Bruce MacDonald
Payments from tobacco companies go down as cigarette sales decline — and e-cigarette use grows. Read more →
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Archives for June 2014
Ducklings were rescued. Mission accomplished.
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I’m sorry to live in a world where this kind of thing is necessary, but I see the point of a cell phone application that sends a distress signal via the power button. Olivia Solon writes in the U.K. edition of the Wired website that Amnesty International has released an open-source “panic button” app for human rights activists. Read more →
Bob Collins
By now you’ve probably seen the pictures of professional kayaker Hunt Jennings’ plunge over Minnehaha Falls on Thursday. What did it look like from his point of view? This. He writes: After seeing a picture of this waterfall for the first time, I was instantly intrigued. At the end of a long, but awesome Colorado Read more →
Pilot Gary Bipes of Hector went for a ride over the New Ulm area last evening to get a look at the flooding after a week of rain. Read more →
Of course, with more rain, predictions will change. But for now, it’s more of a nuisance than a disaster. Read more →
MPR’s Department of What Were They Thinking sends along today’s head scratcher. In Leawood, Kansas, authorities have told Spencer Collins, 9, his Little Free Library has to go. “Reading is one of my favorite things to do,” he tells a local TV station. “We built it on Mother’s Day as a present for my mom Read more →
Is it too early to start thinking about what life will be like when all the mosquitoes hatch after 20 inches of rain? Read more →
Does a picture of a professional kayaker going over Minnehaha Falls make you want to do the same, likely plunging to your death? Read more →
We’ve had about 20 inches of rain this month so far. And yet people are still pumping out the aquifers to water their lawns.
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It is actually somebody’s job in Minnesota to make sure that there is a giant gold state emblem in front of politicians who dress down for a look at the flood problem, though the informality doesn’t neuter the political pretentiousness of the shield’s presence. Dayton, Franken, Klobuchar about to head off to survey S Minn Read more →
These are tough times for the self-esteem of Minnesota Timberwolves fans. Kevin Love can’t get himself out of town fast enough and he probably won’t even pause long enough to say “see ya,” when he’s finally traded. It would be refreshing if whomever is coming here would be excited as all getout to play in Read more →
It’s a little late for Father’s Day, but you’ll get the picture anyway. This one is racing around the InterTubes today, and with good reason. McKenzie Michelle Carey, who has Mitochondrial disease, wanted to be in a summer pageant. She needed a dance partner.
How do you fix the giant mudslide threatening to swallow Fairview Medical Center at the University of Minnesota? Read more →
Sometimes a flood gives us the opportunity to look at the half-full side of things. Read more →