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At 9/11 Museum, crass is cash

At 9/11 Museum, crass is cash

It was no surprise, really, when the hucksters and street vendors showed up around the site of World Trade Center buildings while the holes in the ground were still smoking in 2001. We don't expect much in the way of decency when there's a quick buck to be made. But the new 9/11 Museum that opened last week is also cashing in on the collapse, to the consternation of family members of those killed.
by Bob Collins

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How the U.S. lost the space race

How the U.S. lost the space race

For a country that thumps its chest and talks tough every time its feelings get hurt, there's been precious little reaction to the reality that the manned spaceflight program in the United States is in serious decline, and the country is becoming a second-rate space power.
by Bob Collins

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Half-full, half-empty news at Target

Today's regulatory filing by Target provides a good opportunity for the business world to see the same thing differently.
by Bob Collins

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Driving drunk more serious than refusing breath test

In Minnesota it's a crime to refuse to submit to chemical testing when a police officer thinks you're driving under the influence.
by Bob Collins

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Can your winter do this?

Can your winter do this?

Leif Enger, of Aitkin County, makes a great case for spring in all of its frustrating slowness.
by Bob Collins

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How not to tell your parents you dropped out

It was the perfect plan. How could it possibly have not worked? Danielle Shea of Quincy, Mass., was supposed to graduate from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut over the weekend. The whole family was going to be there to watch. They would, no doubt, be so proud. Her mother had given her thousands of dollars for…
by Bob Collins

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A Green Line report card

With less than a month before the official opening of the Green Line, street.mn’s David Levinson takes a look today at one particular stretch of the route: Washington Ave SE. Many of the problems he highlights, he notes, will be solved in time. The signals will be timed better and maybe pedestrians will start paying…
by Bob Collins

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Ice cream, love stories and signs of change

Ice cream, love stories and signs of change

Commercial radio and TV will probably die off when the :15 and :30 second advertisement does. One gets the sense that the day is approaching, considering advertising's growing fascination with docu-ads, entertaining films that, at the end, sell you something. The latest comes from Cornetto, a U.K. ice cream company, which has taken 8 minutes to tell you that more than just the world of advertising is changing in a hurry.
by Bob Collins

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Live: Why Jill Abramson was fired

Live: Why Jill Abramson was fired

Jill Abramson, the ousted boss at the New York Times, is expected to speak for the first time about her firing from the Times. She's giving the commencement speech this morning at Wake Forest. Watch it here.
by Bob Collins

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Report: Love’s labors likely lost to Minnesota

Report: Love’s labors likely lost to Minnesota

Kevin Love can come forward any minute now and say 'I don't want to leave Minnesota.' Any... minute... now, Kevin.
by Bob Collins

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