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In search of Aaron Rodgers

In search of Aaron Rodgers

Tom Wrigglesworth, a British comedian, has a slight resemblance to Aaron Rodgers. So he went to Green Bay to learn just how gullible the people of Green Bay are.
by Bob Collins

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NPR reverses direction on ‘Redskins’

NPR executives ordered staff to stop using the name except when referring to the controversy over it with the Washington Redskins. It's safe to say that it's unlike the word would've come up in any other context on a network like NPR, but the concession is yet another indication that its continued use is occurring on borrowed time.
by Bob Collins

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Even from nation’s top expert, Ebola advice confuses

A few weeks into the Ebola crisis, it often appears the Clampetts are in charge of the public health system.
by Bob Collins

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Ice caves might cost you this winter

Ice caves might cost you this winter

The popularity of the ice caves last winter Apostle Islands has come at a price -- a price.
by Bob Collins

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Dances with turnips

Let he (or she) who has never danced with a turnip cast the first stone!
by Bob Collins

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Marines engage Korean Army in skirmish

Marines engage Korean Army in skirmish

Details are fast emerging on the Internet today of a vicious battle between opposing forces in Korea last week
by Bob Collins

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Bank worker request for raise falls on deaf ears

Last year, Wells Fargo pulled in $5.7 billion in revenue, so an employee thought some of the worker bees should get a bigger share of that.
by Bob Collins

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Dems’ fixation on candidate’s hair riles Iron Range paper

Dems’ fixation on candidate’s hair riles Iron Range paper

When the campaign season mercifully ends in a few weeks, history will record that this was the year that hair was an issue in the race for Congress in Minnesota's 8th District. Hair!
by Bob Collins

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A female-sounding voice? Whose problem is that?

Online reaction suggests NPR is really hearing it today over it's story last evening on All Things Considered about women's voices.
by Bob Collins

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Vikings QB cheers kids whose mom died in car crash

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder may not be a legitimate NFL QB, but he's doing just fine in the decency department.
by Bob Collins

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