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Supreme Court rebuffs Star Tribune data probe

Turning aside a request from the Star Tribune, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that data from an agency created by the Minnesota Legislature to help high-risk doctors, hospitals and nursing homes get malpractice insurance can stay secret.
by Bob Collins

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Homeless player finds shelter, NCAA pulls eligibility

If ever there was a reason the NCAA should scrap its rules on student-athlete eligibility, Baylor football player Silas Nacita is it.
by Bob Collins

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Cancer patient kicked off flight

Cancer patient kicked off flight

Attention, Alaska Airlines: Cancer isn't contagious.
by Bob Collins

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Behind politics at the Capitol, humanity

The Mankato Free Press this week provided an unusual glimpse of the sacrifice some Minnesota lawmakers have to make to be legislators. Rep. Jack Considine's parents died within days of each other, just as the session started.
by Bob Collins

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Flying from cancer

Flying from cancer

Grantland provides today's respite from cubicle gloom with this invigorating profile of a man who doesn't let cancer get him down.
by Bob Collins

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What if someone hadn’t filmed officer shooting?

What if someone hadn’t filmed officer shooting?

We can't watch this horrible video without wondering, 'What if?'. What if someone wasn't in a perfect position to see a South Carolina cop execute a black man, who had been stopped for a broken tail light.
by Bob Collins

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Unable to get a piece of CEO’s $19M, bank worker quits

Unable to get a piece of CEO’s $19M, bank worker quits

Tyrel Oates, the Charlotte Wells Fargo employee who wrote to CEO John Stumpf last year asking for a $10,000 raise for him and his colleagues, isn't waiting around for a response, apparently.
by Bob Collins

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Coming soon? Death of the box score

Coming soon? Death of the box score

The baseball box score, a longtime staple of the newspaper sports section, may be disappearing.
by Bob Collins

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NBA star surprises single mom with new car

NBA star surprises single mom with new car

When you're a professional basketball player, you really don't need anyone to give you cars and prizes; you can buy them with the pocket change you put on the dresser every night. But it still takes a special person to pass the wealth along to someone else.
by Bob Collins

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Report: Fare-jumping is higher on Green Line

Report: Fare-jumping is higher on Green Line

A lot of people are ripping off the system, the Pioneer Press reports today, citing an audit showing Green Line riders in particular are dodging fares.
by Bob Collins

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