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Obit advice: ‘Follow your arrow’

Obit advice: ‘Follow your arrow’

We must be getting somewhere in our continuing focus on obituaries that reveal a truer life than who someone worked for because multiple people have sent me Dorothy McElhaney's final tribute today.
by Bob Collins

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When our robot overlords take our jobs, what then?

It often seems as though someday being unemployed won't be unusual. Those who have jobs will be the ones who are unique. This seems particularly true in the manufacturing business, where robots and technology are replacing humans, who will be left to do ... what, exactly?
by Bob Collins

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NPR, radio at a dangerous intersection

NPR, radio at a dangerous intersection

Politico Media's Capital New York has exposed a bit of the tension between podcasters and broadcasters in the public radio realm, including a brewing battle of the generations.
by Bob Collins

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The Norwood Teague story isn’t about Norwood Teague

The Norwood Teague story isn’t about Norwood Teague

I'm not embarrassed by Teague because he brought shame to a university I embrace, or a state I love. I'm embarrassed because I'm a man. Aren't you?
by Bob Collins

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Charges: First responder stole money from boys killed in crash

Zach and Connor Kvalvog, of South Fargo, were on their way to basketball camp earlier this summer when they were killed in the crash on I-94 in Dalton, Minn., south of Fergus Falls. Their dad had given them each $100 to spend on their outing, but when he and his wife received the personal items of the boys, the money was gone.
by Bob Collins

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Neighbors back treehouse for kid in wheelchair

Neighbors back treehouse for kid in wheelchair

In western Massachusetts, a town's insistence that a treehouse for a young man with cerebral palsy cannot be built is running into a buzzsaw of pushback from neighbors who say it should be.
by Bob Collins

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Orphan on a mission: Make people smile

Jaden Hayes, 6, told his aunt that he was sick and tired of seeing everyone so sad all the time. Hayes couldn't tell his parents that; both have them have died. So the kid knows a little something about sad.
by Bob Collins

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Despite pushback, some MN police want more war surplus

Despite pushback, some MN police want more war surplus

From many indications, the militarization of local police isn't slowing down much since the Ferguson, Mo., confrontations. And while the threat of terrorism is often stated as the reason, Mother Jones reports that a war on drugs is primarily responsible.
by Bob Collins

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How come men don’t change names when they get married?

Writer Naomi Shulman had a moment of deja vu when the New York Times recently ran a story about women who don't change their names when they get married. We've heard the debate before. Then she noticed something was missing in the discussion on her Facebook page about the story: How come we never ask men the question?
by Bob Collins

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