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Marine on St. Croix landmark goes on the block

Marine on St. Croix landmark goes on the block

There's a good chance a few people are thinking of getting into the small-town general store business today. That seems to be how one gets into the business, at least in Marine on St. Croix, where the 'heart and soul' of the town is for sale.
by Bob Collins

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MN senator in LA sex scandal… 123 years ago

MN senator in LA sex scandal… 123 years ago

Courtesy of Vox, we learned that 123 years ago today, the Los Angeles Herald revealed scandal in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, from which a Minnesota state senator had fled. The climate of Minnesota had made him feel like a 'young buck' and he wanted to 'taste some of the joys from which he had been debarred by the restrictions of respectability.' So he went to an orgy.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: Tsarnaev’s letter

1,000 Words: Tsarnaev’s letter

Hiding from police in a boat, hours after he and his brother planted the Boston Marathon finish line bombs, Dzkhokhar A. Tsarnaev wrote in pencil that he believed his Islamic faith permitted the killing of innocents in defense of other Muslims, a witness testified Tuesday.
by Bob Collins

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MOA prosecutions the best thing to happen to a movement

Had the Mall of America and Bloomington officials let people disperse as they were in the process of doing in January when Black Lives Matter held its “illegal” protest in the Rotunda, they might not have handed a huge victory to the group. But every movement needs its martyrs. It’s how an issue stays front…
by Bob Collins

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Times change, but spanking remains acceptable, study says

As most any parent can tell you, sooner or later the words you hear coming out of your mouth, are the same ones your parents used. That is to say: We parent the way we were parented. We may think we're more enlightened as parents, but we're not, and a study out today confirms that in at least one area of parenting: spanking.
by Bob Collins

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School district lays off all non-tenured teachers

Here's a question for teachers: Why do you bother? It's hard to imagine a more morale-busting business, considering the way the workforce is managed from year to year, not to mention the near daily letter to the editor in the local paper criticizing what you do.
by Bob Collins

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Wounded in Iraq, Navy vet didn’t give up baseball dream

Wounded in Iraq, Navy vet didn’t give up baseball dream

Daniel Jacobs was a long shot at the Detroit Tigers spring training camp this spring. For one thing, the Tigers are stacked. For another, he's 29 years old. Oh, and he also doesn't have a leg anymore; he lost it to a roadside bomb in Iraq.
by Bob Collins

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T-Wolves recruit Seattle fan

T-Wolves recruit Seattle fan

Connor, a 16-year-old basketball fan in Seattle -- a city without an NBA team -- sent a letter to every NBA team asking why he should be a fan of their team.
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Who wants the UMD hockey job?

The Bulldogs' season is over, which means so is coach Shannon Miller's tenure, which ends with 383 wins, 10 NCAA Division I tournament appearances and seven Frozen Fours.
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Tracking the Target layoffs

What we do know is people will start walking out of the headquarters with boxes this week and it's already starting. About a dozen 'upper managers' were gone by lunch yesterday, according to one report.
by Bob Collins

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