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Target Field by quadcopter

Target Field by quadcopter

Somewhere around the third inning last night we noticed a quadcopter over Target Field during the Twins-Brewers game last night and anticipated the view from whomever was flying it. It's now been posted.
by Bob Collins

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Lightning, love, and cops

Lightning, love, and cops

This moment, caught on a security camera in Canada, pretty well destroys everything we've been told about being in a vehicle during a thunderstorm.
by Bob Collins

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God is my underwriter: faith-based health plans grow

There's a little more information about what may have been behind that faulty NPR story about a Texas couple who claimed they couldn't find an obstetrician to take their private insurance, which they bought as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
by Bob Collins

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Sign crackdown grows as Stillwater paints over mural

Just a few weeks after an anonymous person called the cops on a coffee shop that drew chalk drawings on the sidewalk, the city's preservation society has put the kibosh on the mural project of a St. Paul artist.
by Bob Collins

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Booze is king when it comes to political power

In Minnesota, liquor store owners killed Sunday liquor sales -- again -- in the recently concluded Minnesota legislative session. Now, the liquor service industry is flexing its muscle in Wisconsin where it appears to be controlling the fate on a crackdown on drunk driving and efforts to change the state's drinking culture.
by Bob Collins

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On D-Day anniversary, trying to comprehend the incomprehensible

On D-Day anniversary, trying to comprehend the incomprehensible

I've watched nearly every documentary and every movie about D-Day over my 60 years, but I am still completely incapable of wrapping my head around the magnitude of the horror of what happened on the beaches 70 years ago today. It's not for lack of trying, nor lack of listening to the stories of the men who were there. It's simply something my human brain can't comprehend, nor understand how anyone can survive that kind of horror.
by Bob Collins

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Chester Nez won a war and broke a curse

Chester Nez won a war and broke a curse

Chester Nez, who died yesterday, was the last of the original Navajo Code Talkers, who used their native language to pass information during World War II, a language that was never cracked by the Japanese. His -- and their achievements -- are legend. But they didn't stop once the war ended. Just ask the Boston Red Sox.
by Bob Collins

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A flower grows in Saint Paul

A flower grows in Saint Paul

There's a new park being born in downtown Saint Paul before our eyes.
by Bob Collins

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The low bar for Father of the Year

The low bar for Father of the Year

We love politicians too much and we have too low expectations for fathers. How else to explain the choice for this year's Father of the Year?
by Bob Collins

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