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Social network claim victimizes SuperAmerica

Social network claim victimizes SuperAmerica

(Update to this post here. ) “Ready! Fire! Aim!” is the way things work on social media and this week it took its toll on SuperAmerica when Facebook and Twitter repeated a second-hand allegation without even considering asking the question, “is this true?” It started with a post (since deleted) on Twitter and Facebook from…
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Does First Amendment protect man taking pictures of kids?

Does First Amendment protect man taking pictures of kids?

In Fargo, the First Amendment is running up against the creepiness of a man taking photos of women and children at city parks.
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The myth of ‘Dylan goes electric’ at Newport explored

The myth of ‘Dylan goes electric’ at Newport explored

The myth surrounding Bob Dylan says that he was booed at the Newport Folk Festival 50 years ago this month when he plugged in an electric guitar to play three songs. A new book says it's not true, at least the way the story is told.
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After 77 years, a marriage ends on the Iron Range

The 'most enduring' marriage in Minnesota has ended after 77 years. The Duluth News Tribune says Dan 'Pinky' Skorich, of Marble, died earlier this month. He was 98.
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NTSB releases cause of 747 crash piloted by former MN man

NTSB releases cause of 747 crash piloted by former MN man

This video, from 2013, might be the most shocking video of an aviation disaster ever recorded. A Boeing 747 crashed while taking off from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
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Speeding crackdown providing Twitter entertainment

Just as it was during the crackdown on distracted driving, the Minnesota State Patrol's Twitter account has been delightful, if depressing, reading since the start of its two-week crackdown on speeding. The bottom line? Some people shouldn't be driving. At all.
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A barn turns blue in Northfield

A barn turns blue in Northfield

The 'Sugardale barn' on I-35 north of Northfield is no more. It is now blue.
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How a classmate of a Supreme Court justice ended up homeless

Alfred Postell is mostly lost to the world now, a victim of an illness that denied the world his brilliance. He's a reality check that anyone can succumb to mental illness.
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Pluto fly-by discovers excitement on earth

Pluto fly-by discovers excitement on earth

It wasn't an accident that NASA gave Facebook-owned Instagram a head start for the image of Pluto, obtained this morning by the New Horizons spacecraft. NASA wants to appeal to a new generation. The old generation hasn't done much in the interest of space exploration.
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Exploring Duluth’s ‘cribs’

'Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum' -- also known as 'the cribs' in Lake Superior in Duluth -- changed last winter when a concrete column 'disappeared.' Slowly -- too slowly, perhaps -- the landmark is disappearing.
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