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Standing up at work isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

If your workplace is anything like the World Headquarters of NewsCut, you have two kinds and only two kinds of colleagues: Those that stand up at their desks and those who sit down.
by Bob Collins

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Told to leave son home, baseball player retires instead

Told to leave son home, baseball player retires instead

The Chicago White Sox this week blew a giant hole in the image of baseball, fathers, and sons when a player retired rather than accept the team's edict that his son couldn't hang out in the locker room where he even has his own locker.
by Bob Collins

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Stillwater ponders freedom to park on your front lawn

Stillwater is reconsidering the question of whether we have the freedom to park our car on the front lawn if that's what we want to do.
by Bob Collins

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Video: A perfect film on Minnesota hockey

There's so much more to the recently-concluded Minnesota State High School hockey tournament than hockey hair, and couple of filmmakers have perfectly captured the essence of late winter in the state of hockey.
by Bob Collins

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Debate on dying too hot for Minnesota

These are often academic questions in the political arena, but as the state's residents grow older, "how we die" will merit significant conversations we're unable to have now.
by Bob Collins

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Hockey team brings a game to senior citizens

Hockey team brings a game to senior citizens

An activities director of a senior center wanted to figure out how to get her hockey-loving clients to a hockey game, so the Chicago Blackhawks brought a hockey game to her, including cheerleaders, mascots, and the announcer.
by Bob Collins

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Time running out for WWII women’s place in Arlington

Time running out for WWII women’s place in Arlington

It shouldn't be taking this long to overturn an Army decision denying women who served as WASPs the dignity of an Arlington National Cemetery burial.
by Bob Collins

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Prosecutor: No grand jury in Jamar Clark police shooting case

Prosecutor: No grand jury in Jamar Clark police shooting case

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman says his office, not a grand jury, will make the final call on whether to press charges against Minneapolis police officers in the November shooting of Jamar Clark. That's a victory for protesters.
by Paul Tosto

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Cops warn about people issuing rap challenges

Cops warn about people issuing rap challenges

Times are apparently pretty good in Charlton, Mass., a small town in south central Massachusetts where a roving band of rappers is scaring kids.
by Bob Collins

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Death of a Green Giant

Death of a Green Giant

The Jolly Green Giant is now officially dead after a good run in the Minnesota River Valley.
by Bob Collins

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