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Another pedestrian dies in a St. Paul crosswalk

The crosswalks in or near downtown are virtually lawless as drivers violate the law with impunity.
by Bob Collins

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In Owatonna, baseball really was life

In Owatonna, baseball really was life

If you're a kid and you're lucky and you like baseball, you grew up in Owatonna, because then you probably learned about the game from Chuck Fuller, known as 'Mr. Baseball' around those parts. If you didn't know him, maybe you knew someone like him in your youth, again, assuming you were lucky.
by Bob Collins

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When is ‘a little racism’ acceptable?

When is ‘a little racism’ acceptable?

People can obviously disagree on the answer. But we can't have that discussion if nobody is pressing politicians to explain what is it specifically about an issue or policy that makes racism an acceptable alternative.
by Bob Collins

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15-year-old to boy who shot him: ‘I forgive you’

15-year-old to boy who shot him: ‘I forgive you’

Austin Hancock, who opened fire in a school cafeteria of an Ohio junior-senior high school in February, was sentenced yesterday to six years in the Ohio Department of Youth Services. He's 15. He'll be released when he's 21.
by Bob Collins

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College says it’s not blaming rape victim, as it blames rape victim

Worcester Polytechnic Institute attorneys argue the victim engaged in risky behavior, including excessive drinking, on the night that a security guard at her university-leased apartment building lured her to the roof and attacked her.
by Bob Collins

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Mendota Heights cop’s promotion opens the door to his firing

The Pioneer Press reports that Sgt. Bobby Lambert goes before the City Council tonight after the city's police chief recommend he be fired for mistakes he made while investigating a drug-overdose death. What mistakes? Nobody will say, of course.
by Bob Collins

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To be a young teacher in Minnesota

No doubt some people will note that Bill Boegeman, a social studies teacher from Minneapolis, has a luxury few other people have -- a summer off. That's often how people dismiss the perspective that teachers occasionally provide to us about what it's like to be a teacher. As if one negates the other.
by Bob Collins

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David Carr’s life now a mini-series

There will be a 'Night of the Gun' mini-series, Sony pictures announced today.
by Bob Collins

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Trump’s D-Day picture that wasn’t D-Day

Trump’s D-Day picture that wasn’t D-Day

Donald Trump today called on America to honor the fallen heroes of D-Day by posting a picture that wasn't from D-Day.
by Bob Collins

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Realities of parenthood win out over Internet in gorilla death

Joseph T. Deters, the prosecutor in Cincinnati, today provided the details the Internet didn't bother waiting for a week or so ago when a young boy fell into a gorilla enclosure at the zoo.
by Bob Collins

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