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During Vietnam war, his weapon was a camera

During Vietnam war, his weapon was a camera

Vietnam didn't get Gary Bipes, of Hector,Minn. The CIA didn't get Bipes. And a knoll in a farmer's field in Glencoe didn't get Bipes. Mosquitoes almost did.
by Bob Collins

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St. Paul soccer stadium challenges our design conventions

St. Paul soccer stadium challenges our design conventions

Generally speaking, Minnesota architecture can be a boring series of right angles. Folks seem to like it. The style feels like a comfortable pair of slippers. So you might want to think about the design of the new Minnesota United stadium for awhile and not react right away.
by Bob Collins

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‘None of us were meant to be common; We were born to be comets’

So far during commencement season, we have been generally unimpressed with most of the speakers whose speeches have made a social media blip. The exception is Donovan Livingston, who spoke this week at the convocation exercises of Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
by Bob Collins

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The letters from war that never ends

The Greatest Generation might be the last generation of great letter writers, missives home that read like great literature. We had a greater command of the English language back then. A formality,too. We may never approach such writing again.
by Bob Collins

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Timewasters: Oh, hey, it’s a surfing pig!

Because it's a pig surfing, it's a nobody-goes-to-work Friday, and there's no news today, that's why.
by Bob Collins

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Death on the eagle cam

Death on the eagle cam

It's been a pretty rough spring for the most famous eagles in America. The Decorah, Iowa webcam this spring has documented nature's dirty little secret: there's a lot of dying going on.
by Bob Collins

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Couric gun documentary faked dramatic scene

It's a bit of a shame that NPR often doesn't air media commentary by its gifted media correspondent, David Folkenflik, because his takedown of Katie Couric for her documentary on guns today deserves a wider audience.
by Bob Collins

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Packers tickets? Not in your lifetime

Packers tickets? Not in your lifetime

If you put your name on the list for Green Bay Packers season tickets 10 years ago, there's some good news today, according to ESPN: There are only 60,000 people ahead of you now.
by Bob Collins

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B-17 crewmember finally visits England again, and dies there

B-17 crewmember finally visits England again, and dies there

Melvin Rector, 94, spent considerable time in his post World War II years regretting that he never returned to England, where he was a radioman on several B-17s and a gunner on another -- Memphis Belle, perhaps the most famous B-17 in the war.
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When Shakespeare, Harry Potter, and Yoda explain science

When Shakespeare, Harry Potter, and Yoda explain science

Scientists often aren't very good at explaining their research to people who aren't scientists. But here's some effective communicating of great science by some pretty great kids.
by Bob Collins

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