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Video: Train hits truck

The Minnesota State Patrol released a video this afternoon that defies the axiom of 'seeing is believing.'
by Bob Collins

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The last witness to history at Treblinka dies

Samuel Willenberg devoted most of his 97 years to preserving the memory of more than 875,000 people who were murdered by the Nazis in the Treblinka death camp in World War II.
by Bob Collins

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The steep cost of frugality

Megabus, the no-frills-bus from Chicago to Minneapolis, picked the wrong day to sell a ticket to a reporter. When it blew up on the way to Milwaukee, the New York Times' Frugal Traveler, Lucas Peterson, started tweeting, proving the old adage 'the only thing worse than bad publicity is no publicity' an utter lie.
by Bob Collins

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Duluth’s secret is out

Writer James Fallows seems surprised to find out that the entrepreneurial environment isn't limited to San Francisco.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota Twin plays some ‘cutie ball’

Minnesota Twin plays some ‘cutie ball’

Pitchers and catchers reported for spring training yesterday, in preparation for the return of the last remaining sport in which fans don't have to get hammered to enjoy it.
by Bob Collins

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106-year-old woman gets to dance at the White House

Virginia McLaurin was 104, when she was honored for working 40 hours a week working with students with severe mental and physical challenges. At the time, she had one wish: She wanted to meet the nation's first black president.
by Bob Collins

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On the mean streets of Kenyon, respect for the ‘big boy potty’

On the mean streets of Kenyon, respect for the ‘big boy potty’

One of these days we're simply going to have to get down to Kenyon to meet police chief Lee Sjolander, whose Facebook account is a must-read for anyone from these parts.
by Bob Collins

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Beware the Girl Scouts, archbishop says

As the dust-up between Donald Trump and the pope begins to fade, a new front in the definitions of Christianity and the Church has opened up with a St. Louis archbishop's letter to his clergy to consider evicting the Girl Scouts from parishes that sponsor them.
by Bob Collins

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What a country! Fashion Week in New York

What a country! Fashion Week in New York

Enjoy the annual runway collection of garments that you'll never find on the rack at Target, but over which people will ogle and applaud, and never, ever see again.
by Bob Collins

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Harper Lee: An appreciation

Harper Lee: An appreciation

Turn on the news now and "To Kill a Mockingbird" is just as poignant and relevant as it was during the Civil Rights movement in which Lee wrote it, or the segregated 1930s in which she set it.
by Tracy Mumford

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