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Appeals courts reinstates Mpls. cop’s age bias suit

Minneapolis took more than a year to investigate an officer's complaint of age discrimination, then claimed that the statute of limitations ran out on a suit filed under the state's Human Rights Act.
by Bob Collins

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Video: The quirky life in Minnesota’s Northwest Angle

What propels people to living in Minnesota's Northwest Angle, that 1783 mistake that put a chunk of Canada in Minnesota?
by Bob Collins

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Too much ice in the iced coffee?

How much ice is too much ice in a Starbucks iced beverage? It'll be up to a court to decide. Someone is suing the chain because its drinks are almost half ice.
by Bob Collins

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Agent Orange brings Vietnam back to a Sauk Rapids vet

Al Hams, who started a few music careers when he owned Al's Music in St. Cloud, isn't allowed to forget Vietnam. Not anymore, anyway. He's got Parkinson's Disease, believed to be linked to the widespread use of the Agent Orange defoliant he was exposed to during the year he served in Vietnam.
by Bob Collins

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Video: A Twin Cities Honor Flight

Video: A Twin Cities Honor Flight

Things that get old: Soldiers Things that never get old: Videos of old soldiers on their Honor Flight to the World War II and Korean War monuments in Washington.
by Bob Collins

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Video: The last days of Obama

Video: The last days of Obama

The presidential parody skits in the last White House Correspondents Dinner in a president's term in office are usually pretty good, certainly better than the stand-up routines that comedians usually miss with at the same dinner.
by Bob Collins

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On Daniel Berrigan

On Daniel Berrigan

The way history is taught in many public schools, kids will never learn about the Vietnam War, which is a shame because they'll never learn about people like Daniel Berrigan, a Jesuit priest who was the face of opposition to a war that killed more than 50,000 Americans.
by Bob Collins

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Trooper releases ‘Trooper’ back to the wild

Trooper releases ‘Trooper’ back to the wild

This is the proper technique for releasing an eagle back to the wild. Eyes to the sky. Feet wide apart. Tongue out.
by Bob Collins

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Spoiler: Vikings never wore horned helmets

This might be the biggest news since it was revealed Lassie was a boy.
by Bob Collins

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