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How big a failure is Obama’s presidency?

How big a failure is Obama’s presidency?

Now that the election is over, it's on to the lame-duck and legacy stage of the presidency of President Obama.
by Bob Collins

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Pick your poison: Snow or cold

Pick your poison: Snow or cold

Minnesotans tend to snicker a bit when paralysis grips states to our east in the winter. But we've got nothing on Buffalo where five feet of snow has fallen and more is expected today.
by Bob Collins

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Wisconsin, where a sexy vehicle is a Dodge Caravan

Wisconsin, where a sexy vehicle is a Dodge Caravan

Minnesotans spend an inordinate amount of time looking for new ways to belittle our neighbors to the east. Vox today provides all the jokes you'll ever need with this map of the most-stolen cars by state.
by Bob Collins

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Poll: ‘To protect and to serve’… white people

Poll: ‘To protect and to serve’… white people

Gallup has released a poll today that isn't surprising at all. Non-whites are less likely to believe that police will protect them from violent crime than whites are.
by Bob Collins

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NFL finds its spine

NFL finds its spine

As the Minnesota Vikings season headed for the rocks, it seemed a lot of the attitude toward Adrian Peterson shifted too.
by Bob Collins

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All they are asking is give slacklining a chance

All they are asking is give slacklining a chance

Some students at the University of Minnesota are taking a stand for slacklines.
by Bob Collins

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When ‘ordinary people’ step up to help

If Tim Stahl, of Greenfield, Minn., hadn't stepped forward to put his money where his heart is, dozens of others would have.
by Bob Collins

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When cancer is ‘a love story’

When cancer is ‘a love story’

It is often hard for mere mortals to fathom the grace that can surround dying.
by Bob Collins

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Report: NFL, players’ wives try to silence abused women

Two former football wives in the NFL are offering a dark picture of life inside the NFL when it comes to domestic abuse.
by Bob Collins

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After football, a leap of faith to a life with purpose

After football, a leap of faith to a life with purpose

Not surprisingly, Steve Hartmann provided another dose of decency over the weekend with his On the Road profile of former NFL player Jason Brown, who walked away from the game (after he was released by the St. Louis Rams) to become a farmer and feed hungry people, even though he didn't know anything about farming.
by Bob Collins

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