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State Fair protest will require us to think about race

State Fair protest will require us to think about race

If nothing else, at least the Black Lives Matter protest at the Minnesota State Fair will provide a reason for the media coverage at the Fair to be about something important.
by Bob Collins

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A sportswriter covers for Cris Carter

Which is worse? An ex-NFL player advising rookies to always have a "fall guy" if they got into legal trouble? Or a sportswriter who sat on Cris Carter's 2014 comments at an NFL rookies symposium?
by Bob Collins

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No more $1 milk at Minnesota State Fair

No more $1 milk at Minnesota State Fair

This day had to happen sooner or later. The all-you-can-drink $1 milk at the Minnesota State Fair is no more. It's going to cost $2.
by Bob Collins

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Judge says KSTP can have bus surveillance video

A Minnesota Court of Appeals panel today ruled that surveillance video on Metro Transit buses is public information and ordered them released to a Twin Cities TV station.
by Bob Collins

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Rapist’s remorse not good enough, appeals court rules

Jacob Miles Solberg, of Erskine, Minn., is probably going to spend more time in prison for raping a co-worker in 2013 because the Minnesota Court of Appeals today ruled that being remorseful isn't enough to get a break on his sentence.
by Bob Collins

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Psst! Amy Klobuchar wants to be president

Psst! Amy Klobuchar wants to be president

Nobody's public status benefits from passive voice like Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar's.
by Bob Collins

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Man who put cyclist in coma forgiven

On June 25, 1996, Daniel Danais got good and drunk, got in his car, and plowed into David Scannell, then 39, as he rode his bike in Quincy, Mass. Scannell suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him in a coma until last Monday, when he died at age 58.
by Bob Collins

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The power to prevent suicide

The power to prevent suicide

Officials have not yet been able to find the body of a 17-year-old girl, who jumped from St. Paul's High Bridge into the Mississippi River after texting 'goodbye' to a friend on Thursday.
by Bob Collins

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Taylor Swift, Woodbury style

Everything you think you know about Woodbury is probably reinforced in this video, released yesterday by the city to try to get people to use less water.
by Bob Collins

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The physics of kindness

The physics of kindness

Last spring, a man with ALS gave two girls he didn't know $50 with the instruction to do some good with it.
by Bob Collins

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