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Hendricks man who built own coffin dies

Hendricks man who built own coffin dies

Don Buller, of Hendricks, MN., left nothing to chance when it came to preparing for the next life.
by Bob Collins

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The power of a note in a bottle

Thrown into Lake Superior, a message in a bottle took 10 years to find its way to the exotic land of Michigan.
by Bob Collins

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The amazing, shrinking Aquatennial

You hate to see slow, agonizing deaths. A speedy exit is probably the best way to go.
by Bob Collins

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Nightmare nearly over, Wisconsin gets Minnesota beer

They're pretty excited for Monday to come over in Wisconsin. Starting Monday, they get to drink beer from Minnesota, one more brick in the wall collapsing between the two states.
by Bob Collins

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When drivers aren’t very good at driving

Maybe drivers get cut off. Maybe they spend too much time on smartphones, maybe the kids were screaming. Whatever. We're just not very good at this driving stuff.
by Bob Collins

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‘Mysterious’ plane has an eye on the Twin Cities

‘Mysterious’ plane has an eye on the Twin Cities

It's impossible to talk about this mysterious Cessna over the skies of Minneapolis and other America cities without sounding like a soldier in the tinfoil-hat brigade. But the mystery does defy a logical explanation.
by Bob Collins

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The Adrian Peterson manifesto

Adrian Peterson, who has refused to attend optional Minnesota Vikings practices in an ongoing contract dispute, is again using Twitter to pour gas on a fire.
by Bob Collins

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Today’s great sports debate: Was Metrodome imploded?

While waiting for the World Series (with the Twins) to get underway, there's not much for sports fans in the Twin Cities to do today -- an off day for the local entry in the American League.
by Bob Collins

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High school seniors cancel trip, donate money to principal with cancer

In New Hampshire, high school seniors spent some of the year raising the $8,000 it would take for a class trip to the Adirondacks of New York, part of the perk of being a high school senior. Then they found out their principal, Courtney Vashaw, has cancer.
by Bob Collins

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Schieffer’s advice to new reporters: Pick up the phone

Schieffer’s advice to new reporters: Pick up the phone

If you didn't read all the way through the Associated Press' story on Bob Schieffer today, you might've missed an important cultural nugget.
by Bob Collins

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