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Group challenges law banning I-90 overpass protests

Group challenges law banning I-90 overpass protests

You've probably seen the occasional person standing on a freeway overpass waving an American flag or carrying a sign and waving at passing motorists. Is that free speech?
by Bob Collins

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Death of a baseball park in Waseca

Death of a baseball park in Waseca

The grandstand at Tink Larson Field in Waseca, a jewel of youth and town ball in Minnesota, burned to the ground last night.
by Bob Collins

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Tornado? Put down the camera!

One year ago, almost to the day, Clem Schultz of Fairdale, Il., got a great video of the approaching tornado. The one that killed his wife. Once you see this video, you might be inclined to take tornado warnings more seriously.
by Bob Collins

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Big flap brewing over future of the duck stamp

Big flap brewing over future of the duck stamp

Each year, artists submit portraits of waterfowl in the wild and one is selected for the stamp, the money from which is used to protect waterfowl habitat. Now, the Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that the portraits include other birds that aren't hunted migratory waterfowl as a way to gin up interests from birders in the stamps.
by Bob Collins

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MN Supreme Court: Church schism none of our business

A divided Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday settled the question of whether the state's courts have any business settling claims of defamation made by church officials while excommunicating parishioners.
by Bob Collins

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Love of Costco makes for a winning college-entrance essay

Brittany Stinson, an 18-year-old senior at Concord High School in Wilmington, wants to be a doctor. She also wanted to get into some Ivy League schools. So, of course, she wrote about her love of Costco, NBC reports.
by Bob Collins

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Women win national championship while sportswriter sulks

Women win national championship while sportswriter sulks

Let the record show that the story on the greatest women's basketball team in the history of the game this morning ended up on page C4 of the Star Tribune. It didn't rate a mention anywhere on the Pioneer Press' sports website. The University of Connecticut Huskies won their 11th national championship, dismantling Syracuse last night 82-to-51, completing a 38-0 season.
by Bob Collins

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Timberwolves turned a corner while you were sleeping

Minnesota's NBA team this season has now beaten the best team in the league, and lost to the worst team (Philadelphia) in the league.
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St. Louis County to allow ATVs on all roads and highways

In Minnesota, you have to be at least 16 to drive a car but if the St. Louis County Board gets its way, a 12-year-old will be able to drive on the highway and any other road as long as s(he) is on an ATV.
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Twin Cities’ largest restaurant to offer occasional baseball game

Twin Cities’ largest restaurant to offer occasional baseball game

Baseball long ago figured out if you feed reporters, they'll write just about anything you want them to, and miss the story you don't want them to write.
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