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Obama’s finest news conference?

Obama’s finest news conference?

That might have been the best news conference in the administration of President Barack Obama, who has been far too reclusive in his years in office when it comes to answering questions from the media.
by Bob Collins

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Love in Rice Park

Love in Rice Park

How do you know it's true love? When your proposal isn't on a scoreboard, doesn't involve a marching band, and YouTube.
by Bob Collins

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When will the dark commutes end?

When will the dark commutes end?

If you play your cards wrong around here, you can commute to work in the dark, spend the day in a windowless room, and then commute back home again in the dark. The only way to lift the gloom is to calculate how much longer we'll have to endure this.
by Bob Collins

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How the Cold War led to the Santa Tracker

Santa Claus gets all the ink at this time of year, but Harry Shoup should get his due.
by Bob Collins

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This day in despicable

It was six degrees Wednesday night when someone put a black lab and her litter in a cardboard box and left it next to a dumpster in East Grand Forks, Forum Communications reports.
by Bob Collins

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Our need to be outraged

We have many obvious needs in life -- food, water, a housebroken puppy, for example. But if there's one thing that drives Americans, it's outrage. Without it, our lives lack a certain meaning.
by Bob Collins

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Colbert’s goodbye

Colbert’s goodbye

It's not as if Stephen Colbert is going anywhere. He takes over for David Letterman, of course. But his character -- Stephen Colbert -- is being retired and last night was the last Colbert Report.
by Bob Collins

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Has ‘Serial’ changed anything?

Has ‘Serial’ changed anything?

Serial, the Public Radio version of 'Who shot JR?' (ask your parents), has concluded its first season without us knowing who killed a young high school woman.
by Bob Collins

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Texas plumber’s truck ends up in hands of Syrian rebels

Texas plumber’s truck ends up in hands of Syrian rebels

As soon as authorities can figure out how to stop people from leaving the country to fight with Islamic extremists, perhaps they can figure out how to stop trucks people trade in at the car dealership from ending up in the hands of Syrian rebels.
by Bob Collins

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EU: Obesity is a disability

The European Court of Justice today ruled that obesity is a disability, a ruling which could mean employers have to treat those obese workers as disabled. It ruled in the case of Karsten Kaltoft, who was fired for his size. His employer said the child care worker was so fat he needed help to tie children's shoe laces.
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