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A ‘fat guy’ bikes across America

A ‘fat guy’ bikes across America

It's an old story that the New York Times has done a masterful job telling this week. Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy loses job and balloons to nearly 600 pounds. Boy hears the Proclaimers’ hit “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)" on the radio. Boy decides to bike across America to win girl's heart back again. Boy gets girl. Maybe.
by Bob Collins

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Fleet Farm goes on the block

Fleet Farm goes on the block

The Mills family has confirmed that it's selling Fleet Farm, the Brainerd-based, rural-focused chain. It's economics in 2015. Business is good but in order for it to be better, the family has to sell to deeper pockets.
by Bob Collins

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Morning flight in Rushford

Take a ride in a powered parachute around some of the most beautiful country in Minnesota -- bluff country.
by Bob Collins

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Can Steve Bartman ever forgive Chicago?

Can Steve Bartman ever forgive Chicago?

You go to a baseball game to see your beloved team in the postseason, and the next thing you know you're the most hated man in a city and you go into hiding for the next 12 years. That's Steve Bartman's life in one sentence because of what happened in 2003.
by Bob Collins

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The art of the obituary: the grave digger

The art of the obituary: the grave digger

Thomas D. Donnelly, of Geneva, Minn., died on Tuesday. But he was known by a different name -- 'Digger'. He dug graves. He was also Tom Tom the Leprechaun, the mascot of the Minnesota RollerGirls.
by Bob Collins

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What we can learn from the Milford Mighty Mites

What we can learn from the Milford Mighty Mites

Without question, the highlight of the many years I watched my kids play baseball occurred very early in their youth athletic careers, when a ball hit to shortstop went for an easy single because the shortstop was busy making a sand castle. Life should always be that sweet.
by Bob Collins

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MN Supreme Court: Payday loan limits constitutional

The Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld the state's payday lending law that curbed high-interest, short-term loans to mostly low-income people who can't stretch a paycheck.
by Bob Collins

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Pizza delivery driver stops to rescue man from winter

Pizza delivery driver stops to rescue man from winter

A 76-year-old man has pretty much given up on life after his house was damaged in a storm and his son was killed on a snowmobile. He now lives in a small camper with no electricity, heat, or running water. So Angela Nguyen, who delivers pizzas, stepped in.
by Bob Collins

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Duluth suicide rescue video illustrates privacy concerns

Duluth suicide rescue video illustrates privacy concerns

This video from Duluth that's been circulating for a few days ought to play right into the debate over the privacy concerns of police body camera video, but for some reason it's not.
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With church splitting over same-sex marriage, pastor quits

With church splitting over same-sex marriage, pastor quits

Rev. Steve Berntson, a pastor at Messiah Lutheran Church in north Fargo, has quit his job to protest a Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.
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