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Here’s why you should just take your diploma and keep walking

Here’s why you should just take your diploma and keep walking

The other day on NewsCut, you may recall, we discussed the growing number of admonishments to graduating seniors in high school and college to cut the gymnastics and selfies. Not everyone at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan got the word.
by Bob Collins

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Mille Lacs is relentless as more ice comes ashore

Mille Lacs is relentless as more ice comes ashore

A southeasterly wind and breaking ice continue to plague a few homeowners on the west shore of Lake Mille Lacs.
by Bob Collins

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Special ed teacher pocket dials special ed parent with rant

Special ed teacher pocket dials special ed parent with rant

What are the odds that a special education teacher would go on a nasty rant about her students, while she 'pocket dialed' her phone, and the call went to the parent of a special education student?
by Bob Collins

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Hermantown saves the cheerleaders

The Hermantown School Board last night caved to the public outcry it prompted by cutting $2,500 from the cheerleading program. The elimination of two elementary school teachers remains in force.
by Bob Collins

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Widow loses home over $6.30 bill

Let this be a lesson: pay your taxes on time.
by Bob Collins

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Ryan Larson case shows damage of reporting ‘just the facts’

Ryan Larson, the man falsely suspected of killing of Cold Spring police officer Tom Decker in 2012, might have a struggle in court proving his defamation suits against -- so far -- WCCO and KSTP, but with any luck, he'll succeed in getting local news media to take a step back and a deep breath in similar stories in the future.
by Bob Collins

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In Wild win, the legend of pink begins

In Wild win, the legend of pink begins

When you're facing elimination in the Stanley Cup playoffs, you'll grasp at anything. The Wild was on the edge last night against the Colorado Avalanche, having coughed up a two-goal lead. The Minnesota sports fan was sure this would end badly. How could it not? It's Minnesota sports.
by Bob Collins

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Singing the sump pump blues

Singing the sump pump blues

If I learned nothing else from my friends who fought the Red River in Moorhead, it's this: during flooding, the enemy is inside your home. Judging by the crowd in two separate hardware stores' sump-pump sections this afternoon, I wasn't alone in fighting the beast: the burned-out sump pump.
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The new kid in Bemidji

The new kid in Bemidji

MPR News has added John Enger to the staff as a reporter. He'll be working for the website out of Bemidji. He comes from good North Woods stock that recognizes the value of ice out.
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After giving up game-losing homer, pitcher helps batter around the bases

After giving up game-losing homer, pitcher helps batter around the bases

When it comes to sportsmanship, female athletes rarely disappoint. They seem to get it more than their male counterparts. Evidence of this comes to us today from Lakeland, Florida, where Chelsea Oglevie, a senior at Florida Southern College, was just one pitch away from wrapping up her collegiate softball career. Eckerd College’s Kara Oberer ruined…
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