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Why don’t women fly? Because they’re told they can’t

Why don’t women fly? Because they’re told they can’t

Last Saturday, Delta Airlines provided a flight from Minneapolis to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, crewed entirely by women and whose passengers were all girls. The effort is part of an extraordinary ongoing mission in the aviation community to show girls that there are careers in aviation. Let the record show that it's 2015 and these efforts are still needed.
by Bob Collins

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Abby Hoffman, Pete Townshend, and Black Lives Matters

Not having much interest in marathons, we're content to stand on the sidelines and watch the face-off between its participants and Black Lives Matter, which says it may disrupt the Twin Cities Marathon this weekend.
by Bob Collins

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Another chance for mother who gave birth to drug-addicted son

If the child protection system in Minnesota still seems functional to you -- despite the Star Tribune's ongoing series proving that it's not -- then consider just four paragraphs in reporter Brandon Stahl's story today on Cynthia Kiewatt, 43, who has had several chances to prove she's fit to care for her two-year-old son.
by Bob Collins

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38 years later, burned baby meets nurse who helped save her

38 years later, burned baby meets nurse who helped save her

Nurse Susan Berger always wondered whatever happened to the baby she cared for in 1977. The badly-burned baby grew up to be Amanda Scarpinati, who always wondered whatever happened to that nurse.
by Bob Collins

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The Great Concrete Deer Hoax of 2015 snares Wisconsin

The Great Concrete Deer Hoax of 2015 snares Wisconsin

The anti-concrete-deer crowd is apparently behind a hoax in Wisconsin claiming that the fake deer are interfering with a count of real ones.
by Bob Collins

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Marilyn Hagerty takes a break

She's been a columnist for more than 50 years, but her family says a 'hip ailment' is going to keep her out of the paper for a bit.
by Bob Collins

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‘Wrong’ call sends Lynx to WNBA finals

Given the way local media buried the Minnesota Lynx' victory over the Phoenix Mercury yesterday, there's a good chance you didn't see the final play which propelled the Lynx to the WNBA finals.
by Bob Collins

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You take your chances following a truck in Minnesota

You take your chances following a truck in Minnesota

A driver in Melrose was minding his business on Highway 12 this month, the Minnesota State Patrol reports on its Facebook page today. That's when this happened.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota court: BB gun is a ‘firearm’

The court made its declaration in the case of a man who was not allowed to possess a firearm because of an earlier felony conviction for possession of a controlled substance.
by Bob Collins

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