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The last men share some cognac on the Iron Range

It's unlikely that Joe Marcella and Leonard Pylka, Iron Rangers by pedigree, wanted to be the last two of their group of 92 veterans, a distinction that allowed them to taste the cognac on Saturday that they bought upon their return from World War II.
by Bob Collins

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When soccer unites us

Sure, old-timers might look upon the rise of soccer as a threat to tradition, but baseball hasn't been the National Pastime in a generation. And there are things that soccer can do for a community that softball and baseball can’t.
by Bob Collins

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This week’s best

This week’s best

... or at least the most popular posts on NewsCut this week.
by Bob Collins

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Could photo of a boy in Aleppo prolong the war?

Could photo of a boy in Aleppo prolong the war?

A woman who knows something about the worldwide impact of the picture of a child in war is worried that this picture is going to prolong the agony.
by Bob Collins

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‘Piano Kid’ meets ‘Piano Man’

Bradley Bartlett-Roche is pretty well known around Boston. He plays for tips around Faneuil Hall as the 'Piano Kid,' partly because the 'Piano Man' was already taken by another artist, and partly because he's a kid. He's 13.
by Bob Collins

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Duluth’s Tall Ships from the air

Duluth’s Tall Ships from the air

Eight giant ships of yore, their sails unfurled, are expected to glide underneath the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge Thursday afternoon during the "Parade of Sail" to kick off Tall Ships Duluth 2016.
by Bob Collins

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Internet delivers a lifetime of comfort to an autistic girl

Internet delivers a lifetime of comfort to an autistic girl

A Utah woman posted on Facebook that her autistic daughter is fixated on a shirt and design that brings the 10-year-old comfort. As the daughter grows and as the shirt wears out, she buys a new version of the same shirt. Then the company that made the shirt for Target stopped making it.
by Bob Collins

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The kids go off to college, and the sun burns out

This is the way things have to be. We know this and we've known this since the day we dropped the kids off at elementary school and for the first time, they didn't turn around to wave goodbye.
by Bob Collins

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How to improve men’s health? Cast off role of ‘breadwinner’

Researchers found that as men's income increased in comparison with their spouses, their psychological well-being and health declined. The men’s mental and physical health (measured by self-assessment) were at their worst during years when they were their family’s sole breadwinner, according to The Atlantic.
by Bob Collins

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When Woolworth’s was king

When Woolworth’s was king

If there was a nuclear core of my childhood, it was probably the Woolworth's store on Main Street in my hometown, which sat next to a W.T. Grant, which was across the street from an S.S. Kresge. My home milltown had a vibrant downtown and if you were a kid with a couple of pennies, which you might have lifted from your mother's purse and still won't say out loud, you headed for Woolworth's.
by Bob Collins

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