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As goes my rubbish pick-up, so goes America

Bloomington is the latest community to go with a single-hauler, amid promises it'll save the average homeowner about $100 a year. The response was predictable.
by Bob Collins

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A kid, a stolen cellphone, and invisible faces of mental illness

A kid, a stolen cellphone, and invisible faces of mental illness

Dejuan Quashon Montgomery is probably heading back to prison soon because he stole a 9-year-old girl's cellphone. You might see it as a crime story. I see it as a health story.
by Bob Collins

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Radio after the death of radio

Jad Abumrad, the creator of RadioLab, loves radio. So it was a little disconcerting last evening, though understandable, when he seemed to bury terrestrial radio. “I don’t know a single 20-year-old who has a radio,” he told PBS NewsHour. He passionately and correctly describes the creative beauty of radio in which the listener is a…
by Bob Collins

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A father of psychedelic rock dies

Paul Kantner, an original member of Jefferson Airplane, was supposed to play the Medina Entertainment Center tonight with his version of the band, Jefferson Starship. But he died yesterday.
by Bob Collins

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Math man fights poverty by beating retailers at their own game

Math man fights poverty by beating retailers at their own game

The local food shelf might appreciate it if we were all better at math. Gavin Thompson is good at math, so the Ottawa mathematician has taken $150 and turned it into $1,500 worth of donations.
by Bob Collins

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Who says romance is dead? A St. Paul school

It's a day of commercialism and a lot of people in love don't like it anymore. People shouldn't feel obligated to express their love; that's not the way love works. But go ahead and try to get through Valentine's Day without running up a big tab. Save yourselves while you still can, kids.
by Bob Collins

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To FAA, transgender pilots no longer have a mental disorder

To FAA, transgender pilots no longer have a mental disorder

Jessica Taylor, a pilot for a Denver-based regional airline, won a big fight this week with the Federal Aviation Administration on behalf of people just like her.
by Bob Collins

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For health’s sake, follow your dream

I have a friend who is about to do what most of us are too afraid to do: He's about to follow his dream. Good for him. Literally, it's good for him, some recent research suggests.
by Bob Collins

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How the Minnesota Timberwolves killed the free market

How the Minnesota Timberwolves killed the free market

Although they're the least supported major sports team in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota Timberwolves are quietly revolutionizing how you'll buy tickets to sporting events, and, in the process, increasing the price you'll pay.
by Bob Collins

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No shoe no barrier to outplaying Gophers

How bad is the University of Minnesota men's basketball team? They can be beaten and outrebounded even if the opposition plays with shoes in their hand.
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