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Daniel Alvarez and the return to the Northwest Angle

Daniel Alvarez and the return to the Northwest Angle

As near as we've been able to tell, Daniel Alvarez, the onetime corporate lawyer who chucked it all to kayak from Minnesota to Key West, got there in March and decided to kayak back, has made it back to the Northwest Angle.
by Bob Collins

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Speak no ill of ‘Boston Strong’

Speak no ill of ‘Boston Strong’

It's a fine line the Boston Red Sox have been walking in recent months with its emphasis on 'Boston Strong,' the rallying cry of the city in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing.
by Bob Collins

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‘A drunk with hopes and dreams’

One of my favorite readers has submitted this obituary from the Rapid City Journal for our continuing series, 'The Art of the Obit,' which highlights those obituaries that break the cliche and chronicle the life of the deceased in a more human way. It doesn't get more human, perhaps, than a young woman who drank herself to death.
by Bob Collins

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The night Garrison Keillor consoled a grieving state

The night Garrison Keillor consoled a grieving state

Eleven years ago tomorrow night, Garrison Keillor had the most unenviable job in Minnesota.
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Lessons from ‘the little grey-haired lady’ (5 x 8 – 10/25/13)

Lessons from ‘the little grey-haired lady’ (5 x 8 – 10/25/13)

Patsy checks out, Adrian Peterson's failure, making it OK to talk about mental illness, marinating in the online comment muck, and why do people want to get married amid cows?
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 10/24/13

How the health care website ended up such a mess, Wisconsin's attempt to limit mining regulations, the latest on the teacher killing in Massachusetts, Nienstedt says were made, swimming for the arts, and the most distant galaxy ever discovered.
by Bob Collins

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Report: Health insurance cancelled for thousands with prior conditions

If you buy your own health insurance, and particularly if you have a pre-existing condition and an older "guaranteed issue" policy, there's a fair chance you're getting canceled, Kaiser Health News is reporting.
by Bob Collins

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Pepper-spraying cop back in the news

Pepper-spraying cop back in the news

Whatever happened to this police officer? Now we know. Lt. John Pike, who pepper-sprayed protesting students at the University of California Davis, was awarded $38,056 in a worker’s compensation case this week. The Davis Enterprise says Pike, who was fired not long after the incident, suffered from depression and anxiety after nationwide death threats. “…
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