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A diploma for Genevieve, 78 years later

A diploma for Genevieve, 78 years later

It was the Great Depression and your family needed you to go to work. So you dropped out of school. But you’ve always thought about going back to school or taking night classes to get the high school degree. Instead, you married, raised three children, divorced, then married again. When you were 93, a Council…
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A drive in the Google car

A drive in the Google car

For the first time, some unsuspecting people have had a ride in Google's new driverless car. They liked it.
by Bob Collins

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How not to flee a tornado

How not to flee a tornado

Remember when it was Tornado Awareness Week and the weather experts said you should use to figure out where you would go in a tornado? Remember all the time growing up when authorities told you don't use your vehicle for protection. Remember when they said don't try to outrun a tornado?
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The twisted world of the honor killing

The twisted world of the honor killing

For utter incomprehensibility, nothing beats this quote in the news today: “I killed my daughter as she had insulted all of our family by marrying a man without our consent, and I have no regret over it.” A pregnant woman, Farzana Parveen, 25, was stoned to death today as she headed to court for a…
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MN Court of Appeals rejects medical marijuana defense

A medical marijuana prescription from a state where it's legal will not prevent you from being busted in Minnesota, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed today.
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There’s something about catching a baseball

There’s something about catching a baseball

The only thing that would've made things more perfect Saturday night in Davenport, Iowa if it had been Father's Day.
by Bob Collins

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NPR story on ACA frustration doesn’t add up

There's something not right at all about this morning's NPR story from Texas in which a Texas family dropped their Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance because not a single one of the 28 obstetricians in their area 'took Obamacare.'
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After dementia, a time for goodbye

After dementia, a time for goodbye

Elizabeth Cummings Browning died over the weekend. She was just 53, and suffered from dementia and ALS and died just two days after the musician was unable to play one of her favorite songs, according to her obituary in the Star Tribune, which presumably was written by her husband, Star Tribune reporter Dan Browning.
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For a duck, there’s always a cop around when needed

For a duck, there’s always a cop around when needed

This incident in Eau Claire had all the makings of the typical springtime tragedy in these parts. A car stops, apparently for no particular reason, in the middle of the multi-lane road. Another car or two go blasting past them and into a duck and her ducklings who were trying to cross the road.
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Mental illness shortens life like 20 cigarettes a day

Mental health advocates will tell you that trying to get the country to pay attention to — and maybe even provide a little empathy for — the problem of mental illness in America has been a long slog. Imagine if the fervor for eliminating smoking could be harnessed to make significant inroads to help those…
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