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NewsCut

Death of a comet

Death of a comet

What does a dying comet look like? This. The comet ISON, previously declared dead as it circled the sun, then thought alive when pieces of it appeared to survive, is, in fact, dead, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced today. Its demise was captured by the SOHO spacecraft. Astrophysicist Karl Battams, at the Comet ISON Read more →
by Bob Collins

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When a drug dog sniffs, is it a search?

When you mail a package, do you have any expectation of privacy about what's inside?
by Bob Collins

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The myth of holiday retail sales stories

The media buy into the National Retail Federation's holiday hype.
by Bob Collins

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People who’ve got your back, deer carcasses by the side of the road, and the mall’s money man (5×8-12/2/13)

People who’ve got your back, deer carcasses by the side of the road, and the mall’s money man (5×8-12/2/13)

After an accident, a cafe owner returns; who's throwing away deer carcasses in Duluth, joy to the world of the dollar, the alcoholic people didn't know, and Planet Money makes a T-shirt.
by Bob Collins

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A time to be thankful for people who stand for something

Walmart employees who protest their wages will probably lose their jobs. That seems to be just fine with a lot of people who take these sorts of things personally
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota Supreme Court issues a $1 million definition of ‘community’

The Court said a business owner is not entitled to any more money from Dakota County than he was given when his property was taken by eminent domain, and it did so largely on this question: What is a "community?"
by Bob Collins

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Six years of NewsCut (5×8-11/27/13)

Six years of NewsCut (5×8-11/27/13)

This will probably be one of the last posts until next week, but just wanted to point out that Saturday is the 6th birthday of NewsCut, which officially launched on Nov. 30, 2007. I had actually been writing it since that October (those posts are available online) while the bosses evaluated whether this idea really Read more →
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 11/26/13

Should a business owner’s religion determine an employee’s health care benefits, guns at the state Capitol, what’s Thanksgiving without a stay at the airport, and a case in Mankato raises this question: Can anyone be foster parents?
by Bob Collins

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