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Lost refugee boy photo lacked important context: He wasn’t lost

A picture is worth a thousand words and sometimes 999 of the words are wrong. This tweet raced across the Internet this week. It showed a boy “all alone” in the desert, fleeing the violence of Syria. It was based on a picture distributed by a U.N. agency. Here 4 year old Marwan, who was Read more →
by Bob Collins

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What would you give up to get rid of drunks on the road? (5×8 – 2/18/14)

What would you give up to get rid of drunks on the road? (5×8 – 2/18/14)

Rounding up the innocent to catch the guilty, the winter of our discontent, what’s in your credit card agreement, Kevin Grow goes to the NBA, and the luck and realities of the Twin Cities classrooms.
by Bob Collins

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Hot lunches and cold hearts (5×8 – 2/17/14)

Hot lunches and cold hearts (5×8 – 2/17/14)

A lunch-line hero in Willmar, 45 facts about U.S. presidents, maybe we're not really here, a droid's eye view of the Metrodome dismantling, and the ice sculptures of Nisswa.
by Bob Collins

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The worst mom at the Olympics

h/t: NBC The USA doesn’t have the market cornered on pushy, obnoxious sports parents. Norwegian Martin Johnsrud Sundby tried his best at Friday’s 15k classic in Sochi, NBC reports. But it wasn’t good enough. Given the opportunity to offer her progeny a little motherly comfort, his mother spit on the Olympic spirit instead. “You’re the Read more →
by Bob Collins

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Twitterlympics: USA-Russia hockey game

Oshie for president. Except he's like 15 years old. — Amanda Rykoff (@amandarykoff) February 15, 2014 Putin just ordered all out nuke strike on Warroad. — Blues & Baseball (@BluesnBaseball) February 15, 2014 The face that'll keep Putin awake tonight. pic.twitter.com/SpwEi5jBEt — BarstoolTrent (@BarstoolTrent) February 15, 2014 They'll re-ice now with Putin tears. — Seth Read more →
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Report: Natural gas better than coal, but not that much better

Report: Natural gas better than coal, but not that much better

In our rush to save the planet by switching to non-oil sources of fuel, we might be making some things worse, at least where natural gas is concerned.
by Bob Collins

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