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Duluth editorial pans Dayton transportation package

The Duluth News Tribune is the first newspaper out of the gate with an editorial panning Gov. Dayton's transportation proposal, which includes raising the metro sales tax, increasing the license tab fees, and adding a gas tax.
by Bob Collins

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Internet comments: The experiment that failed

Internet comments: The experiment that failed

Back in the infancy of the Internet, the experts told us it would give the voiceless a voice, empowering people in a way we can't imagine. We blew the chance.
by Bob Collins

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Would you ride a bike for 15+ hours?

Would you ride a bike for 15+ hours?

In last year's cold, not many people finished the grueling Arrowhead 135. This year was a different story.
by Bob Collins

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How to get fined at the Super Bowl’s media day

How to get fined at the Super Bowl’s media day

It was media day at the Super Bowl today, a day that has not once -- ever -- given sportswriters any insight into the upcoming game. Ever.
by Bob Collins

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Marrow donor/recipient bond propels cross-country ride

Marrow donor/recipient bond propels cross-country ride

Sometime in June or July, if things work out as she hopes, Maxine Renning of Los Angeles will ride her bike into Minneapolis. She admits she's not much of a cyclist but by then she will be. She'll be riding from Baltimore and will stop here on her way to Seattle as part of a 4,000-mile ride to support people fighting cancer. That seems to be her specialty.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota economy beats Wisconsin: 7 charts, 1 table

Minnesota economy beats Wisconsin: 7 charts, 1 table

Minnesota's economy outperforms Wisconsin's economy. It's been that way for years. Those trends have accelerated since the end of the Great Recession.
by Paul Tosto

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Chute saves life of pilot who ran out of fuel

Chute saves life of pilot who ran out of fuel

Employees at a South Saint Paul company might well be jubilant today. They helped save the lives of a pilot of a Cirrus airplane that ran out of fuel off the coast of Hawaii yesterday.
by Bob Collins

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Hosting a Super Bowl is a money loser this year

Hosting a Super Bowl is a money loser this year

Glendale, Arizona -- where the Super Bowl will be played next Sunday -- provides a cautionary tale for cities trying to be a destination by investing heavily in sports franchises. It's a money loser.
by Bob Collins

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20,000 holes, 10,000 people, one fish

20,000 holes, 10,000 people, one fish

An estimated 10,000 anglers headed for Gull Lake for the annual Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. They had no problem finding a place to pull up a bucket; organizers had drilled 20,000 holes.
by Bob Collins

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Beargrease race shows us how to do winter right

In matters of winter, we could take a lesson from dogs, and the people who headed to Two Harbors on Sunday for the John Beargrease race.
by Bob Collins

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