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When the computers were women

If you watched the coverage of the Olympics last night, you got a look at the first trailer for the movie Hidden Figures, which, unfortunately, doesn't come out until January.
by Bob Collins

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Family seeks return of repossessed pet greyhound

Family seeks return of repossessed pet greyhound

While unleashed, Lucy the greyhound was lost. After she was found, a rescue organization took the dog because of an adoption agreement which apparently required her to be on a leash at all times. The family is pressing for Lucy's return.
by Bob Collins

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People who need student loan relief left out of programs to help

Millennials are suffering under the weight of their students loans, and why wouldn't they be? The interest rates charged to student borrowers are much higher than most consumer loans and efforts to refinance are helping only those who don't desperately need the help.
by Bob Collins

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Fan who idolized Phelps, dethrones him

Fan who idolized Phelps, dethrones him

Funny thing about kids. They're always gaining on you.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: Olympic tears

1,000 Words: Olympic tears

While watching Simone Manuel accept her gold medal at the Olympics in Rio last evening, I was thinking about this story from MPR News' Laura Yuen about the "swimming gap" between white people and people of color.
by Bob Collins

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For sale: Little mansion on the prairie

For sale: Little mansion on the prairie

There aren't many places in Minnesota where you can score a 30-room, 8,726-square-foot mansion with seven bedrooms and four bathrooms for a little over $150,000. But if you want to live in Crookston, this baby can be yours.
by Bob Collins

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In first interview, Waseca bomb plotter hopes for forgiveness

Since his arrest in early 2014 on the suspicion that he was planning an attack on his Waseca high school, we have not heard from John LaDue, who is now trying to put his life back together. Until today.
by Bob Collins

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Homeless St. Paul woman has ‘heart full of hope’ for son at Olympics

The Pioneer Press' Frederick Melo today tells the amazing story of Florence Matadi, the mother of Olympic runner Emmanuel Matadi who is competing for Liberia in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. You won't see her in the audience, nor mentioned by the announcers at the Games. She's mostly lived out of her car in St. Paul.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The right-to-die party

1,000 Words: The right-to-die party

Betsy Davis took her own life about a month after a California law took effect that declared that she had a right to. She had ALS, and so she gathered her friends for a two-day party that ended with her under a hillside canopy, saying goodbye to the friends who showed up.
by Bob Collins

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