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5 x 8: Learning that it’s too hot to learn

5 x 8: Learning that it’s too hot to learn

Are you sending your kids to school, how not to get attacked by a wolf, pawn shops are the new banks, the man with no arm meets the girl with no hand, and this one is for the lovers.
by Bob Collins

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The Rim fire from space

The Rim fire from space

Minnesota native Karen Nyberg took am amazing photo of the Yosemite wildfire from her perch on the International Space Station.
by Bob Collins

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Biggest winner in triathlon finishes 1,920th

Biggest winner in triathlon finishes 1,920th

Sindy Hooper, 50, finished the Ironman Triathlon in British Columbia yesterday, just under the maximum time allowed in the race: 17 hours. She finished in 16 hours and 24 minutes. While undergoing chemo.
by Bob Collins

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Saint Paul’s saddest day

Saint Paul’s saddest day

Other than 9/11, I can’t recall a sadder day in the Twin Cities than the one that happened 19 years ago today. Police received a call around 7 a.m. that a man was sleeping in a car in the parking lot of Sacred Heart Church at E. Sixth and Hope Streets. Ron Ryan, a 29-year-old…
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5 x 8: Katherine Kersten and the dog debate

5 x 8: Katherine Kersten and the dog debate

People don't really love their dogs more than humanity, it's not the heat; it's the fire, the FAA grounds journalists, when Hollywood is real, and why are there shoes on power lines?
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