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What’s wrong with ‘NPR voice?’

As long as radio survives, many Americans will get to enjoy a favorite pastime of media -- critiquing voices coming out of their transistor.
by Bob Collins

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The little horse that couldn’t but did anyway

The little horse that couldn’t but did anyway

My grandfather -- I didn't really know all that well -- was a horse man. Well into his 70s, he was a harness racer on the small-town tracks that dotted upstate New York, living out of a truck for a good share of the year, as I recall.
by Bob Collins

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Iron Range football team tries to change lives

Iron Range football team tries to change lives

Today's must-read story comes from the Iron Range, where the Star Tribune this afternoon unveiled a wonderful story about the football team at Mesabi Range College.
by Bob Collins

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Parachuting beavers

Parachuting beavers

There's big news on the history-of-beavers beat today.
by Bob Collins

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Who killed Al the alpaca?

Unlike Cecil the lion, shot by a Bloomington dentist in Zimbabwe last summer, causing an international uproar, Al the alpaca went pretty quietly. His death, however, deserves at least equal attention in Dassel, Minn.
by Bob Collins

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The good dog

The good dog

The gift of a man's best friend endures.
by Bob Collins

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Why calling slaves ‘workers’ matters

In Houston, student Coby Burren was taken aback by a caption in a chapter on immigration in his geography textbook recently. In a map of the United States it said the Atlantic slave trade brought "millions of workers from Africa to the southern United States to work on agricultural plantations."
by Bob Collins

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Edina: Tax increase is Total Wine’s fault

The mayor of Edina says taxes are going up in his community because people aren't buying as much booze at the city's liquor store.
by Bob Collins

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The grave robbers of Hastings

It doesn't cost that much to buy a pot of mums, so why are people stealing them from a grave in Hastings?
by Bob Collins

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Libraries ‘trash tweet’ in baseball playoff rivalry

There's little more tiring than the cliched 'bet' between politicians in cities involved in postseason play in sports. But librarians? That's an entirely different story. They understand the art of a rivalry.
by Bob Collins

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