Here’s a little secret that’s probably not a secret: Reporters miss a lot of stories that are right beneath our nose. Sometimes they — we — get so focused on what we think the news is that we miss the news. More often, a subject doesn’t have the cachet to get our attention. It’s an occupational habit.
Dental floss, it’s fair to say, is beneath most of us. Read more →
The world has long been full of people who delight in yelling ‘jump’ when someone is perched on a building or bridge, preparing to die.
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We won’t ever know what prompted a woman to let go of the fence. We won’t ever know what led her to crawl through the hole and to decide that the world she lives in offers no hope. We won’t determine whether the society that saved her, also failed her.
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The Associated Press has exposed the dirty little secret your dentist has tried to keep while shaming you for not flossing daily. There’s no evidence flossing is beneficial. Read more →
Jareka Bolen decided that she will move in to hospice while she can still make her own decisions, unhook her ventilator and die. But first she wanted to have a big party — a prom, she called it.
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The number of 7-12 year olds experiencing moderate to “serious psychological distress” -— symptoms of depression and anxiety — over the last month has jumped from 24 percent to 34 from 2013 to 2015. Read more →
Two stories in the news today provide a foundation for more discussion on the state of mental health care in Minnesota. Read more →
You’ve probably seen the hot-air balloons flying over the St. Croix River in the early evening and not thought much about it. But you’re not Hannah Manche, 17.
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We’re pretty much killing ourselves by going to work in America. We work too much. We don’t take vacation days. We work from home. We work on the weekends. We don’t use sick leave, if we get it at all.
Why?
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You have to tip your hat to journalist Alex Pearlman, who writes about emerging science and technology. She decided to find out more about the transhumanist movement by having a magnet implanted in her finger, she writes today on WBUR’s Cognoscenti blog. Read more →
Chris Rosati isn’t the first person with ALS to declare himself ‘the luckiest man on earth.’ Read more →
Key excerpts from the Supreme Court’s decision. Read more →
The area surrounding their home in China has been decimated by pollution.
So they started planting trees. One tree at a time. So far, they’ve planted 10,000 trees. Read more →
The Fargo Forum is getting some pushback from its community after it reported the results of an autopsy of the popular owner of a West Fargo diner. Read more →
For the first time, a passenger on board Prince’s airplane is revealing what happened the night it needed to make an emergency landing in Moline, Ill., enroute to Minneapolis from Atlanta. Read more →
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