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Baseball’s manager of the year might soon be an iPad

Baseball’s manager of the year might soon be an iPad

The reliance on numbers is about to take a giant step forward with the announcement from Major League Baseball today that it will allow iPads and smartphones in the dugout.
by Bob Collins

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Mpls. cafe owner hires man who wanted a handout

Mpls. cafe owner hires man who wanted a handout

Cesia Abigail, 25, owner of Abi's Cafe in Minneapolis, was ready when a man named Marcus came in asking for some spare change. She gave him a job instead.
by Bob Collins

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With all attention focused on Jamar Clark, little left for John Birkeland

With so much activist and media attention focused on Jamar Clark, there's been little energy left for the community to wonder why John Birkeland of Roseville had to die because he once gave a wrong name to police.
by Bob Collins

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Father of soldier killed in Iraq barred from asking presidential candidates about war

John Witmer, of West Allis, Wis., has more than earned the right to ask a question of any one of the three men who will appear on stage tonight for the Republican presidential debate. His daughter died for his right to be able to ask it.
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Patty Duke’s legacy: A willingness to talk about mental health

She won an Oscar for her role as Helen Keller in 'The Miracle Worker,' but her legacy should be that she was also one of the first people to talk openly about her depression, which she did after she was diagnosed bipolar and tried to kill herself in the early '80s.
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Why some terrorist attacks get coverage and others don’t

Why some terrorist attacks get coverage and others don’t

Not long after the attack on the airport in Brussels, a familiar theme emerged in some media: Why don't attacks whose victims aren't white get as much coverage. Today, an editor for The Guardian provided a stark answer: You probably don't care about those.
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For a non-profit, help is just an all-nighter away

Each year, the employees and associates of StoneArch, a Minneapolis firm, spend 24 hours redesigning websites, logos, letterheads and advertising for a selected non-profit organization that usually can't afford to do it.
by Bob Collins

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A liberal was behind push for guns at GOP convention

Yesterday, the Secret Service dismissed the idea, which actually came from a liberal Democrat, CBS News' Arden Farhi reports today.
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