In the aftermath of last night’s World Series game, a real mystery continues to swirl around the starter for the Kansas City Royals’ starting pitcher. What did he know about the health of his father and when did he know it? And why did we know it first? Read more →
On the heels of last week’s book-spine smackdown between public libraries in Toronto and Kansas City over the baseball playoffs, we now turn to the musical portion of baseball’s postseason ‘trash talk.’ Read more →
It was an awful tragedy in Dallas this week when Patti Stevens, 54, took her own life, two weeks after a mentally ill former Texas A&M football player hacked her husband to death with a machete while he was out for an early-morning jog.
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If you want to truly appreciate how good we’ve got it, just pull over the next 97-year-old person you meet.
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Today’s ‘let’s blame social media’ item comes from Boston where a theater critic is lambasting an increasing practice in theater: audience laughter where there shouldn’t be any.
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Target Corporation has unveiled an app that will allow people you don’t know, potentially from neighborhoods that aren’t yours, to show up at your door on Halloween because the word got out you’re giving away some decent candy.
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If your city-owned liquor store is the only thing standing between you and becoming a ghost town, aren’t you already one?
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South by Southwest, the incredibly popular festival in Austin, Texas, is canceling two panels, even though one of them really needs to be held.
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Torii Hunter has announced that he’s retiring with plenty of baseball accomplishments to admire. But at least for his legacy, he made a fatal mistake. He answered a question honestly, and he talked about his religious beliefs.
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The takeaway from today’s Star Tribune story on a messy lawsuit between a youth sports league and the parents of a deaf player: The local Lions Club is the unsung hero of nearly every community around here. Read more →
Contrary to what you may have heard, it’s a bad time to be nearing retirement, at least if you’re looking for work. Read more →
Of the many memories of Flip Saunders being shared in the aftermath of his death yesterday, here’s a video classic from the ’70s: The Gopher men’s basketball team’s entertaining pre-game drill. Read more →
How long would civil order last if there were actually a significant disaster in the U.S.? Read more →
The Sunday night dread is partly the fault of worker-bees, trying to get a head start on the week. Part of it is the dawn of ‘Internet time.’
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We might suggest that the Star Tribune commentary on student loan debt perfectly shows why courses on personal finance might not be a bad idea in high school.
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