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Video: Flooding in Luverne

Video: Flooding in Luverne

his is the sort of flooding we see in March in western Minnesota but this time it's because of 6 inches of rain that fell overnight in Luverne.
by Bob Collins

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It’s a grand old — sometimes tacky — flag

It’s a grand old — sometimes tacky — flag

Tomorrow is Flag Day in the United States, honoring the day in 1777 when the flag was adopted. It’s had a good run, despite our best attempts to embarrass it, as documented every year at this time on NewsCut (example). Minnesota Public Radio’s Nikki Tundel has been stashing her most disturbing encounters with the flag…
by Bob Collins

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Ice girls: poor pay, lousy conditions, great exposure

Ice girls: poor pay, lousy conditions, great exposure

"Ice girls" face the same lousy pay, poor working conditions and exposure as other team cheerleaders.
by Bob Collins

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Does Nice Ride increase risk of head injuries?

Does Nice Ride increase risk of head injuries?

Can we please get on the same page on the issue of bike helmets, America?
by Bob Collins

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Your daily dose of cute

Your daily dose of cute

A father-son bike ride, for no particular reason.
by Bob Collins

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StoryCorps: Remembering a civil rights swim-in

StoryCorps: Remembering a civil rights swim-in

Today's StoryCorps from NPR offers a vivid reminder that it took more -- much more -- than freedom riders and and bus protests to advance civil rights in this country. Fifty years ago next week, for example, several African Americans jumped into a whites-only swimming pool at a Florida hotel. In response, the owner poured acid into the water.
by Bob Collins

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Terry Gross v. Hillary Clinton

The interview carries a significant message: Politicians in the coming elections -- especially Democrats -- are going to have to answer for their past positions on same-sex marriage, the same way politicians of days-gone-by had to answer for their views on race and segregation.
by Bob Collins

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Obama in ad for Mayo Clinic

Obama in ad for Mayo Clinic

The Minnesota Lynx were feted at the White House — again — today. The WNBA champions, as is custom, gave President Obama one of their jerseys. The new jersey — no Lynx, all advertisements — never looked more inappropriate.
by Bob Collins

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Former president jumps out of perfectly good aircraft

Former president jumps out of perfectly good aircraft

It’s amazing, really, how one word can dog a person. Newsweek applied the “W word” to former President George Bush in 1987. And people repeated it until it stuck for the same reason characterizations stick today in social media: People often believe what they’re told to believe, and much of politics is marketing. Not a…
by Bob Collins

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There’s more to America’s polarization than elections

There’s more to America’s polarization than elections

Can we call ourselves the United States when we so very clearly are not? This graphics, released today from Pew Research, is a stunning characterization of the polarization of the United States, as evidenced by the politicians we send to Washington. The researchers aggregated every roll call vote back to the 1700s on the two-dimensional…
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