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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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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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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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You Should Meet: The last men of Luverne

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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5 x 8: Here’s to the dreamers

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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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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County fairs long on charm, short on people

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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5 x 8: Ethan’s olympic Saturday

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

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Vietnam War finally ends for an old man

Vietnam War finally ends for an old man

The war in Vietnam only ended this week for Ho Van Thanh.
by Bob Collins

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