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When the weather turns cold, a person’s fancy turns to ice

When the weather turns cold, a person’s fancy turns to ice

It was a pretty lonely existence for a few ice fisherpeople on Lake Mille Lacs yesterday… And who can blame anyone? It was pretty cold yesterday. So today, when it’s even colder, people are moving into the neighborhood. Source: MNLakeCams.com
by Bob Collins

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Soldiers who surprise their mom

Soldiers who surprise their mom

The country may be “war weary,” but we can always use another video of a soldier surprising mom.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 12/27/13

Target hackers got PINs, Dayton says he’d sign a Sunday liquor sales bill, an appeal of the NSA ruling looms, mayoral candidate robbed of smartphone at MOA, the cabbie who found over $300,000 gets his reward, and if you can’t stab people over the color at a wedding, what can you stab them over? How about the location of the Big Dipper?
by Bob Collins

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Six takeaways from the NSA ruling

Six takeaways from the NSA ruling

Key points on the NSA data collection ruling, which is likely headed for the Supreme Court.
by Bob Collins

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Jazz, the community college trap, and why Santa doesn’t stop in St. Cloud (5×8 – 12/27/13)

Jazz, the community college trap, and why Santa doesn’t stop in St. Cloud (5×8 – 12/27/13)

The last gasp of jazz in Saint Paul, how to escape the community college trap, why Santa didn’t make it to St. Cloud this year, the coming crackdown on SSDI, and hockey from the ref’s point of view.
by Bob Collins

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Poll: The Republicans are back

A lot of political pundits were burying the Republican Party after the government shutdown in October. A lot of political pundits were wrong, as they often are. A poll today shows Republicans holding a 49 percent to 44 percent edge over Democrats in the “generic ballot,” which asks registered voters whether they would choose a Read more →
by Bob Collins

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The short life of the $5 Delta fare

If you were searching the Delta Airlines website today, maybe you were one of the lucky ones to get a flight for $5.
by Bob Collins

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Night of the pillow

Night of the pillow

Our Christmas traditions are quaint and all, but why can’t we get the Shanghai pillow fight?
by Bob Collins

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Court upholds Minnesota’s ‘drive drunk and lose your car’ law

A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld a state law that allows a county to seize and sell an automobile if the person driving it was driving drunk.
by Bob Collins

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