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‘Security show” getting poor reviews at MSP

It's hard to tell whether the long lines at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport are because of spring break or because authorities have broken something that wasn't broken as much.
by Bob Collins

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MN robocall shows the racist company Donald Trump keeps

MN robocall shows the racist company Donald Trump keeps

The robocalls to Minnesota households from the American National Super PAC explicitly state that they're not sponsored by Donald Trump. The calls are urging a vote for Trump, joining former KKK grand wizard David Duke embracing the policies that have earned Trump frontrunner status for the GOP nomination.
by Bob Collins

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An Olympic figure skater takes a hard fall

An Olympic figure skater takes a hard fall

In the waning days of Black History Month, Debi Thomas should get a little attention for proving, as she did at the 1988 Olympics, that an African American can succeed at figure skating while acing college exams.
by Bob Collins

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Radio listeners pause to cheer up an old man

Radio listeners pause to cheer up an old man

We shouldn't be so hard on ourselves. We shouldn't be so hard on each other.
by Bob Collins

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Baseball takes another crack at speeding up the game

Baseball takes another crack at speeding up the game

After shaving six minutes off the time of a game last year, Major League Baseball is trying more ideas to speed up the game.
by Bob Collins

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Network’s shutdown is a loss for reporting of Native Americans

Network’s shutdown is a loss for reporting of Native Americans

The decision to shutter Al Jazeera America recently was met with a general shoulder shrug. It was hard to find the channel on cable TV. It was easy to find its website, but not enough people were interested in finding it.
by Bob Collins

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Franken reads ‘mean tweets’ that aren’t mean

The Clinton campaign has trotted out a new campaign ad featuring Sen. Al Franken, and backed it with a YouTube video featuring Franken reading tweets responding to his own postings about the Democratic candidate.
by Bob Collins

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End of the road for readable highway signs

End of the road for readable highway signs

The end of the Clearview typeface on the nation's highways has begun.
by Bob Collins

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Obama channels Ray Charles

All politics aside, if that's even remotely possible anymore, can we at least agree that the White House concerts over the last eight years have outclassed all previous administrations?
by Bob Collins

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Cancer claims the voice of ‘Bison Nation’

There aren't a lot of radio broadcasters left who can be called legends in their community, but Scott Miller certainly qualified as one.
by Bob Collins

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