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Kevin Love: ‘Can’t say enough good things about Mpls’

Kevin Love: ‘Can’t say enough good things about Mpls’

While the new Minnesota Timberwolves were enthralling fans at the Minnesota State Fair today, the Cleveland sports media welcomed Kevin Love, the first time Love has spoken since he forced a trade from the Timberwolves. “It means a lot,” he said. “LeBron had signed to come back with the Cleveland Cavaliers and just a few…
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If peace breaks out in the world, is football history?

If peace breaks out in the world, is football history?

Football is deeply American and reflects our values and likes. And that's the problem. We love us a good war or two.
by Bob Collins

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Survey: Twin Cities not a safe place to drive

Survey: Twin Cities not a safe place to drive

Confirming what most drivers already know, Allstate's annual survey reveals that St. Paul isn't a particularly safe city to drive in.
by Bob Collins

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Chopper pilot ignores tainted fuel, takes off, crashes

It's not going to take the National Transportation Safety Board long to figure out why a helicopter crashed in Osage, Minnesota, last month while it was spraying for mosquitoes.
by Bob Collins

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Iowan makes a dress a day for people she doesn’t know

Iowan makes a dress a day for people she doesn’t know

Lillian Weber makes a dress each day as she sits by the sewing machine in her Iowa farmhouse. She sends them to people she doesn't know in Africa.
by Bob Collins

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Et tu, Ricky?

Et tu, Ricky?

Kevin Love is gone now and the Ricky Rubio watch is now officially underway with a report that the onetime franchise savior has turned down a deal that would keep him in Minnesota.
by Bob Collins

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Alzheimer’s reveals couple’s strength of marriage

Alzheimer’s reveals couple’s strength of marriage

Banker White, a San Francisco producer, moved back to Boston to care for his mother after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. During the time of her decline, he did what filmmakers do. He filmed. “One of the most striking things that Alzheimer’s has revealed is the strength of my parents’ marriage, even as it alters…
by Bob Collins

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Tax breaks chase a part-time job

If you move to Moorhead and raise a family, imagine the amount of money you’ll inject into the local economy, creating jobs and stabilizing neighborhoods. Maybe you could be rewarded with a tax break. Moorhead isn’t unlike every other community in Minnesota when it comes to wanting businesses to move in but, like yesterday’s news…
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Robin Williams: ‘What a concept!’

Robin Williams: ‘What a concept!’

You didn’t miss much if you missed the Emmys last night, with one exception: Billy Crystal’s tribute to Robin Williams, who took his own life a few weeks ago. “I used to think if I could just put a saddle on him and stay on for eight seconds I would be OK,” he said.
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Love’s got his number

Love’s got his number

Kevin Love is shedding his past in a big way, first dumping Minnesota and now the number — 42 — he’s worn in high school, college at UCLA, and in the NBA with the Timberwolves. The new number? Behold: We won’t know for certain what this is all about until Love is introduced to the…
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