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Would you give up your holiday to watch smoked meat?

Arby's is promoting a smokehouse brisket sandwich by running the longest TV commercial in history -- 13 hours.
by Bob Collins

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Attack of the fog

Attack of the fog

From the “Can Your Winter Do This?” file: A couple of fishermen were out on Lake Michigan near Traverse City this week when this came along. “They crept up on our boat and then we could see that it was a cloud that was really close to the water. We thought about pulling in our…
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On the rails, products are more important than people

On the rails, products are more important than people

Farmers can breathe easier. The fertilizer shortage is over. The Associated Press reports that BNSF has now cleared all the backlog of delayed fertilizer shipments as commodities vie for railroad access. The Surface Transportation Board last month ordered BNSF and Canadian Pacific Railway to submit the plans to ensure fertilizer was available for spring planting.…
by Bob Collins

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The great Stillwater chalk-drawing scandal of 2014

The great Stillwater chalk-drawing scandal of 2014

Is this a whimsical and cute chalk drawing on a Stillwater sidewalk or a dastardly and illegal expansion of commercial signage?
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What business is it of yours whether I voted?

For all the appropriate chatter about intrusions into privacy, for all the legitimate scandals being derailed by school districts citing privacy and personnel law, a story today stands out: Why is it anyone's business whether you voted?
by Bob Collins

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Open letter on Sunday liquor sales

Politicians have been mostly taking their victory lap in the days since the Minnesota Legislature ended its 2014 session, but there remains an issue that they can't seem to outrun -- Sunday liquor sales.
by Bob Collins

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When the president takes a walk

When the president takes a walk

The president of the United States took a walk yesterday. Count the number of Secret Service agents in this video, released by the White House. They walked to the Interior Department, then walked back to the White House. Enroute, we learned that the safest place, apparently, for the president to walk is in the middle…
by Bob Collins

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Thomas Friedman’s Minnesota

Thomas Friedman’s Minnesota

Thomas Friendman said the state, at least the one that he knew growing up, had civic leaders who felt a responsibility to do more than just make a buck, and had liberal Republicans in heavily Republican congressional districts. Does that Minnesota still exist?
by Bob Collins

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Model in $20 million Rockwell painting got $60

Model in $20 million Rockwell painting got $60

Norman Rockwell's The Rookie sold this morning for $20 million, NPR reports.
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‘Mother’ of Crazy Horse Monument dies

‘Mother’ of Crazy Horse Monument dies

Ruth Ziolkowski, who died yesterday, is a vanishing breed in America; like her husband, she was willing to spend her life energy on a project that could not possibly be finished in her lifetime.
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