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So, how was your summer?

So, how was your summer?

U of M climatologist Mark Seeley reported on his Facebook page this week that there were only two days of 90-degree highs in the Twin Cities this summer. In other parts of the state — Rochester, Morris, Albert Lea and Duluth, for example — there weren’t any. This, we’re told, has only happened eight other…
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Teen, thrown out of house, finds financial support online

Teen, thrown out of house, finds financial support online

Daniel Ashley Pierce, 19, made $93,000 in the last few weeks by getting thrown out of his home by his mother. He’s gay. The Georgia teenager posted a YouTube video late last month of his mother telling him to “get out” earlier this week on GoFundMe, in order to raise money for living expenses. (Obscenities…
by Bob Collins

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In Mankato, a well-timed triumph

In Mankato, a well-timed triumph

Though we are often powerless to prevent that which we can't see coming, we have full control over how we respond to it.
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‘The Economist’ looks at the good side of slavery

It’s probably just as well that the book reviewer for The Economist didn’t sign the review in this week’s edition of Cornell professor Edward Baptist’s book, “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.” The magazine has never believed in bylines. The unsigning writer makes a case, apparently, that slavery…
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The essential Joan Rivers

The essential Joan Rivers

I saw a couple of tweets over the weekend from some male funny people who couldn’t understand why Joan Rivers, who died today, was getting Twitter love as she lay in a coma. Sure, she was a funny person and all, but her act was “mean.” Maybe. Maybe not. Comedy is subjective. Humanity shouldn’t be.…
by Bob Collins

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Decades later, Doug Ward gets his medals

Decades later, Doug Ward gets his medals

Decades later, Douglas Ward was awarded the French Legion of Honor, the highest medal of honor from the French government, for his service during World War II.
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Quadcopter scourge too much for one animal

Quadcopter scourge too much for one animal

In today’s show, the part of the Federal Aviation Administration is being played by a ram, which got its name for a good reason. The part of the intrusive and inconsiderate quadcopter operator is being played by an intrusive and inconsiderate quadcopter operator. Related: College student arrested for flying drone over football game (The Hill).
by Bob Collins

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Recycling? But it’s so hard

It's 2014 -- well past the time when the homo sapiens should be able to master the not-really-that-hard concept of recycling.
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On a scale of 9 to 10, rate the Minnesota Twins

On a scale of 9 to 10, rate the Minnesota Twins

On a scale of 9 to 10, how would you rate the Minnesota Twins, who are about to turn in their fourth consecutive 90-loss season? The little franchise that couldn’t is getting poked today for a survey it sent to ticket-buyers. ESPN’s Keith Olbermann last night awarded the Twins marketing department its gold medal in…
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Restaurants that ‘kept Dorset alive’ burn to ground

Restaurants that ‘kept Dorset alive’ burn to ground

Fire has claimed two of the four restaurants in Dorset, Minn., a hamlet in north central Minnesota hamlet that bills itself as the restaurant capital of the world.
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