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Jon Stewart tries the impossible: shaming Congress

Jon Stewart tries the impossible: shaming Congress

'The people of Congress are not as good people as the people who are first responders.' With that brick, Jon Stewart showed again last night why his voice has created such a vacuum of moral authority in the national dialogue.
by Bob Collins

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Weiland’s ex blasts ‘glorification’ of his death

Weiland’s ex blasts ‘glorification’ of his death

A blistering essay from the ex-wife of Scott Weiland on Monday was aimed straight at the heart of the music culture, music critics and fans who celebrate their drugged and inebriated heroes.
by Bob Collins

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When a black man ‘fits the description’

When a black man ‘fits the description’

In the aftermath of Ferguson and Baltimore and New York, Steve Locke's encounter with Boston police last week is the way encounters between the police and innocent people should go. Is it?
by Bob Collins

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Timberwolves coach running low on patience with sportswriter

Timberwolves coach running low on patience with sportswriter

After losing a game Saturday night, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell tried to embarrass a reporter for asking a question everyone who paid for a ticket was asking.
by Bob Collins

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Mom to cops: ‘Stop using our kids to do your job’

Mom to cops: ‘Stop using our kids to do your job’

You're a college kid caught with drugs. The authorities tell you you're heading to prison unless you act as an informant. What do you do?
by Bob Collins

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Remembering when AM radio was ‘social media’

Remembering when AM radio was ‘social media’

It dawned on me the other day that I've now been in public radio longer than I was ever in commercial radio, which was shocking because I'll always consider myself a loyal son of the AM band. It remains for me the most pure form of community media that ever existed, at least when it existed in some abundance.
by Bob Collins

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Small town struggles with the ‘alcohol economy’

West Concord, Minn., has a full-time bartender and a part-time librarian. There's a message there somewhere.
by Bob Collins

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‘The Spirit of St. Louis’ flies again

‘The Spirit of St. Louis’ flies again

It was quite a moment in upstate New York this weekend when 'The Spirit of St. Louis' took to the sky. It was a recreation of Charles Lindbergh's plane, which he flew across the Atlantic in 1927.
by Bob Collins

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Winona artist says he was first to swim Mississippi

Winona artist says he was first to swim Mississippi

A Navy vet who claims to be the first American to swim the entire length of the Mississippi River is wrong, a Minnesota man insists.
by Bob Collins

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