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Garage-roof leap highlights Minnesota cold

Garage-roof leap highlights Minnesota cold

Nathan Ziegler, the Twin Cities teacher who got plenty of international attention last week for his video of a frozen trampoline, has doubled down.
by Bob Collins

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In move to trailer park, family leading by example

In move to trailer park, family leading by example

Jill and Brian Dejewski have given up life in a two-story home and moved to a trailer park because more than half the people in their community live below the poverty line.
by Bob Collins

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After Packers game, Rep. Ryan wins the Internet

After Packers game, Rep. Ryan wins the Internet

Republican presidential hopeful Paul Ryan won the public-image campaign at Sunday's Packers game.
by Bob Collins

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A cultural shift in grief

A twentysomething with no kids, no partner, and few adult obligations lost her mom. Then she had to figure out how to grieve like a grown-up, Washingtonian magazine says.
by Bob Collins

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In journalism, assessing the limits of harm

In journalism, assessing the limits of harm

Last week's attacks in Paris have clearly sparked a discussion in newsrooms about the line between the freedom of journalists to say whatever they feel the need to say and the responsibility not to offend or harm, at least not unnecessarily.
by Bob Collins

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About that National Anthem…

About that National Anthem…

Let he (or she) who can easily sing one of the world's most unsingable songs, without accompaniment, with a 17 degree wind chill, while millions of people watch you on TV cast, the first stone.
by Bob Collins

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Are ethics bad for politics?

In his column in the Pioneer Press today, Capitol reporter Bill Salisbury, who's retiring as a full-time political reporter, echoes a familiar theme over the years since ethics rules were tightened in the '90s.
by Bob Collins

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Real life in a photo booth

Real life in a photo booth

There are horrible things going on in the world today, and you can read all about it on the rest of the MPR News site and millions of others. We can't ignore it. Real life is ugly. But sometimes we just have to take a deep breath and remind ourselves that this is real life, too.
by Bob Collins

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The NFL’s most important city doesn’t even have a team

The NFL’s most important city doesn’t even have a team

There's an old saying in sports: if a play is working, just keep running it. The National Football League ran its stadium play again this month in St. Louis and, just as it has in every other city, it's working perfectly so far
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