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Timewasters: Deciphering the sports page

Timewasters: Deciphering the sports page

As the great St. Paul blogger Teresa Boardman likes to say, “today is Friday, and Friday is for fun.” In that spirit, we give you this paragraph from this morning’s Star Tribune and challenge you to find either the meaning or the math therein. Good luck. If you’d like some music while you work it…
by Bob Collins

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‘Patriotism’ and the school yearbook debate

‘Patriotism’ and the school yearbook debate

In Foxboro, Mass., a school has banned this photo. What's wrong with it? She's obviously patriotic. She has a flag in her photo. Look closer.
by Bob Collins

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McCain, Franken spar in football skit

McCain, Franken spar in football skit

Sen. John McCain and Sen. Al Franken mix it up over their NFL loyalties.
by Bob Collins

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In welcoming refugees, Trudeau trumps U.S.

In welcoming refugees, Trudeau trumps U.S.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wittingly or unwittingly provided a sharp contrast between his country and the one to the south when a plane load of Syrian refugees arrived overnight in Toronto.
by Bob Collins

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Duluth considers attaching strings to Cirrus subsidy

The city of Duluth and the airplane manufacturer Cirrus may be on a collision course that could have one of the few northern Minnesota success stories looking elsewhere.
by Bob Collins

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Search for missing hat creates suspicion in Bloomington

Search for missing hat creates suspicion in Bloomington

Bloomington police report there's nothing to fear from an elderly man who lost his hat. One can hardly blame the young girl walking home from school for saying "no" when he asked her to help look for it, or her father who called the cops, or the cops for taking it seriously.
by Bob Collins

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Health provider snooping gets little attention but does big damage

An investigation by ProPublica and NPR into the damage inflicted by even the smallest release of private health information provides a good opportunity to re-examine a Minnesota case over who's liable when a health care provider's loose lips inflict damage.
by Bob Collins

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Freshman band kids booted from bowl game

The deep budget cuts in the University of Wisconsin system have hit the band kids. It's always the band kids.
by Bob Collins

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The season of lutefisk

At this time of the year, we pause for an annual tradition to bow our heads and consider what on earth is wrong with people who eat lutefisk?
by Bob Collins

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Grand Forks rallies behind Somali restaurant after fire

Grand Forks rallies behind Somali restaurant after fire

Authorities in Grand Forks are hoping someone will recognize the man in the video that's been posted on the Grand Forks Herald website. He appears to be the person who torched a Somali restaurant in the city on Tuesday morning.
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