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Why Rochester’s newspaper won’t stop using ‘Redskins’

The Rochester Post-Bulletin says it will not be joining a movement by some newspapers to stop using the word "Redskins" when writing stories about Washington's NFL team.
by Bob Collins

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City attorney: FNB seats in skyway are public

This should settle the debate, but it probably won’t. The St. Paul city attorney says the seats in the First National Bank building are public, not private property, the Pioneer Press reports today. That much should be obvious, given that nearly nine months after an African American man got in trouble for sitting in them,…
by Bob Collins

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Chicken dispute in Atwater boils over

A police scandal makes people in even the smallest town head for their corners and then come out swinging.
by Bob Collins

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Expert: Credit data stolen from every Home Depot

You probably don't have to wonder whether your local Home Depot store was one of the ones where credit card information was stolen by, presumably, Russian hackers. It was, Brian Krebs, the online security expert says.
by Bob Collins

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Is the political debate dead?

Is the political debate dead?

If there is one likely loser in this campaign season, it’s the political debate, the traditional chance for interested voters to size up two (or more) candidates at the same time. Sen. Al Franken, the DFL incumbent, refused to participate in the traditional State Fair debate sponsored by MPR. And today, Minnesota Daily reports he’s…
by Bob Collins

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Why do so many women get Alzheimer’s?

Why do so many women get Alzheimer’s?

This video is burning up the Internet this week. It’s tragic and lovely at the same time, and it comes with a troubling question: Why is Alzheimer’s so much more common in women? Of the more than 5 million people in the United States who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, two-thirds are women, the Washington…
by Bob Collins

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Flying the Root River

Flying the Root River

We flew down to Rushford on Monday and it was impossible to mistake what the summer rain has done this year compared to previous years. It's green in a way that makes you feel selfish for keeping the beauty the state can offer to ourselves.
by Bob Collins

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Paper, pencils and voila! License plates

Paper, pencils and voila! License plates

A woman wanted to drive despite having her plates revoked, so she found a piece of cardboard and some coloring pencils and made her own license plate.
by Bob Collins

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The mistake of streetcars in America

Minneapolis is considering a streetcar line on Nicollet Avenue from Lake Street to Fifth Street NE. St. Paul is noodling on a streetcar line on Seventh Street between Randolph Avenue and Arcade Street. These might be bad ideas, CityLabs’ Eric Jaffe suggests today, indicating that where streetcars have been put back in service in America,…
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