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Tornadoes, coincidence, and the spring we didn’t have

Tornadoes, coincidence, and the spring we didn’t have

The spring we missed out on, and the snow and nonsense of April and early May in Minnesota, was part of a season that may have spared others a tragedy like yesterday's.
by Bob Collins

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Tornado shows value of media’s weather obsession (5×8 – 5/21/13)

Tornado shows value of media’s weather obsession (5×8 – 5/21/13)

Getting it right, after Joplin and north Minneapolis, the Legislature as a reflection of us, Moorhead homeowners are on their own for the next flood, and GI Joe plays baseball.
by Bob Collins

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Oklahoma City knows tornadoes

Oklahoma City knows tornadoes

The city of 170,000 has never gone more than a little more than five years without being struck by a tornado.
by Bob Collins

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Gas price theory: Rockets and feathers

Gas price theory: Rockets and feathers

Gas prices are coming down more slowly than when they went up.
by Bob Collins

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The Oklahoma tornado up close

Even given all of their historic hyperbole, what we're hearing from the meteorologists in Oklahoma City this afternoon suggests an unusually huge threat from a tornado
by Bob Collins

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A prom delayed

The surviving members of the Class of 1943 at a high school in Connecticut finally had their senior prom last night.
by Bob Collins

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Cancer claims music icons

Cancer claims music icons

Cancer did a number on music in the Twin Cities this weekend
by Bob Collins

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Pumping the earth dry (5×8 – 5/20/13)

Pumping the earth dry (5×8 – 5/20/13)

The new Dust Bowl, when people care for people, comedy and the era of same-sex weddings, the best part of going to a Twins game is watching an old movie, and the land of Tonka.
by Bob Collins

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