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The beautiful — and corrupt — game

The beautiful — and corrupt — game

The New York Times has exposed a syndicate that European police investigators says fixed hundreds of professional soccer matches around the world.
by Bob Collins

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D-Day then and now

D-Day then and now

This week marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day and The Guardian is providing a compelling photographic tribute to the day that marked the beginning of the end of World War II.
by Bob Collins

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Girl takes a stand for shorts in school flap

Girl takes a stand for shorts in school flap

A Montreal girl has started a pushback against rules on what girls can wear in school after she was ordered to change the shorts she'd worn to school on a recent hot day. Lindsey Stocker says she felt singled out. Why should she have to change the way she dresses? Why not discipline boys for their behavior instead?
by Bob Collins

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Neighbor pulls gun on man teaching child to ride bike

We're in the middle of a run of neighbors-feuding-with-neighbors stories here in the land of Minnesota Nice.
by Bob Collins

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Rudy Hummel plans to head for the great indoors

Rudy Hummel's year of sleeping outside is almost over. The Hermantown teenager started his quest last June, and never gave up, even during the brutal winter.
by Bob Collins

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Study: Vocal fry may cost women jobs

People with perfectly normal voices who, for unexplained reasons, talk with a creaky voice -- vocal fry, it's called -- are creaking themselves right out of a job, a study says today.
by Bob Collins

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Kevin Love sizes up Boston

Kevin Love sizes up Boston

Timberwolves boss Flip Saunders is stretching belief and trying to put a good face on a pretty obvious play by his superstar player to force a trade soon.
by Bob Collins

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With lottery veto, Dayton avoids tough questions

With lottery veto, Dayton avoids tough questions

Last evening, Dayton crowned his legislative year by waiting until all the Capitol's political reporters were in Rochester covering the GOP state convention, to put out a release after hours indicating he'd vetoed the Legislature's bill putting the kibosh on the state lottery's plan to allow online scratch-off gambling and lottery sales at gas pumps in the state.
by Bob Collins

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McDonald’s taking no sides when democracy is at stake

McDonald’s taking no sides when democracy is at stake

There's no question that corporations have to be very protective of the brand, but does McDonald's really want to avoid being linked to democracy? Apparently so. Protesters against the coup and crackdown on democracy and dissent in Thailand have been using the golden arches of McDonald's in social media campaigns to keep the issue front and center. The McDonald's stores in Bangkok have become a gathering point for street protests.
by Bob Collins

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The people who don’t quit

The people who don’t quit

Jeffrey LaDow, paralyzed since diving into the water when he was only 18, fought depression and his own situation with a paintbrush in his mouth.
by Bob Collins

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