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Ronstadt a silenced songbird

Ronstadt a silenced songbird

Linda Ronstadt has revealed that she can no longer sing a note; she has Parkinson’s. She ushered in a pretty fair era in music in the late ’60s and early’70s, along with James Taylor, Carole King, and the Eagles: folk rock. She was the decade’s highest-paid female singer and it wasn’t because of the high-glitz…
by Bob Collins

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It’s OK to love the State Fair

It’s OK to love the State Fair

Not much news but lots of good at the State Fair.
by Bob Collins

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In Wisconsin, a great American airplane tinkerer dies

Paul Poberezny, founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association and one of the great American tinkerers, died Thursday.
by Paul Tosto

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Recycling is for the 1 percent

The well-heeled neighborhoods of Saint Paul lead in recycling; the working-class neighborhoods are at the bottom of the heap
by Bob Collins

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Is Best Buy back?

Is Best Buy back?

Wired.com has noticed that Best Buy's stock has tripled so far in 2013, suggesting that it's back from its near-death experience.
by Bob Collins

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5 x 8: Are you afraid to take a vacation?

5 x 8: Are you afraid to take a vacation?

Workers too loyal? Nursing home tasers and the young face of a civil war.
by Bob Collins

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5 x 8: Pay to play for public education

5 x 8: Pay to play for public education

The 'user fee' to get an education, predicting suicide, Indian foster care controversy in South Dakota expands, a Shaina Briscoe update, and Ben Garvin's magic beard.
by Bob Collins

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