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A kid, a stolen cellphone, and invisible faces of mental illness

A kid, a stolen cellphone, and invisible faces of mental illness

Dejuan Quashon Montgomery is probably heading back to prison soon because he stole a 9-year-old girl's cellphone. You might see it as a crime story. I see it as a health story.
by Bob Collins

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The healing power of dogs is unleashed in Orlando

The healing power of dogs is unleashed in Orlando

'Comfort Dogs' have begun arriving at the scene of Sunday's mass killing. They're doing what they do best: be dogs.
by Bob Collins

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Prince lives! On bathroom doors

Prince lives! On bathroom doors

A Boston restaurant is getting a little attention today for solving the growing question surrounding mens and ladies bathrooms and who should be allowed to enter which one.
by Bob Collins

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SpaceX: When failure is entertaining.

After three successful attempts to land a booster rocket on an ocean barge -- to be used again later -- it exploded on a fourth attempt by SpaceX today.
by Bob Collins

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Study: Life can kill you. Or maybe not

It is a truth, of course, that nobody gets out of life alive, which puts coffee drinkers today in a position to evaluate the meaning of life in very real way: Is life worth living if we don't enjoy what might make it shorter?
by Bob Collins

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A hat tip to Royal Ascot Week

A hat tip to Royal Ascot Week

The week is either horse racing with a side show of fashion, or a fashion show with a side show of horse racing.
by Bob Collins

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Dakota County exit threatens transit vision

Is it still possible to come up with a regional and professional transportation policy in the Twin Cities?
by Bob Collins

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Mpls Schools apologizes to teacher it intended to fire

Michael Thomas, the interim superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools, did the incoming permanent superintendent a huge favor when he cleaned up the mess created by the system's human resources department, who moved to fire a teacher who was arrested while monitoring the arrest of a black man last month.
by Bob Collins

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Hemorrhoid cream ad brings some excitement to Kiester

Hemorrhoid cream ad brings some excitement to Kiester

They had to liven up Kiester, Minn., a bit to make an ad for Preparation H a little more lively. That’s the way things are in Kiester these days; it takes a hemorrhoids ad to get it some action. Kiester, population 501, needed some ringers for the ad, Mankato Free Press reports. It showed, for…
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