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National media discover candidate Jason Lewis

National media discover candidate Jason Lewis

Just a day or so after Jason Lewis won a crucial GOP primary in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, left-leaning national media are showing a deeper interest in the past comments and writings of the former conservative radio talk show host.
by Paul Tosto

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Judge provides a small dose of decency

At a hearing for a man who was likely to go to jail and who hadn't yet met his one-month-old son, Judge Amber Wolf struck a blow for decency in a business that it's not often apparent.
by Bob Collins

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Can Pokemon Go make baseball fun again?

Can Pokemon Go make baseball fun again?

In a few years from now, we'll fondly recall the days when people who went to baseball games went there to watch baseball.
by Bob Collins

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Wanted: Another ‘John McCain Lakeville moment’

Wanted: Another ‘John McCain Lakeville moment’

Dallas knows a thing or two about presidential assassinations so even if one presidential candidate wasn't suggesting the assassination of another -- and we don't think he was, for the record -- the increasing political mob mentality in today's politics is stirring memories in the city where President Kennedy was gunned down.
by Bob Collins

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What’s a cat worth? In Rochester, at least $20,000

Sure, they might hack up a hairball on the carpet every now and again, but cats won't disappoint you the way a human can from time to time. That might explain why a Rochester woman has spent $20,000 on her cancer-stricken cat.
by Bob Collins

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Omar victory recalls another ‘first’ for a woman from a refugee camp

Omar victory recalls another ‘first’ for a woman from a refugee camp

Ilhan Omar's victory over Phyllis Kahn in the DFL primary is the kind of story that seems to resonate with Minnesota voters, just like Mee Moua, another trailblazing woman who has a similar story.
by Bob Collins

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An Olympic marriage proposal

An Olympic marriage proposal

Today's Olympics highlight comes from the rugby competition, which was won by Isadora Cerullo after volunteer Marjorie Enya proposed to her.
by Bob Collins

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Family of soldier killed in Iraq ‘finds beauty in the ashes’

You may remember the story of Myles Eckert, the 8-year-old who found $20 and gave it to a soldier eating at a Cracker Barrel because he reminded Myles of his father, who was killed in Iraq five weeks after Myles was born. Here's an update.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The mattress

1,000 Words: The mattress

About 400,000 mattresses are purchased in Minnesota every year, which usually means about 400,000 mattresses are thrown out, sometimes by the side of the road.
by Bob Collins

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In dispute over MPR story, Supreme Court expands immunity for officials

The Minnesota Supreme Court today backed a lower court which had refused to allow a former state employee to sue officials in the Dayton administration for information and remarks given to a Minnesota Public Radio reporter about conditions at the state security hospital in St. Peter. Michael Harlow, a psychiatrist at the hospital, was fired…
by Bob Collins

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