boring football game.
by Bob Collins

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The joke press conference

Improv Everywhere had quite a challenge. Create a phony press conference and then ask silly questions when someone stepped to the microphones. It didn't look any more foolish than the real thing.
by Bob Collins

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Crystal Airport likely to shrink

Crystal Airport likely to shrink

A report says the airport will continue to focus on small private airplanes -- business jets usually go to Flying Cloud or nearby Anoka-Blaine -- and it stresses that it doesn't see downgrading the role of the airport. But it's recommending some runways be eliminated and the property opened to development.
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When offering career advice, maybe Baby Boomers should keep quiet

Somehow, Baby Boomers did OK with their career choices before becoming the helicopter parents who tried to direct every aspect of the lives of their precious flowers, attempting to keep them from stumbling, falling, and learning how to pick themselves up again. Now they're the nation's grandparents and newspaper columnists, offering insufferable expertise to a generation that's had plenty of it.
by Bob Collins

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