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October 29, 2015 8:09 AM

Paul Ryan’s magnificent speech

Occassionally, we get fleeting 'West Wing-style' glimpses of what is possible, even if they're usually mere rhetorical flourishes. Today provided one of those moments when the U.S. House of Representatives elected a new speaker of the house.

by Bob Collins

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October 29, 2015 7:36 AM

There’s a name now for jerks on bike trails

Maybe it wouldn't kill you just once, 'pathletes' to take a lesson from the -- ducking here -- 'burbs.

by Bob Collins

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October 29, 2015 6:27 AM

High school A.D. was behind on-field tribute to fallen player

Thanks to John Millea at the Minnesota State High School League, we know a little more about the person responsible for stenciling a large #11 on the field at Cleveland High School last Saturday for its winner-goes-to-state game against Renville West. The number honored Brandon Limones, a Renville West player who died in March. Millea…

by Bob Collins

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October 29, 2015 5:14 AM

Shaming Jerry Kill

Jerry Kill is fair game for the typical judgments of media, which needs to keep a hot story going somehow. But who are we to declare how other people live?

by Bob Collins

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October 29, 2015 4:07 AM

Football coach put on leave for on-field praying

Thou shalt not pray at high school football games, at least if you're a coach.

by Bob Collins

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October 29, 2015 3:39 AM

Facts, beliefs, and how we tell the difference

We don't always know what we think we know.

by Bob Collins

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October 29, 2015 3:06 AM

Minnesota about to lose a professional football team

You can probably get a pretty good deal on a professional football team most people in Minnesota have never heard of.

by Bob Collins

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October 29, 2015 1:52 AM

At NDSU, some required courses may be out

North Dakota State University is considering a significant change to its education program that would allow students to get credit in a subject without actually taking a course in the subject. Students would still be required to take some specific courses — English 102, for example — but other credits would be absorbed into other…

by Bob Collins

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October 28, 2015 12:29 PM

For roadside homeless, help comes in a baggie

If you live in a metropolitan area, there's a pretty fair chance that you'll pull up to an intersection today and a homeless person will be standing there with a cardboard sign. You might throw a few bucks his/her way, but probably not. More likely, you'll try to avoid eye contact, and feel fairly miserable in the process. There's an alternative.

by Bob Collins