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Detroit’s walking man says ‘thanks’

Detroit’s walking man says ‘thanks’

James Robertson, the Detroit man whose story of walking 21 miles a day for work and never missing a day of toil in the last 10 years prompted thousands of people to pitch in to give him a hand, has released a video via the Detroit Free Press with a pretty simple message.
by Bob Collins

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Measuring sports success, Minnesota style

Measuring sports success, Minnesota style

I admit I'm trolling you here. I apologize in advance.
by Bob Collins

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The story behind the kangaroo in McDonald’s

We all had a good chuckle in the last 24 hours about the McDonald's in Beaver Dam, Wisc., that kicked a woman out for bringing a kangaroo into the restaurant. It's just Wisconsin being Wisconsin and all. Maybe there's more to the story.
by Bob Collins

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Bitter high school rivals may have to become one

But most of us never had to face what many high school rivalries in greater Minnesota have to face -- becoming one with the hated rival.
by Bob Collins

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Revenge of the jack rabbits in Fargo

Revenge of the jack rabbits in Fargo

Jack rabbits appear to be breeding like jack rabbits and they've taken over a south Fargo neighborhood.
by Bob Collins

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A veteran dies in Mankato

A veteran dies in Mankato

A Minnesota State University Mankato student shot himself to death in the university library Monday afternoon. He was a philosophy major. He was also a veteran of the war in Iraq. For the most part, the news was met with a shrug.
by Bob Collins

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Video shows airliner crash

Video shows airliner crash

We don't often get to see what a plane crash looks like. This is what it looks like.
by Bob Collins

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When amateurs make a symphony

When amateurs make a symphony

Take a carpenter, and a writer, and an electrician, and a plumber, and a professor, and a doctor, and engineers, and several dozens others like them and put them together and what do you have? A symphony orchestra.
by Bob Collins

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Superior ice tower collapses

Superior ice tower collapses

Roger Hanson was well along in his city-subsidized effort to build an ice tower in Superior today. Things were looking good and tourists were stopping to take a look, just as the city had hoped.
by Bob Collins

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And now the bathroom hand-washing debate begins

And now the bathroom hand-washing debate begins

When Sen. Thom Tillis was in the last minutes of his appearance at the Bipartisan Policy Center yesterday, whatever self-preservation instinct he has failed him from trying out an analogy to explain why businesses are over regulated.
by Bob Collins

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