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Open thread: The shooting

There are many things I don't know about the shooting this week in Minneapolis that has sparked days of protest. And while I'd love to provide some contextual words to frame a news story, I can't. Maybe you can.
by Bob Collins

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A train station, two strangers, and a tie that needed tying

A train station, two strangers, and a tie that needed tying

You're in a train station in Atlanta when your wife notices a young man struggling to tie a tie. What do you do? Keep walking or stop to help?
by Bob Collins

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Flash mob’s Ode to Joy in Mpls

Given the times, there are probably things we needed more than hearing Ode to Joy performed by a flash mob (the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra and the Edina Chorale) in the IDS building lobby in Minneapolis this afternoon. But we can't think of any offhand.
by Bob Collins

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School district reverses policy on Confederate flag T-shirt honor

When is a Confederate flag not offensive? When it's a memorial to a family member and friend who liked the Dukes of Hazzard, according to a Minnesota school district.
by Bob Collins

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CNN reporter raises question about a question to Obama

Many news media organizations insisted after the beginning of the war in Iraq that they'd learned the lesson that they're not supposed to set the agenda when it comes to the urge to rush to war. So it was at least a little significant today when CNN's Jim Acosta got his chance to ask President Obama a question about why the U.S. isn't ready to go back to war in Syria and Iraq?
by Bob Collins

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The mystery company seeking St. Paul subsidy: Comcast

In hindsight, it's, perhaps, not too surprising that the 'local company' that wants subsidies to add jobs in St. Paul is one of the largest corporations in the country.
by Bob Collins

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That time toilet paper gave you the sniffles

A new online ad for toilet paper -- toilet paper! -- feels like a revolutionary acknowledgement that society has changed. The Cleavers are dead.
by Bob Collins

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Eye poke rewrites North’s ‘fairy tale’ season

There are few sports stories around these parts better than Minneapolis North's football team's march to the state championship game, which the squad lost over the weekend. The school was on the verge of being closed a few years ago, but the community saved it and the football team turned its fortunes around. Then a player wiped all of that away with one stupid moment.
by Bob Collins

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Ruined for anti-war opinion, Dixie Chicks to return to MN

Ruined for anti-war opinion, Dixie Chicks to return to MN

The Dixie Chicks announced today they'll play the Minnesota State Fair next August. It's the first tour of the United States in 10 years for the group that paid a terrible price for having an unpopular opinion.
by Bob Collins

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Why are some lives more important than others?

Why are some lives more important than others?

The social media aftermath of last week's attacks in Paris has followed a predictable route. People have reposted without questioning a news media slight of Lebanon, where a double suicide attack on Thursday killed dozens.
by Bob Collins

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