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Why should you wait five days to get married in Minnesota?

Minnesota is one of two states that requires you to wait once you sign an application for a marriage license. We're not exactly sure what's supposed to happen in the five days between the time you ask for permission to be married and the time the state says "OK." But neither does anyone else, apparently.
by Bob Collins

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In final draft, MAC makes concession to Lake Elmo Airport expansion opponents

In final draft, MAC makes concession to Lake Elmo Airport expansion opponents

The Metropolitan Airports Commission has now submitted plans for expansion of Lake Elmo Airport, a plan which has drawn the ire of airport neighbors. MAC wants to relocate and lengthen the airport's smallest runway, which would require a "safety area" that crosses what is now 30th Street. That would require moving 30th Street.
by Bob Collins

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Once a hot career choice, the law turns cold

The American Bar Association says that only 60 percent of the people who graduated law school in 2015 have jobs in the legal business. That statistic is contained in a New York Times story on the University of Minnesota's effort to cut the number of admissions to its law school.
by Bob Collins

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Piano-playing Mayo star dies at 97

Piano-playing Mayo star dies at 97

Marlow Cowan has died at 97. He gave us one of the sweetest moments in the history of the Internet. This one. It happened in the atrium of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester in 2008.
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Thieves steal flags from vets, so cops buy new ones

Thieves steal flags from vets, so cops buy new ones

'We have no idea why someone would do such a horrible thing, but we couldn't let these wonderful people who served our country go without their flags,' said Kenyon police chief Lee Sjolander.
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Newspaper columnist eats his words

Newspaper columnist eats his words

Here's a pro tip from Washington Post syndicated political columnist Dana Milbank. Don't ever declare you'll eat your words if you're wrong about something.
by Bob Collins

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Why didn’t anyone save the Pioneer Press?

What's done is done. What's likely to happen is likely to happen. But we're still left wondering why the area -- and, in particular, its local leaders -- didn't appreciate the value of a local newspaper when they had a chance to make a difference.
by Bob Collins

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Congress finally gets around to honoring the women who served

It's such a shame that Congress couldn't have passed the legislation allowing women who served as pilots during World War II to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, while Betty Strohfus of Faribault was alive to see it.
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Trial sheds spotlight on risk of crowdfunding

The trial of a Baudette, Minn., woman should give pause to people who donate to grassroots fundraising websites.
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Editorial: Schools aren’t parents

It's time to hold parents more accountable for the kids who skip school, the St. Cloud Times says in an editorial today.
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