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Hunt is on for stolen corn roaster

Hunt is on for stolen corn roaster

Here's a question for the muttonhead who stole El Burrito Mercado's corn roaster over the weekend: What are you going to do with a corn roaster?
by Bob Collins

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Good news, Twins fans. It can’t get any worse

Good news, Twins fans. It can’t get any worse

If only Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano had developed the way the Twins had hoped, maybe Terry Ryan would still have a job.
by Bob Collins

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Tracking NPR’s political coverage

It's an admirable effort to provide some solid data to what is usually anecdotal complaining that the network is favoring one candidate or another, and it should provide an opportunity for NPR to self-examine whether it's falling deeper into the trap of horse race coverage.
by Bob Collins

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Why does the path of a solar eclipse travel west to east?

We are now about a year away from a total solar eclipse in North America, the first one on American soil since 1991. You'll have to drive south to experience it, however.
by Bob Collins

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Sight restored, River Falls girl goes for balloon ride

You've probably seen the hot-air balloons flying over the St. Croix River in the early evening and not thought much about it. But you're not Hannah Manche, 17.
by Bob Collins

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Crackdown on fishing with breakfast sausage

We never tire of the police/public safety dispatches from the mean streets of Minnesota's smaller communities.
by Bob Collins

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B-29 ‘Doc’ flies for first time since the ’50s

Up until Sunday morning, there was only one B-29 Superfortress still flying in the United States
by Bob Collins

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Obituary comments on Trump-Clinton

Obituary comments on Trump-Clinton

Virginia Hasek's obituary says she died rather than vote for either of the mainstream candidates.
by Bob Collins

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Little punishment in Iowa when distracted drivers kill cyclists

Little punishment in Iowa when distracted drivers kill cyclists

People who think the justice system doesn't take the death of pedestrians at the hands of distracted drivers seriously enough have another piece of evidence to support their claim.
by Bob Collins

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