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Reporters standing in water

Reporters standing in water

Flooding is causing nightmares for the people of Pine and Kanabec counties in Minnesota. The only good news is we've got new additions to our growing scrapbook of TV reporters who think they have to stand in water to tell you about it.
by Bob Collins

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‘Minnesota Miracle’ gives way to ‘segregation in paradise’

‘Minnesota Miracle’ gives way to ‘segregation in paradise’

'Almost all of the places you are seeing problems between the police the community are very segregated. You are not seeing these problems as often in more integrated places,' Orfield tells The Atlantic. It's not as if we weren't warned.
by Bob Collins

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Walking while black

Walking while black

Garnette Cadogan, from Jamaica, loves to walk. Then he moved to the United States and the joy was diminished. He's a black man in America.
by Bob Collins

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Congress passes Pilot’s Bill of Rights

Congress passes Pilot’s Bill of Rights

New legislation should fix a longtime problem: pilots who don't seek treatment for various medical conditions because they fear they'll lose the medical certification required to fly general aviation aircraft.
by Bob Collins

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Some Canadians are outraged by anthem change, but can’t agree why

Some Canadians are outraged by anthem change, but can’t agree why

Plenty of people were upset that a Canadian group changed the words to the country's National Anthem before last night's baseball All Star game. But there seems to be disagreement about why.
by Bob Collins

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When athletes speak out, venom follows

When athletes speak out, venom follows

If you're old enough, perhaps the brouhaha over the Minnesota Lynx wearing T-shirts to comment on social issues reminded you of a similar time when uppity athletes didn't just shut up and play.
by Bob Collins

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An urban lighthouse to return to St. Paul

An urban lighthouse to return to St. Paul

There's no real reason for the '1st' sign other than its historical significance. First National Bank was absorbed into a series of mergers years ago. But we tend to fall in love with these sorts of things over time.
by Bob Collins

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La Crosse man repays kindness with a kite

If you make the La Crosse Tribune, Greg Remen gives you a kite. Otherwise, it's $2.
by Bob Collins

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Vi Hart explains BLM with Sharpie and paper

Vi Hart explains BLM with Sharpie and paper

Vi Hart, famous -- and adored -- for her YouTube videos explaining complex math, has a point in her latest video. Even with all of the hours of news coverage, and the barrels of ink in newspapers, the surrounding coverage of rising tensions ignores the complex problems behind complex problems. They're not doing all that well with the simple context either.
by Bob Collins

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Protesters hug it out

When a group of mostly black protesters met a group of mostly white protesters in Dallas, it could've gone badly. It didn't.
by Bob Collins

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