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Mary and Bob – 9/19/13

Pope Francis shakes up the Catholic Church. Child poverty in Minnesota is stuck at 15 percent. It's like old times for Minnesota employment, except it's not really. The U.S. can't possibly keep up with the proper security checks for all the people it gives clearances to, the AP says. Can a comedian be a judge, too? No, a court says. And a couple is kicked out of Applebee's because their kids were making a racket and running around. So why is Applebee's apologizing?
by Bob Collins

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Jetpack! Get your jetpack here!

Jetpack! Get your jetpack here!

Remember this? It’s a jetpack that debuted in 2008 at the big airshow in Oshkosh, which I wrote about at the time, and was so intrigued by it that I spent the company’s cash and called inventor Glen Martin in New Zealand for the late Future Tense program. It was a really great interview. You…
by Bob Collins

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Timewasters: Minnehaha Falls by air

Timewasters: Minnehaha Falls by air

It’s not exactly yesterday’s flight of an eagle, but this aerial view of Minnehaha Falls is still pretty neat. It was taken using a consumer drone. The same kind that filmed this beauty earlier this summer: These things certainly aren’t going away. In fact, they’re becoming fairly ubiquitous. The day may not be far off…
by Bob Collins

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The perfect political ad

The perfect political ad

Many politicians bring family members into their political ads but most strike out. Carl Sciortino, a Democratic state representatives running for Congress in Massachusetts, isn’t one of them. Sciortino’s ad with his father is about as hot as an ad gets right now. Sciotino is also gay, but that didn’t come up in the ad.…
by Bob Collins

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Once you cross the border, fewer health care choices under Obamacare

The world of health insurance under Obamacare is certainly going to vary from state to state. That much is clear on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
by Bob Collins

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A Purple Heart for Peggy

A Purple Heart for Peggy

A Missouri woman ends a 14-year search for the daughter of a soldier killed in World War II, who left behind a letter and a Purple Heart medal.
by Bob Collins

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An interview with the pope

In an interview simultaneously released by more than a dozen Jesuit journals, Pope Francis today called for less focus on gays and abortion in the Catholic Church and more attention to the needs of the poor.
by Bob Collins

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5 x 8: Minnesota’s disappearing Nords

5 x 8: Minnesota’s disappearing Nords

The changing face of Minnesota, why airline fees are a good deal, sentenced to life for drunk driving, 20 under 40 in the Northland, and the Hopkins kid who knows what's right.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 9/18/13

Did an official tell a SWAT team to "stand down" at the beginning of the mass shooting in Washington? Wall Street parties while the Fed issues depressing news on the economy. Electronic gaming didn't raise a dime toward the new Vikings stadium. And can you be bumped off a jury for being gay?
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