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1,000 Words: How we feel

1,000 Words: How we feel

It's been a bad 24 hours for words.
by Bob Collins

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After police killing, Rep. Cornish doubles down

People who have watched a near inexhaustible number of people of color die at the hands of police have used any number of rationales to ignore the obvious disparity in the justice system. Philando Castile's killing presents a challenge to them and Rep. Cornish because he appears to have behaved exactly the way he should have.
by Bob Collins

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Couple writes anti-Trump book, loses job

Couple writes anti-Trump book, loses job

From the sound of things, writers Brad and Amy Herzog had a pretty good thing going for nearly two decades, traveling the country and writing a blog as spokespeople for the RV Industry Association. Then they wrote a book critical of Donald Trump.
by Bob Collins

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In breaking news, the world turns to Facebook

The video of the police killing of Philando Castile has cemented Facebook's increasing role as a primary source of news in the country. Is there anything wrong with that?
by Bob Collins

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Grand Forks lawyer takes stand for freedom to grow ‘weeds’

Henry Howe, an attorney and owner of spot of land in the city's downtown, is letting goatsbeard flowers grow because that's what he likes. Who's to say he can't? The Grand Forks Health Department, which has ordered him to mow the land.
by Bob Collins

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When police kill, should you watch?

When police kill, should you watch?

'The media is complicit in this morbid voyeurism, when it chooses to be,' one writer says. If not for the videos, 'we wouldn’t be having these conversations at all,' counters another.
by Bob Collins

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What happens to cars caught in a flood?

What happens to cars caught in a flood?

Ruined food from power outages is a nuisance. A downed tree can still be firewood. But a car in a flood? That's an awfully expensive paperweight.
by Bob Collins

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Journalist turns to ‘body hacking’ in search of a ‘sixth sense’

You have to tip your hat to journalist Alex Pearlman, who writes about emerging science and technology. She decided to find out more about the transhumanist movement by having a magnet implanted in her finger, she writes today on WBUR’s Cognoscenti blog.
by Bob Collins

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Hobby Lobby ad riles some locals again

Hobby Lobby ad riles some locals again

Hobby Lobby is an arts and crafts store that caters to a Christian clientele and it makes no apologies for doing so.
by Bob Collins

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Twins didn’t have much choice but to play late-night game

Twins didn’t have much choice but to play late-night game

Blame the schedule. Non-division teams only come into Target Field once a season. A day game was scheduled today because the Oakland A's need to get out of town in time to get to Houston at a reasonable hour to play a game on Thursday.
by Bob Collins

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