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When parental pride at commencement gets you arrested

When parental pride at commencement gets you arrested

Senatobia (Miss.) Municipal School District Superintendent Jay Foster told the audience at a high school graduation to refrain from cheering and applause until the end of the ceremony, he wasn't messing around. He's turned the law loose on four people for cheering when their relatives got their diploma.
by Bob Collins

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Girl leads improbable school march in boy’s tournament

A story from the Minnesota high school boy's tennis tournament provides today's jumping off point for the ongoing debates in youth sports -- what's wrong with winning?
by Bob Collins

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Taxpayers protect wealthy homeowners against rising sea

Taxpayers protect wealthy homeowners against rising sea

Here's why we'll be seeing more stories from sad homeowners in the face of rising seas and stronger storms -- a government policy that helps them make the same poor decision disaster after disaster.
by Bob Collins

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With Stones in town, old rock debates reignite

It's hard to top the sort of passionate squabbling that accompanies sports teams, but with the Rolling Stones concert tonight, this is one of the few days when old rock fans -- and maybe a few young ones -- can give the jock talkers a run for their money.
by Bob Collins

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Cyclists, pedal pubbers team up for duckling rescue

Cyclists, pedal pubbers team up for duckling rescue

It's duckling rescue season. The small fowl aren't real smart when it comes to storm sewers so they tend to fall in with great regularity. And we're still a people who will go out of our way to rescue them.
by Bob Collins

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Bureaucrats to WWII vet: ‘You can’t go home again’

When you're 99 years old, a veteran Marine, and you paid your dues to this country, shouldn't you be allowed to go 'home' in your final days?
by Bob Collins

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No, the Rolling Stones aren’t banning old backup singers (or are they?)

We've heard weirder rumors than the one that's been circulating in the Twin Cities in recent days about Wednesday night's Rolling Stones concert, but we're hard pressed to recall when.
by Bob Collins

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The scar of the Minneapolis tornado

The scar of the Minneapolis tornado

It's been four years and two weeks since a tornado ripped apart north Minneapolis and while there are still homes in need of repair, you might think that viewed from several thousand feet, you wouldn't know a tornado dropped down on the city. But that notion was dispelled when Reddit user AcerRubrum posted this image this afternoon on his/her flight into Minneapolis.
by Bob Collins

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Mpls. a great baseball town, but it’s no Cullowhee

Mpls. a great baseball town, but it’s no Cullowhee

We're pretty much at a complete loss to understand a ranking of baseball cities today that brings Minneapolis in at #10. It's not that we're not convinced Minneapolis is the 10th-best city in America in which to be a baseball fan -- although we're not. It's just that there are some entries in the survey that make us question its methodology
by Bob Collins

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With local cop passed over for chief, Hawley mobilizes

In a small town Minnesota, is it better to have a police chief that's locally grown or one from out of town?
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