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January 15, 2014 5:14 AM

‘Your head scarf or your job!’

Quebec’s proposal to ban public workers from wearing religious symbols and garb is generating plenty of heat as testimony opens on the proposal. Its supporters, however, say the ban is necessary to protect Quebec as a secular province. They call the proposed ban the “your head scarf or your job” bill. The Montreal Gazette blog Read more →

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January 15, 2014 1:23 AM

The MNsure train wreck and newspaper columnists who don’t get Twitter (5×8 – 1/15/14)

Poor left behind in MNsure mess, how out of touch do you have to be to get a newspaper column, the tuition tip, a year off for the ice man of Big Lake, and your moment of Minnesota zen.

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January 14, 2014 9:36 AM

Minnesota’s carbon footprint shows suburban impact

A new study from the University of California Berkeley reveals the extent to which your decision on where to live impacts the environment. The researchers found that people in the bigger cities are responsible for less greenhouse gasses, but the suburbs produce more than enough to cancel the cities out, the Los Angeles Times reports.. Read more →

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January 14, 2014 8:37 AM

Restaurant owner selling out to help sick employee

The owner of a restaurant in Texas is selling out, but not for the usual reasons.

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January 14, 2014 6:25 AM

U.S. women hockey players lead male counterparts when it comes to Olympic sacrifice

If you look beyond the glamour events, it’s still possible to find the old-time Olympic spirit, even though the Olympics are increasingly for the well-paid professionals. One of the best places to find it is in women’s sports, in this case: hockey. The U.S. women’s hockey team is training in Massachusetts, which is great if Read more →

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January 14, 2014 5:23 AM

Adios, Seven Corners Hardware

Like a kick in the gut comes the news today that Seven Corners Hardware in Saint Paul is closing. Given the number of people we see on the occasions when we’ve slipped out of work to browse the 9 inch-wide aisles (it’s the only retail store I know of that carries the band-saw blade I…

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January 14, 2014 5:07 AM

How about a snow day or late start for businesses?

Why can’t businesses do without its employees for a few extra hours when there’s a snowstorm?

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January 14, 2014 1:33 AM

Baby blood, Target theft, and running on fumes in North Dakota (5×8 – 1/14/14)

The state gives in to the law and destroys archived baby blood samples, how did the thieves get the Target card data, a young woman's nightmare in the Oil Patch, should Downton Abbey have included rape in its story line, and a hero bus supervisor gets his job back.

by Bob Collins