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Open thread: I wish I had…

Write a sentence. Or write a paragraph. Or tell a full-blown story. Just end with this sentence.
by Bob Collins

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The art of ‘death elasticity’

The writer predicts more people -- wealthy people, mind you -- will die before Tuesday as a result of the enhanced tax benefits of doing so.
by Bob Collins

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The death of manners

Why don't parents teach manners?
by Bob Collins

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When good stories don’t have a happy (yet) ending (5×8 – 12/27/12)

When good stories don’t have a happy (yet) ending (5×8 – 12/27/12)

Royce White and the quest for a role model, the candy-cigarette debate, reliving history in Mankato, should car seats be required on the airlines, and evaluating the 41st president.
by Bob Collins

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Glencoe air crash solved

Glencoe air crash solved

The National Transportation Safety Board has completed an investigation into a March plane crash in Glencoe that killed three people.
by Bob Collins

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The gun owner next door

Do you have a right to know if your neighbors owns a gun?
by Bob Collins

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Timewasters: Minnesota stars

Timewasters: Minnesota stars

Stuck at work when so few others are? Try a little of this.
by Bob Collins

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The day in ‘may’

Today's news stories with headlines that may or may not be true or come to pass.
by Bob Collins

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Minneapolis housing by the numbers

Since the peak of the housing market in 2006, however, home resale prices in the Minneapolis area have dropped 27 percent. They're up 18 percent since the bottom of the housing market in 2011.
by Bob Collins

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The rights of the many (5×8 – 12/26/12)

The rights of the many (5×8 – 12/26/12)

Focus on mental health care, the year's news, the Oil Patch from space, Albert Lea's story lady, and Charles Durning's political analysis.
by Bob Collins

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