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In Rosemount, avoiding potholes gets you a ticket

You have a choice, Minnesota. You can either avoid the pothole craters or you can get a ticket for straying outside your lane. What will it be?
by Bob Collins

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Get over it, national media, Franken’s a senator

Get over it, national media, Franken’s a senator

While generally making himself available as needed to the Minnesota news media, U.S. Sen. Al Franken doesn't do a lot of interviews with national journalists, who generally consider themselves a cut above their local brethren. It's not hard to figure out why. National reporters just can't seem to get over the idea that the guy was once on Saturday Night Live.
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Black hockey player brings out the ‘burning crosses’ on Twitter

Black hockey player brings out the ‘burning crosses’ on Twitter

Take a sport played predominantly by whites and followed by predominantly white fans, add a city with a racist reputation, and mix in some social media and you have the ugly result in Boston this week when the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins began their playoff series.
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Inside ‘A Prairie Home Companion’

Inside ‘A Prairie Home Companion’

You’ll be seeing and hearing more of Garrison Keillor in the coming weeks. The humorist, normally a pretty reticent sort except between and 5 and 7 p.m. on Saturdays, is pushing a new book at the same time he’s observing the 40th anniversary of his show. After leading everyone to believe he would retire a…
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The recipe for safer highways

There's no question that driving Minnesota highways, especially those in the metro, is a frustrating experience. Anybody can get a driver's license and it shows daily in the incompetent and dangerous moves we all see, and sometimes participate in. How far are we willing to go to change that behavior?
by Bob Collins

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In constitutional lesson, Perham drops breathalyzer prom plan

A Minnesota school has dropped a requirement that prom goers be tested for drinking before being allowed to attend. The Minnesota American Civil Liberties Union said Perham High School's requirement is likely unconstitutional and ineffective.
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Don’t take your mom to a job interview

Let them go, helicopter parents. Nearly four out of 10 Americans between 18 to 24 years old say their parents are involved in their search for employment, a recent survey said. The generation of helicopter parents apparently can’t let their kids get their own jobs. The survey from Adecco Staffing found that 38% of young…
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Humor? There’s no humor in Stanley Cup playoffs

Humor? There’s no humor in Stanley Cup playoffs

It’s a fine line that separates good-natured NHL playoff rivalries from you-need-to-get-a-life-status. Hello, Boston. The Bruins open their playoff series tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. It’s probably the biggest rivalry in hockey and there’s no rumor for humor, apparently. In Montreal, a liquor store plastered Montreal Canadiens logos over any mention of Boston on its…
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