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Good news is hard to find in a corn field

What would be a real pick-me-up for farmers? How about snow? That would prevent farmers from bringing in what remains of the harvest, pushing prices higher. Right? Apparently not, the Associated Press reports today.
by Bob Collins

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Court: A promise of lower taxes isn’t ‘vote buying’

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today settled -- for now -- the ongoing role of school boards when it comes to campaigning for passage of levy referenda.
by Bob Collins

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This is what ALS is

This is what ALS is

Take a long look at this picture of former Minnesota Viking Orlando Thomas.
by Bob Collins

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After ‘the point’, a question of racism remains

After ‘the point’, a question of racism remains

The snowstorm couldn't have come at a better time for KSTP in the aftermath of its ill-fated decision last Thursday to run a police-union-inspired story claiming Mayor Betsy Hodges was flashing gang signs with Navell Gordon, a young man with whom she was participating in a get-out-the-vote door-knocking effort.
by Bob Collins

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The Fitzgerald’s last voyage … via Twitter

The Fitzgerald’s last voyage … via Twitter

To remember the 39th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the National Weather Service in Marquette is tweeting the weather in "real time" today.
by Bob Collins

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The ‘N word': More popular than ever

The ‘N word': More popular than ever

The Washington Post is courageously tackling a word that it can't even use in its article today -- the 'N word.' The paper today rolled out a huge series examining the use of the word.
by Bob Collins

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Stockyards and packers gone, South St. Paul loses some character

Stockyards and packers gone, South St. Paul loses some character

A generation or two from now, some kid at a South St. Paul high school football game is going to ask, 'Why is the team called the Packers?' The last packers in the city have lost their jobs.
by Bob Collins

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Chemo this morning. Garth tonight

Chemo this morning. Garth tonight

Here's your daily dose of sweetness. It happened at last night's Garth Brooks concert at Target Center when a woman waved a sign that indicated she'd had chemotherapy yesterday morning.
by Bob Collins

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Tom Magliozzi’s fitting wake

Tom Magliozzi’s fitting wake

Death is pretty serious business, but there are worse ways to depart this world than to have the people left recalling the times you made them laugh until things came out of your nose.
by Bob Collins

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Special needs students learn tough lesson at local mall

This just in from the NewsCut “What Is Wrong With You?” department staff. In the St. Louis area this week a group of special needs students were on a life skills trip to the local mall. Things were going pretty well for the kids and their teachers. They were able to work their way down…
by Bob Collins

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