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Drivers give up avoiding potholes

Drivers give up avoiding potholes

Somewhere potholes are being filled on heavily-traveled roads, but good luck finding where.
by Bob Collins

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Writer: Why kids should swear

WBUR (Boston) blogger Lindsay Goodwin is probably going to cause a dust-up in Puritan country (and elsewhere) with her blog post this morning on how to keep your kids from swearing in public. Let them swear around the house, she says.
by Bob Collins

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Lynchburg derailment by drone

Lynchburg derailment by drone

And we have yet another case of the news media ignoring the law and flying drones over news stories.
by Bob Collins

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Checking in on Colorado karma after Wild win

Checking in on Colorado karma after Wild win

Just checking in on the Denver sportswriter who criticized Minnesota Wild fans last week after the Colorado Avalanche appeared on the version of wiping the local team off the playoff map. He said Wild players were bellyachers, calling the coach duller than a fence post, and seemed to mock 'The Great State of Hockey.'
by Bob Collins

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When it comes to a big heart, a Minnesota little town shines

When it comes to a big heart, a Minnesota little town shines

At last official count, there were only 699 residents of Hendricks, Minnesota, aka 'The Little Town By the Lake,' so the idea of a "flash mob" isn't a practical notion, especially given the weather these days. Our pal in the town, Steve Hemmingsen, gave it a shot anyway today, sending out an e-mail to town residents urging them to head for the drug store. He didn't say why, other than it would be fun. He said in a follow-up email to residents that about 5 percent of the "ambulatory population" of the community showed up.
by Bob Collins

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MN Supreme Court divided on whether abuse of a mother is abuse of children

MN Supreme Court divided on whether abuse of a mother is abuse of children

In upholding the constitutionality of Minnesota's law allowing a 50-year order for protection for victims of domestic abuse, the Minnesota Supreme Court was sharply divided today on the question of whether abuse or stalking of a mother constitutes abuse of the children when it comes to deciding whether parenting time should be restricted.
by Bob Collins

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Drone journalism growing faster than the FAA’s ability to stop it

Drone journalism growing faster than the FAA’s ability to stop it

While it considers new regulations on quadcopters, the Federal Aviation Administration is taking on a role of the 2014 version of Prohibition's revenuers.
by Bob Collins

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When executions go wrong

There's no nice way to describe what happened in Oklahoma last evening, where for weeks people have been trying to tell a state that attempting to execute two men using experimental drugs was a bad idea . No doubt, some people will say, 'good, let 'em suffer,' but public policy shouldn't be dictated by people without a functioning soul.
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Here’s to the ticket scalpers

Here’s to the ticket scalpers

People were shut out of buying Paul McCartney tickets over the last week and, not unexpectedly, scalpers are in the crosshairs. It's not fair, they said, that scalpers were able to get their hands on tickets, while they had no chance of seeing the oldtimer from Liverpool.
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