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When is it too early to mow your lawn?

When is it too early to mow your lawn?

We don't recommend violence against anyone, but, truthfully, we at least have some understanding for those doing something stupid while battling an invasive species in Minnesota -- the guy who mows his lawn early in the morning. Listen to me, Minnesota. Seven in the morning is too early to mow your lawn!
by Bob Collins

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If people are already forgotten, should cemeteries be saved?

If people are already forgotten, should cemeteries be saved?

There are 6,000 or so cemeteries in Minnesota and over half of them may be abandoned, according to the Minnesota state archeologist, Scott Anfinson. Also: Minnesota has a state archeologist.
by Bob Collins

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Lawyer wants baseball played inside a cage

Lawyer wants baseball played inside a cage

When a woman was badly injured by a foul ball in Boston earlier this season, you had to suspect that there'd be a cry for more protection for spectators at baseball games.
by Bob Collins

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A look at the numbers in the air pollution report

A look at the numbers in the air pollution report

People have respiratory diseases. Air pollution is particularly troublesome for people with respiratory diseases. People die from respiratory diseases. Therefore, air pollution has a role in the deaths of people. What's particularly fascinating about the report, however, isn't the headline-grabbing number of deaths; it's that it takes less air pollution to cause health problems than apparently it once did.
by Bob Collins

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Fewer Boy Scouts interested in summer camp in Wisconsin

Fewer Boy Scouts interested in summer camp in Wisconsin

Boy Scouts aren't much into camping in Wisconsin anymore and parents apparently aren't all that keen about letting them go.
by Bob Collins

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Commuting Wis. man’s sentence, Obama reopens debate on fairness

No Minnesotans were on the list of commuted sentences of individuals President Barack Obama said bore the brunt of overly harsh sentences for non-violent drug offenses. But Steven Donovan of Oak Creek, Wis., received a commutation of his 1992 life sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; interstate travel to promote distribution of cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
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Judge deals blow to researcher’s bear tracking

Judge deals blow to researcher’s bear tracking

Bear researcher Lynn Rogers has struck out at the Minnesota Court of Appeals in his attempt to be allowed to attach a tracking collar to bears.
by Bob Collins

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MN court upholds crime of refusing DWI test

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has again declared that the law making it a crime to refuse to submit to DUI testing is constitutional. The Court ruled today (pdf) in the case of Tarah Louise Fichtner of Hermantown, who was stopped and arrested in 2013 after she failed two of three field sobriety tests but…
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Oliver tackles the waste of paying for sports stadiums

Oliver tackles the waste of paying for sports stadiums

Economists haven't been able to convince cities that there's no monetary gain in dishing out millions of dollars to wealthy sports teams owners for sports stadiums. Maybe it's time for a comedian to take a crack at it.
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Happy Nathan Bedford Forrest Day

Happy Nathan Bedford Forrest Day

Not to worry, Confederate flags fans. There are still plenty of ways to honor racism and segregation and all that 'history' and 'heritage.'
by Bob Collins

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