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Cowboys, curmudgeons deliver an entertaining debate

Cowboys, curmudgeons deliver an entertaining debate

In Idaho, Harley Brown is running for governor. The perennial candidate stole the show at this week's GOP gubernatorial debate.
by Bob Collins

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PiPress: ‘Uncooperative person’ hampers Kluwe probe

PiPress: ‘Uncooperative person’ hampers Kluwe probe

Vikings and/or Chris Kluwe fans will be playing the 'Guess the Uncooperative Person' game today as the probe continues into whether the former Vikings punter lost his job because of his outspoken views on same-sex marriage.
by Bob Collins

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Students find cash in couch. Give it back.

Students find cash in couch. Give it back.

Don't you just hate it when you stick $40,000 in your couch and you forget you put it there?
by Bob Collins

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At the 9/11 Museum, little things are the big deal

At the 9/11 Museum, little things are the big deal

Each speaker tried the impossible today: finding the rhetoric to describe meaning to the day two planes destroyed the icons of American financial power in the world. But words seemed to fail them all. Things don't fail, however. The red bandanna Welles Crowther used to protect himself while he helped people out of the buildings and which was later used to identify his body. There are wallets and shoes that are now part of the museum.
by Bob Collins

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The kids who keep good teachers up at night

Pam Whitfield, profiled on NewsCut a few years ago, has a way about her that allows her to reach students that other teachers and professors can't. But she can't reach -- or save -- them all, she writes in an article this week for Insider Higher Ed.
by Bob Collins

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Wildfires spark ‘selfie storm’

Wildfires spark ‘selfie storm’

Someone's son, daughter, wife, husband, brother, and/or sister is going to work in California today, risking their lives to rescue people caught by the terrible wildfire north of San Diego. It's what they do. The fire is already a tragedy that could be made much worse because of people like this.
by Bob Collins

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Subtle racism in Mankato attack coverage?

Subtle racism in Mankato attack coverage?

Isaac Kolstad, beaten nearly to death outside a Mankato bar last weekend, remains in a coma. Philip Nelson, the former University of Minnesota quarterback, is facing up to 25 years in prison. Both men's lives will never been the same. Was it racist of me to point that last part out?
by Bob Collins

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Report: ‘Bossy,’ pay dispute gets one of ‘world’s most powerful women’ fired

Report: ‘Bossy,’ pay dispute gets one of ‘world’s most powerful women’ fired

The New York Times is in the eye of the hurricane in the storm over the different treatment of women in the workplace compared to male counterparts. The Times fired its editor, Jill Abramson, today, replacing the first woman to hold the job with the first African American to have it.
by Bob Collins

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MN stamp adds mystery to undelivered WWII-era letter

Someone in Minnesota knows something about a mysterious letter sent in World War II. Step forward!
by Bob Collins

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