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Scandal in Atwater: Police chief executes chicken

Another police scandal is brewing, this time in Atwater, Minnesota, east of Willmar, where the police chief is accused of beheading a pet chicken.
by Bob Collins

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What made Martha ‘sweet’

What made Martha ‘sweet’

You know you’ve made it when the iconic On the Road feature from CBS News stops at your door. Martha Olson has made it…
by Bob Collins

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The Ludlow Massacre

The Ludlow Massacre

It’s Labor Day, you may have heard. So here’s a little history they generally don’t teach in school. How two women and 11 children were among those who died at the hands of government forces so we could have decent working conditions. It was the Ludlow Massacre.
by Bob Collins

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The value of a worker

The value of a worker

In the aftermath of the Market Basket labor settlement, one of the very few times that a CEO showed why valuing employees is good for the bottom line, CBS Sunday Morning provided a terrific analysis of the situation that’s entirely appropriate for Labor Day weekend.
by Bob Collins

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Union: ‘Decorated’ cops showed respect in STP skyway arrest

The St. Paul Police Federation, the police union, is disputing the assertion that police officers were at fault in the arrest of an African American man who was sitting in chairs in the St. Paul skyway. The video of Chris Lollie’s arrest in January, which was released this week (available here), has prompted a call…
by Bob Collins

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How St. Paul’s new reputation might’ve been avoided

How St. Paul’s new reputation might’ve been avoided

Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic pretty much gets it right today in his assessment of the arrest of Chris Lollie, the man in the self-taken video who apparently violated a law that doesn’t exist when he sat down in the St. Paul Skyway (The First National Bank building was listed as the “victim” in the…
by Bob Collins

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Back to homelessness for nation’s Little League champ

Back to homelessness for nation’s Little League champ

In the "two Americas," the nation gets behind a kid who can play baseball, especially if the team is credited with "uplifting America" but tends to look the other way when a kid is homeless.
by Bob Collins

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The speech most CEOs would never give

The speech most CEOs would never give

There’s little chance Arthur T. Demoulas will be invited to give the commencement speech next year at any respectable business school, where the next generation of CEOs are taught that their primary responsibility is to maximize shareholder value by any means necessary. That’s why his speech yesterday — at the conclusion of a summer-long protest…
by Bob Collins

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Obama: ‘Yes we tan!’

Obama: ‘Yes we tan!’

You know we've entered a new stage of political analysis when the analysts discuss whether a president should wear a tan suit while discussing serious subjects.
by Bob Collins

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Your Friday adorables

Your Friday adorables

One observation about working the MPR booth at the State Fair again this year pretty much mirrors the observation from previous years: We need to be more like kids. P.O.S. (Stefon Alexander) had just started his performance with Mary Lucia on The Current yesterday afternoon when he stopped and told a young lady she could…
by Bob Collins

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