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Is Minneapolis’ city flag the nation’s ugliest?

Is Minneapolis’ city flag the nation’s ugliest?

People in Chicago love their city's flag. It's everywhere. Where's the love for yours, Minneapolis?
by Bob Collins

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The theater and marketing of the returning soldier

The theater and marketing of the returning soldier

This was a nice moment at an NFL pre-season game the other day. A returning soldier surprising his cheerleader-wife at a St. Louis Rams game. It screams 'America!' And also: 'Football!'
by Bob Collins

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NTSB issues findings in MSP ground collision

NTSB issues findings in MSP ground collision

It took almost a year, but the National Transportation Safety Board has completed its investigation into an incident at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport last year in which a taxiing Delta 757 clipped another jet that had been pushed back from its gate.
by Bob Collins

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State Patrol searches for hero in Windom

State Patrol searches for hero in Windom

The State Patrol wants to thank the Good Samaritan who helped a trooper pull a semi-driver from a burning rig in southwest Minnesota, but he didn't stick around.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The migrant children

1,000 Words: The migrant children

The mass migration of people trying to flee war has one constant: the children. Always the children.
by Bob Collins

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4 examples that prove baseball is better than football

4 examples that prove baseball is better than football

Oh, you still believe your football is better than baseball? You're just wrong. So very wrong. Here's why.
by Bob Collins

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T. Eugene Thompson dead at 88

T. Eugene Thompson dead at 88

If there can only be one 'trial of the century', my MPR colleague Tim Nelson tells me that T. Eugene Thompson's is the one for the last millennium.
by Bob Collins

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Mike Binkley signs off

Mike Binkley signs off

In the changing media landscape, there aren't many people who can survive in radio and TV for 34 years; it just doesn't work that way anymore. That's why the announcement from WCCO reporter/anchor Mike Binkley today is worth noting. He's done.
by Bob Collins

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In a struggle for a son’s life, heroin wins

Even as heroin use is becoming an increasing scourge in our area, ignoring the stories of the destruction in its path is far too easy. Here's a mother's story from Moorhead, Minn.
by Bob Collins

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Driverless cars not smart enough to handle dumb humans

Driverless cars not smart enough to handle dumb humans

That's the problem with traffic -- humans doing stupid human things -- that has, apparently, befuddled the smart people trying to build a transportation system that cuts them out of the equation.
by Bob Collins

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