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TSA to stop searching for ‘bombs in the braids’

The Transportation Security Administration -- the pat-down people at the airport -- is going to stop searching black women's hair for no reason.
by Bob Collins

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Soccer stadium contingent on ‘government money,’ landowner says

If he’s frustrated by it, Bill McGuire, the man behind the effort to bring MLS to downtown Minneapolis, can end the speculation on whether he’ll be seeking public subsidies for a new stadium anytime he wishes. He just has to answer the question. That he is shying away from the answer is understandable; it’s a…
by Bob Collins

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Front-page editorial slams Indiana law

Front-page editorial slams Indiana law

A lot of newspapers are pretty shy these days about running editorials; margins are so thin, it's not worth angering the readers. This morning, the Indianapolis Star isn't like a lot of newspapers.
by Bob Collins

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One boomer’s treasure is another millennial’s clutter

One boomer’s treasure is another millennial’s clutter

With increasing frequency, some large envelopes have been arriving in my mail lately. My mother has been sending me her treasures -- the remnants of my childhood. She's 93 now and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why, particularly since she's been voicing alarm that she'll die one of these days and nobody will find her. There are things to do, and, for her, one of them is distributing her keepsakes.
by Bob Collins

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To stay alive, Joel Beeson beat the system too

To stay alive, Joel Beeson beat the system too

It's been a little over three years since I first told you the story of Joel Beeson of West Virginia, whose difficulty getting a liver transplant from a living donor is typical of many in his situation. Here's an update on how he's doing.
by Bob Collins

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Is the end of tipping at hand?

I tried out a new burger joint in the Saint Paul skyway a few weeks ago. The food, though overpriced, was decent, especially by Saint Paul skyway standards. I'll never go back, however. Why? Because after you give the cashier your credit card, she turns the monitor around so you can add a tip.
by Bob Collins

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Stevie Wonder’s Sunday hymn thrills north Mpls. church

Stevie Wonder’s Sunday hymn thrills north Mpls. church

Stevie Wonder brought his big tour to the Twin Cities Sunday night. But a smaller performance at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church stole the show.
by Bob Collins

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A cure for cancer? What if?

A cure for cancer? What if?

For the last 10 months, CBS has been following the experimental therapy, in which a modified polio gene -- modified so it wouldn't reproduce -- "wakes up" the body's immune system to attack cancer.
by Bob Collins

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Media bungles mental illness in Germanwings coverage

Whatever progress Americans have made in understanding and accepting mental illness -- and it wasn't much -- has been fairly well undone by the breathless coverage of last week's Germanwings Airbus crash in the French Alps.
by Bob Collins

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The Internet makes it hard to forget a Marine

The Internet makes it hard to forget a Marine

We are appropriately reminded from time to time to be careful what we put online because the Internet is forever, and people in the future can find our past. That's also its strong suit.
by Bob Collins

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