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Alcohol and the college football fan (5×8 – 9/18/12)

Bob Collins September 18, 2012, 7:42 AM Sep 18, 2012

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The booze barrier at the U, the blame generation, let a thousand Jon Stewarts bloom, I can see your puny lineup from here, and the case of the purple violin.

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The cardboard challenge

Bob Collins September 17, 2012, 1:43 PM Sep 17, 2012

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There’s a part two: Other kids who learned the joy of a few cardboard boxes and some imagination.

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The same-sex marriage debate made simple

Bob Collins September 17, 2012, 12:58 PM Sep 17, 2012

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An online symposium on the issue of same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court.

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Fox and friends and comedians

Bob Collins September 17, 2012, 12:41 PM Sep 17, 2012

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It doesn’t take much to get on Fox and Friends.

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How bad are things? People ready to go to work for company that fired them

Bob Collins September 17, 2012, 11:39 AM Sep 17, 2012

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Forty-five percent of laid-off workers say they’d go back to work for the company that dumped them, a Temple University study says.

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Final salute

Bob Collins September 17, 2012, 10:56 AM Sep 17, 2012

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Leaving South St. Paul’s Fleming Field yesterday afternoon, I couldn’t quite figure out why the Commemorative Air Force’s B-25 (‘Miss Mitchell’) was out of its hangar. It usually only comes out on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Then I saw this.

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The football religion (5×8 – 9/17/12)

Bob Collins September 17, 2012, 7:14 AM Sep 17, 2012

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Rearranging the football brain, remembering Antietam, the wild rice harvest, a concert at your home, and suicide secrecy.

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The Constitution — in 140 characters

Paul Tosto September 14, 2012, 1:40 PM Sep 14, 2012

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Can you boil the Preamble down to 140 characters? The Archivist wants to know.

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You Are Editor: What to do with ‘racist’ comments?

Bob Collins September 14, 2012, 10:51 AM Sep 14, 2012

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When should comments someone might see as racist find their way into the news?

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Gov. Romney explains

Bob Collins September 14, 2012, 10:43 AM Sep 14, 2012

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Mitt Romney has sat down for his first interview to explain why he felt the U.S. reacted ‘inappropriately’ in issuing a statement in Egypt that criticized the makers of a film that has inflamed some in the Muslim world.

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