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How do we know what we think we know in Clark shooting story?

How do we know what we think we know in Clark shooting story?

Since last November's police killing of Jamar Clark, perhaps you've seen a recurring theme in the public discourse: 'But he was beating up his girlfriend; why isn't anyone paying attention to that?'
by Bob Collins

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Substitute teacher attacked at school is dismissed

Candice Egan, who was subbing at Creative Arts school in St. Paul, went to the Pioneer Press with her story last Friday after the incident.
by Bob Collins

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Report: Police considered encouraging suicide in standoff

A report out of Fargo today says a SWAT team was ready to use an odd approach to end a shooting spree in which a police officer was killed. It considered encouraging the shooter, Marcus Schumacher, to kill himself.
by Bob Collins

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The sound of a divided community

We need a road map forward. We need an acknowledgement that the pain and division so articulately stated on Weber's call-in yesterday is the sound of a nation that cannot long endure.
by Bob Collins

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For spouses of those with Alzheimer’s, it’s ”til death do us part’

For spouses of those with Alzheimer’s, it’s ”til death do us part’

Frank and Mary Jo Havlak have been married for 63 years. Eight years ago, Mary started losing her memory. It's Alzheimer's. She's still alive, but she's gone now. Frank still visits her every day, Joe Callendar writes in his latest Op-Doc for the New York Times.
by Bob Collins

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Along the CapX2020 line, a helicopter with a view

A Gettysburg, Pa., company is in charge of installing bird deflectors along the CapX2020 transmission line project along Highway 52 in Cannon Falls. It's a good view, judging by this video the project released today.
by Bob Collins

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Are we a less huggable people?

Perhaps you remember this video from a couple of years ago, when Ken E Nwadike Jr, who runs an events company, gave away free hugs at the Boston Marathon, a year after the terrorist bombing killed innocent people and united a city in the process.
by Bob Collins

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Fans want hockey fights no matter the cost

In the event you still think the National Hockey League or the fans of the Minnesota Wild are interested in getting fighting out of hockey, we give you last night's action at the Xcel Energy Center.
by Bob Collins

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