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St. Paul East Side billboard awaits feel-good message

St. Paul East Side billboard awaits feel-good message

The rather delicious infighting among Saint Paul City Council members over the fate of a typical cruddy billboard reveals this factoid today: East Side residents need inspirational and promotional messages, according to area politicians.
by Bob Collins

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So long, 5th Street

The end is nigh for drivers trying to avoid westbound traffic on I-94 in Minneapolis, the Star Tribune reports.
by Bob Collins

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Super Bowl sideshow of the day: Do players need media?

If there's one thing people don't much care for, it's the media getting a little too full of themselves. Saint Paul Pioneer Press writer Brian Murphy might have found that out when he weighed in Marshawn Lynch's one-answer-for-every-question performance at Super Bowl media day.
by Bob Collins

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Twitter talks mental illness. Who’s listening?

A Canadian corporation is holding an online promotion to get people talking about mental illness and eliminate what the company says is a stigma against it by virtue of the thought that mental illness is a character flaw, a weakness, if you will.
by Bob Collins

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After actual bombings, just about any threat could be credible

Back in the day, it was relatively easy to find out who made bomb threats in our high school. Authorities would start by finding out which teachers were giving major tests or had big assignments due that day, and then pick up the usual suspects in each class until one of them confessed
by Bob Collins

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Super Bowl, beer, and lost dogs

Super Bowl, beer, and lost dogs

We've reached the part of the Super Bowl season when companies release their ads, garnering more attention than a TV ad probably should. And we're pretty OK with that.
by Bob Collins

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Girl spends birthday money for fire department equipment

For a week, the Rochester Post Bulletin reports, Jadalynn Haugen debated whether to spent her $20 of birthday money on candy, or donate it to the Plainview Fire Department to help buy equipment that can resuscitate pets caught in a fire?
by Bob Collins

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‘Drone’ maker has answer for wayward quadcopters

One of the country's leading manufacturer's of drones/quadcopters might have just shown the way to break the logjam surrounding how the devices can be regulated in a safe manner.
by Bob Collins

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The blizzard of no-school parodies

The blizzard of no-school parodies

They're digging out from three feet of snow in New England today. And a principal at a private school in Rhode Island is getting the attention he craved with another parody no-school announcement.
by Bob Collins

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