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On the right pronoun for pets

I have shared my love for Mary Norris, aka “The Comma Queen”, a number of times in this space, and today shall pose no disruption to the proper order of the universe. Her latest video, on location at a beach, encompass all things wonderful about The New Yorker, for whom — or, perhaps, which —…
by Bob Collins

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Who are Minnesota’s drunk drivers?

One of every seven Minnesota drivers has a DWI. A new state reports reveals the demographics of Minnesota DWIs and shows big differences in county conviction rates.
by Bob Collins

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall arrives in Faribault

Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall arrives in Faribault

It was a pretty neat scene in Faribault yesterday when a replica of the Vietnam War memorial wall made its way from Owatonna to the city.
by Bob Collins

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Is this any way to build a transportation system?

There's a reason Minnesota is a transportation backwater and the duct-tape approach filling the vacuum of a failed government is a primary one.
by Bob Collins

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‘To protect, serve, and fix a questionable haircut’

‘To protect, serve, and fix a questionable haircut’

The only thing missing from an otherwise perfect day in Minnesota was another story from the official police chief of NewsCut, Kenyon's Lee Sjolander. Until now...
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: Sympathy from a Packers fan

1,000 Words: Sympathy from a Packers fan

Some Packers fans might be gloating a bit much about the season-ending injury to Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater.
by Bob Collins

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When a football player noticed a kid eating lunch alone

When a football player noticed a kid eating lunch alone

The football player is Travis Rudolph, a wide receiver. The kid is Bo Paske, a young man who probably reminds you of the kids you might've mistreated or ignored when you were his age.
by Bob Collins

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In a battle of dictionaries, MN Supreme Court expands tenant’s rights

In 2014, Mary Cocchiarella gave Donald Driggs $2,400 for the first-month’s rent and security deposit for an apartment in Spring Lake Park. But he told her he still had some work to do on the apartment and she wouldn’t be able to move in for another day. Another day — and many days after that — came and went and still she couldn’t move in. Is she covered by a Minnesota law offering protections for 'residential tenants'?
by Bob Collins

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Social media now the main news source for younger audiences

Social media now the main news source for younger audiences

There's not a lot of great news in the fifth annual Oxford University Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism survey. The most favored sources of news for people are the media least likely to provide in-depth information and, in many cases, serious news.
by Bob Collins

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Classmates go to court to see girl adopted

Classmates go to court to see girl adopted

In Milwaukee, the kids at St. Coletta Day School got to go on a field trip on the first day of the school year. They went to court to see a classmate get adopted by her foster mother.
by Bob Collins

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