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Coach calls timeout to unite town against cancer

Coach calls timeout to unite town against cancer

It was a class act that gripped the gym in Annandale, Minn., on Monday night.
by Bob Collins

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Biden in St. Paul to tout ’09 economic stimulus; did MN benefit?

Biden in St. Paul to tout ’09 economic stimulus; did MN benefit?

Vice President Joe Biden will laud the 2009 federal stimulus bill today at St. Paul's Union Depot. But while it helped patch up the state's budget, it's hard to see long term effects.
by Paul Tosto

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When is it acceptable to speak ill of the dead?

Scalia's death has certainly ignited plenty of debate and speculation over factors real or imagined. But it's the more human question that demands debate, a debate that probably hasn't reared its head in this country since the death of President Richard Nixon: When is the proper time -- if ever -- to opine that you're not sad to see someone dead?
by Bob Collins

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Timewasters: The chess hustle

Not being smart enough to play chess, I have no clue what's going on here other than this video of a chess grand master hustled a hustler in one of New York's ubiquitous street chess games is the greatest thing on the Internet today.
by Bob Collins

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Stacking ice on Lake Superior

Every year as the weather warms a bit, Lake Superior puts on an unparalleled show (except for you, sometimes, Lake Mille Lacs). Consider it your moment of Minnesota Zen from Duluth photographer Dawn LaPointe. Related: Photos: Discovering ‘the good within’ — and all around Minnesota (MPR News)
by Bob Collins

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MN Supreme Court deals financial blow to part-year residents

Under Minnesota tax law, if you spend more than 183 days in the state in a year and you have a home here, you're a full-time resident of Minnesota, with all the tax implications that come with that rule. Today, a divided Minnesota Supreme Court reversed a short-term victory to a wealthy Lake Minnetonka couple, who moved back to Minnesota in 2007 and were ordered to pay $650,789.38 in taxes as full-year residents under the law.
by Bob Collins

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The Fighting Sioux logo is back at UND. Sort of

The Fighting Sioux logo is back at UND. Sort of

The University of North Dakota went to a lot of time, trouble, and expense to get rid of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, which some considered offensive to Native Americans. But it's not really getting rid of it completely.
by Bob Collins

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Anti-Muslim billboard coming down in Waite Park

Apparently, we're not going to find out who paid for a Stearns County billboard that criticized Catholic Charities' involvement in resettling programs, but it's coming down anyway.
by Bob Collins

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A cure for what ails us: The new Americans

A cure for what ails us: The new Americans

Nothing can make an American feel prouder of the country than to hear the stories of people who risked lives and left families for a better place. Ours.
by Bob Collins

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