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Who’s selling Target cards? (5×8 – 12/26/13)

Who’s selling Target cards? (5×8 – 12/26/13)

The face behind the Target theft, Delaney’s Christmas, bus supervisor fired for saving an abused woman, the botched online retailers Christmas, and the great propane tank scandal of 2013.
by Bob Collins

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Open thread: Say something good

The comments section is open. In the spirit of the season, everybody write something that says something good about someone else
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End of the DC-9

End of the DC-9

Farewell, DC-9’s. The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal says Delta is retiring the fleet of the aircraft it got when it bought Northwest Airlines. The last flight will be January 6th. The last of the DC-9’s flown by a major carrier will leave Minneapolis St. Paul for Atlanta, one last takeoff for the plane that…
by Bob Collins

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Gifts for the homeless

Gifts for the homeless

Reader Matt Black forwards us this video from The Random Altruist that seems appropriate for the afternoon. We’ll ignore the fact he didn’t seem to know what an army blanket is. He was doing good work.
by Bob Collins

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It could be worse; you could be in Kimmirut

It could be worse; you could be in Kimmirut

It really is as cold in Minnesota as it is in the Arctic. The CBC gives us a glimpse today into the life of Cameron Bobinski, who started KimmirutWeather.com in 2006. Current temperature is about 20 below there — that’s 20 degrees colder than the current temp in International Falls. But that’s about the same Read more →
by Bob Collins

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Scroogenomics 101 (5×8 – 12/24/13)

Scroogenomics 101 (5×8 – 12/24/13)

Does giving presents make financial sense, Black Folk Don’t, why electricity rates are going up so fast, we live here for the pity, and nothing says ‘holidays’ like Nina Totenberg shaking it.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 12/23/13

Last-minute reprieve for insurance shoppers, Ohio may be the next state to fall for same-sex marriage bans, the Court of Appeals ruling on what constitutes hunting, the airing of Festivus grievances in Madison, the death of the man who invented the deadliest weapon of modern warfare, and pregnant and on life support. What to do now?
by Bob Collins

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When people step up

When people step up

In Ontario and many areas in the northeast, a December ice storm has brought its share of misery but also stories of people who don’t wait to help their neighbors.
by Bob Collins

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With an etymologist’s flair, court upholds deer pursuer’s conviction

If you’re dressed in blaze orange during deer hunting season, holding a 12-gauge shotgun, sitting on an ATV in a camouflage deer blind, and four deer slugs sitting beside you, what are you doing? A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today that you’re hunting, when it shot down the attempt of…
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At NPR, buyouts bring year-end goodbyes, final sign offs

At NPR, buyouts bring year-end goodbyes, final sign offs

With the end of a month approaching, it’s “goodbye” time for workers who have taken buyouts at their companies which are trying to cut costs. At NPR, newscaster Jean Cochran gave her last newscast on Friday, the moment captured in this video. Newscaster Paul Brown also took the buyout as did Morning Edition editor Anne…
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