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People doing good: The Sandy volunteers

You're a 95-year-old man whose home has been destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Where do you start to pick up the pieces when you're 95?
by Bob Collins

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The value of images of people about to die

The value of images of people about to die

People who object to images of people about to die also tend to remember the story with which they're connected.
by Bob Collins

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The economic war between the states (5×8 – 12/4/12)

The economic war between the states (5×8 – 12/4/12)

Are subsidies and incentives worth much, the last prom in Onamia, Mr. Johnson's opus, we're more preoccupied with our phones than each other, and Love unplugged.
by Bob Collins

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Hockey without checking?

About 15 percent of injuries to 9 to 16-year-old hockey players are concussions -- a direct result of body checking.
by Bob Collins

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Timewasters: The landings

Timewasters: The landings

Of no particular value other than it's awesomeness is this video posted today showing every landing in San Diego over a four-and-a-half-hour span on Black Friday.
by Bob Collins

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Why they knit

Why they knit

Maybe there'd be less violence in the news if more people knit.
by Bob Collins

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Happy endings and real life (5×8- 12/3/12)

Happy endings and real life (5×8- 12/3/12)

Shoeless again in New York, Hibbing vs. Dylan, worked up at a football game, Winona's elf, and is the 5-second rule real?
by Bob Collins

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The lost story in Kansas City

The lost story in Kansas City

How much do we elevate the importance of professional football players? A tragedy in Kansas City today provides an answer.
by Bob Collins

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It was 35 years ago…

It was 35 years ago…

Thirty-five years ago today, Eric Sevareid retired.
by Bob Collins

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The unanswerable questions in Cold Spring

The unanswerable questions in Cold Spring

I want to make things all better for four kids in Cold Spring today and, of course, I can't. I don't know what to do and I recoil at the notion that there's nothing any of us can do but cry out and move on.
by Bob Collins

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