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August 14, 2013 8:36 AM

In elder care, jobs jump but pay stays low

How's the pay for people who take care of our aging parents and, eventually, us? The pay is not great -- startlingly so.

by Paul Tosto

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August 14, 2013 7:11 AM

Life without NYTimes.com (for a few hours, anyway)

(Update: NYTimes.com is chugging back to life, as of about 12:15 CDT. The original post is below.) NYTimes.com is down, as of this writing. It’s the first widespread outage in recent memory. The Grey Lady’s official Twitter handle says it’s an internal issue: We believe the outage is the result of an internal issue, which…

by Nate Minor

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August 13, 2013 10:35 AM

Mom: Son in need of heart transplant deserves a second chance

If there's one thing you can count on, it's that you can rarely count on a 15-year-old. The fact may cost Anthony Stokes his life.

by Bob Collins

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August 13, 2013 6:45 AM

You Should Meet: The last men of Luverne

There are only nine left in Glen's Coffee Clique Last Man Club.

by Bob Collins

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August 13, 2013 2:07 AM

5 x 8: Here’s to the dreamers

It's nice to have someone at least talking about innovation, a typical year on the Minnesota farm, Star Tribune's warning about those New Jersey businesspeople, why has the number of women in the workplace stalled, and more Minnesota moments.

by Bob Collins

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August 12, 2013 12:01 PM

Mary and Bob – 8/12/13

Orange is the new "whitey," the budget deficit keeps shrinking, protection for transgender students, is there a relationship between autism and inducing labor, another singing protest in Madison, and the big lie in New Ulm.

by Bob Collins

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August 12, 2013 9:40 AM

County fairs long on charm, short on people

It's county fair season in Minnesota, the time of year when some counties try so hard to keep something going that might've seen its best day.

by Bob Collins

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August 12, 2013 6:17 AM

Best places in Minnesota? Money loves cornfield ‘burbs

Chanhassen ranks high on Money magazine's Best Places to Live list. Why?

by Bob Collins

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August 12, 2013 1:53 AM

5 x 8: Ethan’s olympic Saturday

Kids who make a difference, when an NPR journalist destroys NPR journalism, what go wrong with Ticketmaster's entrance into the scalping market, watching the lights go out with Alzheimer's, and the Islamic center proposal in St. Cloud.

by Bob Collins