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Celebrating the freedom to trash America

Celebrating the freedom to trash America

A Grand Forks area man isn't getting a lot of sympathy for his complaint about the trash people left by the side of the road just outside the city limits the other night. That might explain a lot about why people feel empowered to leave their garbage in the ditches.
by Bob Collins

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After bad job of parking, man pulls a gun at gas station

There's a little something for everybody in the Pioneer Press story about the arrest of a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a person at a gas station on Sunday evening.
by Bob Collins

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Crowdsourcing a damning report on the Iraq War

Crowdsourcing a damning report on the Iraq War

The Chilcot Report, Britain's investigation into the Iraq War, was released this morning, and it's too big for reporters at The Guardian to go through alone.
by Bob Collins

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‘Dibs’ in River Falls

‘Dibs’ in River Falls

People are already staking out parade viewing spots for a parade that doesn't start until Friday evening.
by Bob Collins

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Former S. St. Paul airport manager charged with swindling

Former S. St. Paul airport manager charged with swindling

Glenn Burke, who left the airport job in South St. Paul last year when he was appointed manager of Metropolitan Airport Commission's Crystal and Anoka-Blaine airports, has been charged with seven counts of theft by swindle, according to a press release from Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom.
by Bob Collins

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After drownings, Willmar shows love to Somali community

In Willmar, Minn., over the weekend, several hundred residents could do the only thing they could to grieve for two Somali boys who drowned last week. They walked.
by Bob Collins

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On Toni Randolph

On Toni Randolph

Putting flowers on her desk today is about all we can do. We couldn't offer any support to her during her three-year affair with cancer because she never told us.
by Bob Collins

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Twenty-four hours that define the human species

Twenty-four hours that define the human species

Future alien archaeologists who discover Earth and try to figure out the civilization that once roamed it will have a thankless job. How can you explain the civilization, based only on the just-completed 24 hours let alone centuries of existence.
by Bob Collins

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Has a flag at half-staff lost its impact?

Has a flag at half-staff lost its impact?

Our correspondent in the western part of the state caused a mini-uproar in his community a few weeks ago when he suggested after Gov. Mark Dayton ordered flags at half staff in memory of those slaughtered in the Pulse nightclub attack that maybe we've taken this half-staff thing too far.
by Bob Collins

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‘Dibs’ in Nisswa

‘Dibs’ in Nisswa

A gentleman in Nisswa went old school when it came to saving a spot for the town's 4th of July parade on Sunday evening. He saved his spot by actually occupying it.
by Bob Collins

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