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St. Paul videographer detained for taping police

Andrew Henderson and a local police department are at it again. Henderson, who was acquitted by a Ramsey County jury last year for refusing to stop taping police and an ambulance crew in Little Canada, was detained by St. Paul police this month for taping cops conducting a seat-belt crackdown. The police weren't wearing their seat belts, he said.
by Bob Collins

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La Crosse: The town that knows how to die

For several decades, planning for death has been part of the health care regimen in La Crosse, not much different than having blood pressure checked.
by Bob Collins

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Rethinking the value of polls

We don't do polls at this news organization anymore and with good reason -- you can't trust them and news organizations are risking a lot when they put that trust in the hands of third-party pollsters to issue polls under their brand.
by Bob Collins

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Duluth to crack down on homeowner rentals

Duluth to crack down on homeowner rentals

The law is having a hard time keeping up with technology-fueled entrepreneurs, but Duluth is giving it a go with a potential crackdown on homeowners who rent out their property to tourists via sites such as VRBO and AirBnB.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: Bye, B.B.

1,000 Words: Bye, B.B.

Memphis said goodbye to blues legend B.B. King this afternoon with a processional down Beale Street.
by Bob Collins

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In Fargo, cops make a splash on the court

In Fargo, cops make a splash on the court

In Fargo, a series of police shootings all seemed to 'rim out'.
by Bob Collins

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FiveThirtyEight, ESPN unveil Ventura election doc that gets it right

FiveThirtyEight, ESPN unveil Ventura election doc that gets it right

Ventura, who became a legitimate contender the night he was allowed to debate on the same stage as Republican gubernatorial candidate Norm Coleman and DFL gubernatorial candidate Skip Humphrey. They spoke politician and Ventura decidedly did not.
by Bob Collins

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AP: Suicide isn’t news unless you’re famous

AP: Suicide isn’t news unless you’re famous

The Associated Press stylebook, the bible of newswriting, is announcing several changes and additions this week at a convention of copy editors. Most of them are of little consequence; you can now write BLT on first reference in a news story, for example. But the AP’s directive on suicide is another matter altogether. In its…
by Bob Collins

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Spelling bee officials confront racist reaction

Spelling bee officials confront racist reaction

The National Spelling Bee preliminary round is being held today, and its officials are confronting the racism that has accompanied it in recent years. Indian American children have won the spelling bee for seven straight years and 11 of the last 15.
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With drought, Red River residents have short memory

With drought, Red River residents have short memory

When the Red River was flooding in 2009 (and again in 2011), you didn't hear a lot of complaining about plans to divert the river around the cities on the glacial lake bed -- not when every volunteer in the state was racing to Fargo-Moorhead to help sandbag. Now, it's getting harder to find someone who likes the idea. What happened?
by Bob Collins

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