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March 11, 2014 3:56 AM

When strangers kiss

Film maker Tatia Pilieva asked 20 strangers to kiss.

by Bob Collins

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March 11, 2014 3:17 AM

Cancer slows, doesn’t stop, the long-distance runner

Hundreds of runners in last year's Boston Marathon are planning to go back to Boston in a few weeks to finish what they started. Their efforts were interrupted, of course, by last year's finish-line bombing.

by Bob Collins

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March 11, 2014 2:41 AM

Help find the missing Malaysian jetliner

A satellite photography company is using crowdsourcing to pore over thousands of images, looking for debris from the apparently downed Malaysia Flight MH370.

by Bob Collins

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March 11, 2014 1:51 AM

How Eric Wasson became a hero

The short version: He grew up in Southern California, played college football, had strong family figures, wanted to be a mortician, but ended up selling drugs and going to prison. Somehow, he ended up saving lives in Saint Paul.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2014 11:44 AM

The Bossy campaign fires back

Another salvo today in the ongoing battle over whether women should be called "bossy."

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2014 8:27 AM

Soon, the Ice Road goeth

The thing with a long, cold winter is when it ends, it ends in a hurry. A week ago today, this was the condition of the famous ice road connecting Madeline Island with Bayfield: good, solid Lake Superior ice Here’s the condition today: The morning ice road status line says they’ll try to keep the…

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2014 7:24 AM

How did this couple become the face of Wisconsin’s down and out?

An ad from the Republican Governors Association in support of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is a good example of the silliness of political advertising. It’s a hit ad on Mary Burke, Walker’s Democratic challenger, in which the faces of struggling Wisconsinites is shown. Only Joe Korb and his wife aren’t in the soup line. They…

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2014 5:32 AM

How to park Minnesotan

In Minnesota -- and in this case: Minneapolis -- winter is the time of the year when you can almost roll a car while parking it.

by Bob Collins

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March 10, 2014 4:12 AM

In Ohio high school hockey, it really is how you play the game that counts

What makes Minnesota the state of hockey? We don't have ties if a game goes too long. We make them play 'til they drop. The record for longest high school hockey game in history sits right here in Minnesota. Or does it?

by Bob Collins