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Crashed Ice provides example of why drones should be legal

Every year safe pilots wince at the risk a pilot takes so that a newspaper can get the signature photo of Crashed Ice in Saint Paul.
by Bob Collins

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Rural hospitals getting out of the birthing business?

Insurance hassles and regulations are forcing many rural hospitals to close their obstetrics facilities,
by Bob Collins

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Compared to the Northeast, MN doesn’t know snow

Compared to the Northeast, MN doesn’t know snow

The snow hadn't even started falling yet in the northeast's 'historic' snowstorm when Minnesotans and other Midwesterners were taking to Twitter to joke about the East's ignorance of what to do when it snows.
by Bob Collins

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It took football to get people interested in physics

It took football to get people interested in physics

If you write a news blog for a living, there's not much better than a debate breaking out on it over a scientific calculation.
by Bob Collins

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So long, Ernie Banks

So long, Ernie Banks

Nothing can make a person feel older than when your earliest baseball heroes die. Ernie Banks has died.
by Bob Collins

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Quiz: Beat the news blogger!

Quiz: Beat the news blogger!

Here are 10 questions based on events that happened this week. Good luck!
by Bob Collins

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Don’t eat the snow in North Dakota

North Dakota has the dirtiest snow in America, according to researchers.
by Bob Collins

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Al Jazeera shines light on Mpls’ Native American mobs

Al Jazeera America this week has been peeling back the veil of indifference that has masked a reality of life in parts of Minneapolis -- native American gangs.
by Bob Collins

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