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Fans of team with racist mascot still too slow to embrace change

Fans of team with racist mascot still too slow to embrace change

It was two years ago this week that a fan dressed as the Cleveland Indians’ “Chief Wahoo” confronted protesters outside Progressive Field in Cleveland, where the Indians were playing the first game of the year. Peter Pattakos took the picture of Robert Roche of the American Indian Education Center and fan Pedro Rodriguez, and encouraged…
by Bob Collins

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Southern lawmakers embracing a more non-secular state

The Tennessee Senate is moving along a bill that would make the Bible the official book of Tennessee. It now needs only the signature of the state's governor to become law.
by Bob Collins

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Northfield boy gets a pick-me-up from Carol Burnett

Northfield boy gets a pick-me-up from Carol Burnett

Veteran actor Kosmo Esplan, 8, has been a big fan of Carol Burnett for more than half his life. The Northfield boy has never had stage fright, he says. But he’s worried that someday he might. So he wrote a letter to Burnett looking for a little advice, Northfield News reports. And he got it.…
by Bob Collins

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Voting in Wisconsin? Bring ID — and perseverance

Voting in Wisconsin? Bring ID — and perseverance

The New York Times expertly describes in its editorial today on how Wisconsin did its part to suppress voting.
by Bob Collins

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No way out, corn maze is on borrowed time

No way out, corn maze is on borrowed time

Continuing today's theme of suburbia on the march, the defining corn maze of the Twin Cities is nearing the end, at least in its present location
by Bob Collins

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Lake Elmo airport shovels sand against neighbors’ tide

What's happening in Lake Elmo is happening all over America. People move near a small airport and, inevitably, they begin to object to alleged property value declines caused by the airport.
by Bob Collins

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Open arms for new citizens in Moorhead

A family came to the United States 18 years ago in search of a better life and they found it. They've found something else here; something that goes unnoticed in today's political atmosphere. They found open arms.
by Bob Collins

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Video: Texting driver hits Hudson police car

Video: Texting driver hits Hudson police car

'This accident could have been much, much worse,' the police said. Both the officer and the texter survived.
by Bob Collins

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