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Thanks to the flood, you can’t get there from here

Thanks to the flood, you can’t get there from here

The worst job in the Upper Midwest right now? It's the person responsible for figuring out how to fix Bayfield County's washed out roads.
by Bob Collins

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At memorial service, Obama gives nation a stern lecture it needed to hear

At memorial service, Obama gives nation a stern lecture it needed to hear

In a speech that was emotional and inspired as any consoler-in-chief has given, Obama chided the nation for refusing to recognize the things 'we know to be true' and being unable to talk about our differences in a productive way -- preferring instead to choose sides.
by Bob Collins

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Viking ship headed to Duluth hits bureaucratic shoals

Viking ship headed to Duluth hits bureaucratic shoals

It costs a ship $400 an hour for a pilot, and that's why the Norwegian Viking Ship, Draken Harald Hårfagre, might not make it to Duluth's Tall Ships Challenge 2016.
by Bob Collins

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As reunion approaches, a man regrets the weakness of youth

It is either a feature or a bug -- after all these years, I'm still not sure which -- that a good conscience never lets go. It punishes us for the transgressions of our youth.
by Bob Collins

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Trauma surgeon: ‘We’ve got to stop this’

Trauma surgeon: ‘We’ve got to stop this’

Two trauma surgeons at Dallas' Parkland Hospital -- one white, one black -- had something to say to the nation, so they asked CBS News to interview them this morning.
by Bob Collins

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A goodbye to Toni Randolph

A goodbye to Toni Randolph

MPR reporter/editor Toni Randolph, claimed by cancer last week, wasn't from here. She was from Buffalo, N.Y. So when family members arrived in the Twin Cities to attend to her affairs, they realized they had to do something here in addition to a funeral in Buffalo.
by Bob Collins

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With full-page ad, Faribault police pull a community closer

With full-page ad, Faribault police pull a community closer

There is drawing lines in the sand between police and the public (embodied in the next post down) and there is law enforcement pulling a community closer together.
by Bob Collins

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When Minnesota Lynx stepped up, Mpls. cops walked away

When Minnesota Lynx stepped up, Mpls. cops walked away

When the Minnesota Lynx put on warm-up T-shirts memorializing two black men killed by police, the Dallas police officers killed in an ambush, and calling for us to look to ourselves for change, it was too much for Minneapolis police officers to take.
by Bob Collins

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Video: Tornadoes in Minnesota

For experienced storm chasers, Monday offered the opportunity for prime viewing of a still relatively rare weather event in these parts, in this case, Litchfield and Watkins in west-central Minnesota.
by Bob Collins

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Want to fly a spacecraft to the moon? Here’s your computer code

Want to fly a spacecraft to the moon? Here’s your computer code

It's almost as if the original coders knew that someday we'd be looking at their work from tiny computers held in our hands, computers with the power that would have filled several rooms back in the day.
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