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Why has NBC pulled its best reporter in Gaza?

Why did NBC pull a reporter from Gaza as Israel launched its ground offensive against Hamas?
by Bob Collins

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Air traffic now avoiding Ukraine in wake of plane crash

Air traffic now avoiding Ukraine in wake of plane crash

After the apparent shooting down of a civilian airliner over Ukraine today, many airlines are joining the directive to stay away from Ukraine.
by Bob Collins

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Fred Child paraglides over Aspen

Fred Child paraglides over Aspen

As usual, Performance Today host Fred Child provides today’s vicarious escape from the monotony of the cubicle farm. Just not the way he usually does. Child took his flight while on break at the Aspen Music Festival this week. (h/t: Brad Althoff)
by Bob Collins

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NPR pushes back, says it’s not demoting ombudsman job

NPR is backing off its plan that many journalists thought was intended to take the teeth out of its ombudsman position.
by Bob Collins

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July: When teachers start paying for class supplies

July: When teachers start paying for class supplies

Ten percent of teachers surveyed spend more than $1,000 of their own money each year on their classroom.
by Bob Collins

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A mourning father gets his wish: a picture

A mourning father gets his wish: a picture

You can probably understand why Nathan Steffel didn’t want to remember his daughter like this. But he didn’t have much choice. “Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes,” he wrote this week on Reddit. His daughter died in a Cincinnati children’s…
by Bob Collins

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Hoaxed: The Home Run Derby injury that wasn’t

Hoaxed: The Home Run Derby injury that wasn’t

The story of how a Home Run Derby ball damaged a kid's hand? It's not true.
by Paul Tosto

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Women arrested for dropping daughter off at park

A woman who worked at a McDonald’s in South Carolina probably would’ve been happier leaving her nine-year-old daughter home alone, but the home was burglarized and the laptop which might’ve provided a little entertainment was stolen. So Debra Harrell dropped the girl off at a park about a mile from where she worked. The mother…
by Bob Collins

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Deported St. Paul man killed, son wants to come back

Deported St. Paul man killed, son wants to come back

The brewing crisis on America’s southern border should pretty much kill any chance of immigration reform in the future, the Washington Post reports today. Republican support for any plan that allows undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. has plunged since February. Nothing got done in Washington when there was actually support for getting something…
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota’s obsession? Is it really ‘nice’?

Whenever Minnesota examines its Minnesota Niceness, we are prompted to make popcorn, prop our feet up and watch the unfolding entertainment. We’d invite the neighbors over for the fun but we’ve never met them since they moved in two or three years ago. But that’s a story for another day. The Star Tribune kicked off…
by Bob Collins

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