Bob Collins
The FBI confirmed to the Associated Press that the flights, which operate without a judge’s order, are being used for “ongoing investigations” and the companies that own the aircraft are fronts for the government.
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Archives for June 2015
The extent to which the adults were shamefully using kids to make their point in a beef at last February’s Minnesota state high school dance tournament seems underscored by a decision by the Minnesota State High School League yesterday to award medals anyway to the girls who refused them. They had previously been disqualified because of their display.
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Curtis Gilbert
First-term Council Member Alondra Cano wants Minneapolis to think more creatively about economic development, although her bike powered peanut butter factory idea is somewhat impractical. Read more →
There have been enough of these types of stories lately to declare that society is witnessing a significant shift when it comes to bullying.
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Country radio executive Keith Hill is telling radio programmers at country radio stations that if they want to get better ratings, they need to get female singers off the air.
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Concordia College professor W. Scott Olsen pens a terrific essay — a requiem, he says — to a just-about-gone icon of American life and, occasionally, the privacy it provided.
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It’s a pretty fair bet that few people are going to feel sorry for the change that might’ve presented itself on your doorstep today.
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