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Timewasters: To be a kid in the summer

Youth is wasted on the young, and there's nothing better than being a kid in the summer while the old crumbs go off to work.
by Bob Collins

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Grand Forks wants man to mow ‘weeds’; he sues for $10K

Grand Forks wants man to mow ‘weeds’; he sues for $10K

A dispute over an unmowed patch of land has an attorney arguing an ordinance requiring it be clipped is unconstitutional.
by Bob Collins

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Enroute to final resting place, a stop for tea

Enroute to final resting place, a stop for tea

Rosemary Dibbley's order was the same every day at a doughnut chain. So there was no reason to break the habit just because she died.
by Bob Collins

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Why change in police relationship with communities of color isn’t happening

Why change in police relationship with communities of color isn’t happening

Six years ago, a settlement ended a lawsuit against a brutal and out-of-control Metro Gang Strike Force, that regularly broke down doors, constitutional rights be damned. Some of the victims received payouts with the $3 million settlement. But required police training to change relationships with communities of color never happened.
by Bob Collins

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When a pol does terrorism’s bidding

When a pol does terrorism’s bidding

It's hard to see how the perpetrators of yesterday's attack in France aren't gleeful that people like Newt Gingrich are giving them exactly what they had hoped for
by Bob Collins

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Court: Bus driver who allowed passengers to confront fare-jumper is immune from lawsuit

A Metro Transit bus driver, who kicked a man off his bus for not paying the fare, and then allowed several passengers to get off the bus to beat the man up -- the fare-jumper had grabbed onto the bus' bumper to prevent it from going anywhere -- is immune from being sued, a federal appeals court judge panel has ruled in a decision filed today.
by Bob Collins

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They also serve who drive a bus

Bus drivers for DART -- Dallas Area Regional Transit -- were told not to go downtown when a gunman ambushed police, killing of them. So Don Washington went downtown to help get people out.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: Pokemon

1,000 Words: Pokemon

Now that we've gotten the whole texting-and-driving problem solved...
by Bob Collins

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A Chance the Rapper tribute to Ali

A Chance the Rapper tribute to Ali

It's usually a pretty beautiful moment when arts & culture and the world of sports collide. Last night at ESPN's ESPY awards, Chance the Rapper proved it again with the concluding moment: a tribute to Muhammad Ali.
by Bob Collins

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In Owatonna, a packed house preps to respond to mass shootings

It says something about the state of the nation, perhaps, that the room was packed in Owatonna yesterday when FBI special agent Joseph Malhoit gave a talk to the Steele County Safety Council on how to survive a mass shooting.
by Bob Collins

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