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The sketch artist in the jury box

The sketch artist in the jury box

When you're on jury duty and your case goes on for 33 days and includes 200 witnesses, it may be difficult to stay focused.
by Bob Collins

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Where the baseball is bad and the beer is cheap

We're standing by waiting for the cost of beer to drop more at Target Field following news that the Boston Red Sox are dropping their beer prices this year.
by Bob Collins

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Audio: Supreme Court on Prop 8

Here's the audio from today's Supreme Court hearing on California's Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage.
by Bob Collins

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The people we meet along the way

Just one last post about Daniel Alvarez, the kayaker who successfully completed his goal to kayak from the Northwest Angle, down the Mississippi and on to Key West.
by Bob Collins

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Baby steps and the price of your home

Times are good again -- sort of -- for homeowners.
by Bob Collins

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The homeless kid (5×8 – 3/26/13)

The homeless kid (5×8 – 3/26/13)

Is there a will to confront homelessness, the boy in the urn, closing the newspaper paywall loophole, who still uses corncob pipes, and why can't the U of M's minority students get theater opportunities?
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob (audio) – 3/25/13

Who's responsible for the botched predictions of how much pulltab revenue would be available to give to a Vikings stadium? Plus: The $6,000 pricetag to watch this week's Supreme Court hearings on same-sex marriage.
by Bob Collins

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U leak shows how not to fire a ‘great human being’

There are plenty of people who are upset that the University of Minnesota men's basketball team fell on its face this season, but you'd have to be cold-hearted not to feel with the way coach Tubby Smith was fired.
by Bob Collins

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Twin Cities from space

Twin Cities from space

It took a long time to get the current photography-happy astronauts on the International Space Station to snap an overhead shot of the Twin Cities. But it finally happened today.
by Bob Collins

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Poverty in color

Poverty in color

If Haiti can't end poverty, at least it can gussy it up a little bit.
by Bob Collins

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