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CHS Field in a minute

Even if the new St. Paul Saints stadium didn't turn out to be the jewel that it has, it would've been addition by subtraction just with the removal of the old Gillette plant, an industrial eyesore.
by Bob Collins

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The awesome people who have awesome jobs

At the start of the 'Oh, your job is easy; you don't have to work in the summer' season, it's a good time to remember that some pretty awesome people have those teaching jobs. Joan Hochman, a third-grade teacher at Woodbury's Middleton Elementary School is obviously one of them.
by Bob Collins

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If airliners flew like fighter jets

If airliners flew like fighter jets

At the Paris Air Show, pilots make large jets do things they're capable of doing, but never will once the paying customers get aboard. But what if they did?
by Bob Collins

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Breaking: Radio host makes mistake, apologizes

Did you hear? A person made a mistake on the radio the other day and you won't believe what happened next! Actually, nothing happened except the usual amount of bead-clutching by partisans and media writers.
by Bob Collins

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Cooler legs prevail in new Mayo dress code

It follows testing at Mayo facilities in Arizona and Florida in which it was found that women without nylons don't affect patient care.
by Bob Collins

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Analysis: Rep. Peterson is most likely to buck his party

Analysis: Rep. Peterson is most likely to buck his party

Whenever I've gone off to cover the Minnesota delegation at a Democratic National Convention, there's always one Democratic member of the state's congressional delegation I never see, and whose name is never uttered -- Rep. Collin Peterson. A Washington Post analysis today of votes in Congress shows why: No other Democrat in the House votes against his party more than Peterson.
by Bob Collins

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WI school district bans Native American sports apparel

Wisconsin has always been a little bit ahead of its neighbor to the west when it comes to discouraging Native American mascots by sports teams.
by Bob Collins

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Hunter: A tantrum, a strip tease, and some needed leadership

Hunter: A tantrum, a strip tease, and some needed leadership

We like the pizzazz Torii Hunter brings to the Twins as much as the next blogger, but we still have to admit: This pitch is too close to take with two strikes and even if it’s outside, it’s not the type of call to do a Target Field striptease over. But that wasn’t really the…
by Bob Collins

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Search ends for owner of donated wedding dress

Search ends for owner of donated wedding dress

It was a short but predictably successful search for the man who donated a wedding dress to a charity thrift shop this week, thanks to social media.
by Bob Collins

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