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Who built America?

Who built America?

The U.S. Postal Service announced today that later this year it will begin selling some 'forever' stamps that honor 'the people who built America.'
by Bob Collins

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Driving on an ice road: Do you feel lucky?

Driving on an ice road: Do you feel lucky?

It was a short lifespan for an extension of County Road H in Bayfield, Wisconsin yesterday. The Bayfield Ice Road, connecting Bayfield with Madeline Island, opened to light trucks and cars this week. But, today, according to the Madeline Island Ferry Line Facebook page, it was closed while officials look for another route across a portion of Lake Superior.
by Bob Collins

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Sins of the parents (5×8 – 2/21/13)

Sins of the parents (5×8 – 2/21/13)

How does a sweet kid end up the killer on the 6 o'clock news, the wrong black history in Woodbury, a red light for traffic cameras, everything you want to know about the sequester, and learning standing up in Fargo.
by Bob Collins

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What’s the big threat at Timberwolves games?

For years, the Minnesota Timberwolves have required fans to pass through hand-held metal detectors. The team, in fact, was more security-conscious than any other sports team in town, dating back to well before 2001. Back then the threat was gang violence. Now it’s mass shooting. You opened up your jacket, they felt your pockets, they…
by Bob Collins

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The value of a college degree? A job (5×8 – 2/20/13)

The value of a college degree? A job (5×8 – 2/20/13)

Low pay beats no pay, should teachers be required to pass a test to teach, your biggest failure, privacy over accuracy in the note home from school, and the end is cosmically near.
by Bob Collins

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Freedom of hyperbole

Freedom of hyperbole

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against a town after an official was banned from all publicly-owned buildings after making a comment about guns.
by Bob Collins

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Tornado spawned that ‘weather kid’

Times can't get much better for the 9 year old kid from Moorhead who stole the show of a Fargo TV weather report a few weeks ago.
by Bob Collins

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The new Cold War

America is totally outnumbered in a cyberwar with China.
by Bob Collins

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Last call for the last men

After awhile, apparently, it's not a lot of fun getting together with a smaller and smaller group of people to wait out who will be the last one alive.
by Bob Collins

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Too good for the NCAA (5×8 – 2/19/13)

Too good for the NCAA (5×8 – 2/19/13)

The case of the inspiring athlete, prison and poverty, what can people agree on when it comes to guns, the people pay for the people's stadium, and do children make you happy?
by Bob Collins

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