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A day at the Auto Show

A day at the Auto Show

The Auto Show, now at the Minneapolis Convention Center, provided a good opportunity to see what's out there. Also, who's out there.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota state rep’s tweet earns him ‘racist’ badge

Minnesota state rep’s tweet earns him ‘racist’ badge

Pat Garofolo and some online friends were dissing the National Basketball Association, where the majority of players are African American, when he took it a step further by linking its players with crime.
by Bob Collins

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Shaina’s road back

Shaina’s road back

Life doesn’t get much more poignant than the situation facing Shaina Briscoe and her family.
by Bob Collins

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After tragedy, ‘Operation Mailbox Love’ lifts Carleton students

After tragedy, ‘Operation Mailbox Love’ lifts Carleton students

Paxton Harvieux, Michael Goodgame and James Adams were killed last Friday after their SUV slid into the path of a truck. They were on their way to a Frisbee tournament. Their deaths have struck the soul of parents everywhere, who dread the thought of the late-night call from a police department far away.
by Bob Collins

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Death by chemo

A new study from a Boston cancer center is shedding new light on one of life’s most difficult decisions: Whether and/or when it makes sense for us to fight it.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota’s moose mystery

Minnesota’s moose mystery

Maybe -- maybe -- the moose in Minnesota are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to our natural environment.
by Bob Collins

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Finding Private Kelder

Finding Private Kelder

Arlington National Cemetery loses track of what soldiers are buried where, Dover AFB’s mortuary is caught throwing body parts in a landfill, veterans needing medical assistance stuck in a scandalous backlog of neglect. It’s not as if the nation’s soldiers — dead and alive — needed another reminder of the disconnect between the public posturing Read more →
by Bob Collins

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Traffic congestion: The drama of little numbers

Traffic congestion: The drama of little numbers

The people who want to dramatize the traffic congestion in the Twin Cities are doing it again — making big numbers out of trivial little numbers.
by Bob Collins

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Mike Duffy gets a new job

If there’s anybody people have been collectively pulling for, it’s Duffy, who was profiled in a Star Tribune article a month ago about the plight of older workers who get laid off.
by Bob Collins

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You can get away with a lot when you’re 7 and adorable

You can get away with a lot when you’re 7 and adorable

This is the sort of story that could turn a person into a soccer fan for good. Ayo Dosumu, 7, ran onto the field — pitch, whatever — in South Africa. Security stopped him before he could do any damage, but then a Brazilian player grabbed him and gave us today’s daily dose of cute. Read more →
by Bob Collins

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