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The slow forgetting of a space disaster

The slow forgetting of a space disaster

America wasn't familiar with losing astronauts when Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee burned to death in their Apollo capsule on the launch pad during a 1967 test of their Saturn 1B rocket. We'd never lost an astronaut before
by Bob Collins

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High school hoops tournament opens with ‘Ogichidaag fever’

High school hoops tournament opens with ‘Ogichidaag fever’

There's a pretty fair chance the Fond du Lac Ojibwe School boys basketball team -- known as the Ogichidaag -- won't get much attention from the big city media at this week's Minnesota State High School League basketball tournament -- they're just a Class A team -- but the squad appears to have all the qualities of a Cinderella team.
by Bob Collins

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Lakeville parents object to school survey about family members’ habits

The Lakeville Area School District is going to reconsider its opt-out policy on student surveys after some parents this week objected to a recent survey which included personal questions about family members.
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Mainstream media: ‘We’re shut out ‘

Mainstream media: ‘We’re shut out ‘

The White House Press Corps is pushing back — again — at administration efforts to avoid mainstream media and taking its case “directly to the people.” CBS News’ Bill Plante tells a CNN media program, “this administration has the tools to reach people on their own. They don’t need us as much. And to the…
by Bob Collins

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The do-it-yourself coffin

The do-it-yourself coffin

Our man in Hendricks, Steve Hemmingsen, writes today to pass along the wintertime work of Don Buller, who is spending his time working on his coffin.
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Do fathers have a right to be in the delivery room? No, judge says.

Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed said all patients enjoy strong privacy protections that give them the sole authority to decide who is at their bedside.
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Report: How Target blew the data breach

When the thieves started extracting data, the company saw the alarms go off, BusinessWeek reports. And a security team in Minneapolis was alerted. So what happened? Nothing.
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