Bob Collins
Before he leaves “The Daily Show” for good, Jon Stewart could have a field day with the bead-clutching that’s taking place in the hours since he announced he’s leaving the program. Read more →
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Archives for February 2015
Gov. Mark Dayton is asking for $10 million to replace the state’s two airplanes. Read more →
Adreian Payne has spent most of the season in the Developmental League, he probably won’t be a big contributor to the Timberwolves, but he’s the type of guy who should have a big following anyway.
The name may not ring a bell, but his story might.
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YouTube has apparently cost a hard-working kid in Saint Paul his job. Read more →
We’d probably last less than day living the simple life, but there’s still something comforting about the Ice Ball, the annual get-together near Ely where people haul ice out of a pond on Will Steger’s estate. It happened on Saturday, as it has every year since 1967. Read more →
A surprising thing has happened to those war-protesting, Eugene McCarthy-voting, Richard Nixon-hating kids of the ’60s. They’ve become Republicans. Read more →
Jen Banford was also the school’s director of hockey operations and was among those losing hockey jobs at the school with the dismissal of head coach Shannon Miller, a move which has sparked allegations from Miller suggesting the move had something to do with the fact she’s a woman and she’s gay. Read more →
Yasir Moore, who had a job interview at Chick-Fil-A , stopped into a Target store in Raleigh, North Carolina to pick up a clip-on tie to wear. But Target doesn’t sell clip-on ties; they sell real ties.
So a couple of Target employees helped him out. They also gave him some job-interview tips. Read more →
If you want to get around the country’s 10th-largest metropolitan area, you better own a car today. Read more →
Edina loves its sports success and there aren’t too many cities with more of it.
But now it’s pushing the traveling youth teams to a younger age — fourth grade. Is it too much, the Star Tribune’s Mike Kaszuba asks in his story today?
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The boosters in Minneapolis who charmed the NFL into awarding the 2018 Super Bowl to the city say the game will bring a boost to the city’s image that you can’t buy.
But it hasn’t happened that way for Glendale, Arizona, the host city of this year’s Super Bowl. Read more →
The court agreed with attorneys for Allina Health, who claim the health care workers at United Hospital who evaluated Kirk Lloyd are granted immunity under Minnesota’s Commitment and Treatment Act, reversing a district court ruling. Read more →
Yep, we’re hunkered down here in flyover country, just waiting until spring.
Right, Ironton?
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A lot of TV reporters went to Iraq to report on the war. Even those who did so accurately missed the big story.
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Some state legislators have a fear of intelligent data. A new bill is aimed at killing an alternative to the gas tax before it’s born. Read more →