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Columbine at 15

School shootings haven't become routine by any stretch, but they've slipped into the regular news cycle as any other news story.
by Bob Collins

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Is democracy dead?

It was a good run and we got some neat parades and bragging rights out of it, but democracy is dead in the United States, or so a study from Princeton and Northwestern universities tells us.
by Bob Collins

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‘Madmen’ meet the guy holding the sign at the highway off-ramp

‘Madmen’ meet the guy holding the sign at the highway off-ramp

You've probably seen the people at the bottom of highway off-ramps, holding signs asking for help. Maybe they're legit; maybe they're not. Alex Bogusky, an advertising man, tried to ignore them as much as he could. Then he started buying the signs, researched the advertising impact of them, and made better ones. Or so he thought.
by Bob Collins

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Field of Dreams at 25

Field of Dreams at 25

Next week, Monday specifically, those of us who want just one more game of catch with our fathers will pause to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the film, Field of Dreams.
by Bob Collins

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The man who runs marathons with a refrigerator on his back

The man who runs marathons with a refrigerator on his back

Tony 'The Fridge' Morrison raises money for cancer research by running marathons with a refrigerator on his back. He says it depicts the struggle with cancer.
by Bob Collins

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Maybe Target Field should have had a roof

Maybe Target Field should have had a roof

Last night's temperature at Target Field at game time was 31 degrees, the coldest temperature ever recorded at the start of a game at the stadium. Good times for the announced crowd of 20,000.
by Bob Collins

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What’s wrong with the motherhood ad?

What’s wrong with the motherhood ad?

If you spend any time at all on social networks, you've probably run across this ad in which a fake job was advertised to see who would show up to do it.
by Bob Collins

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Is there anything to do in outstate Minnesota besides camping?

Is there anything to do in outstate Minnesota besides camping?

Hello friends from other states. Please come to Minnesota to visit. And you really only need to hit Minneapolis and a lake outstate and you've pretty much seen our state. That's my takeaway, anyway, from the new "Only in Minnesota" tourism commercial.
by Bob Collins

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When in Rome, pope does what a Wisconsin bishop won’t: Wash the feet of women

When in Rome, pope does what a Wisconsin bishop won’t: Wash the feet of women

Since the pope washed the feet of Muslim men and women at a detention facility at last year's traditional service, there was plenty of speculation about who would be recipient of the gesture this year. Now we know.
by Bob Collins

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Practicality wins out. Pavelich puts Olympic medal up for sale.

Practicality wins out. Pavelich puts Olympic medal up for sale.

If you won an Olympic medal in one of the most famous moments in American sports history, would you keep it and pass it on to your heirs, or sell it? Mark Pavelich, the Eveleth native who won gold with the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' U.S. Olympic hockey team, has decided to sell his.
by Bob Collins

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