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Surveys and trivia

One is alone

Bob Collins July 13, 2008, 7:56 AM Jul 13, 2008

A Duluth man is underway in the race to sail solo between San Francisco and Hawaii.

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How and when?

Bob Collins July 9, 2008, 5:25 PM Jul 9, 2008

If you don’t choose ‘cancer’ or ‘heart disease’ as your preferred way to die, a geriatrician says you’ve chosen “demential and frailty.”

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Because it’s there

Bob Collins July 9, 2008, 8:00 AM Jul 9, 2008

While you’re working today, a guy in Pasadena is sitting in each of the 92,542 seats at the Rose Bowl.

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The Congress we don’t like

Bob Collins July 8, 2008, 4:11 PM Jul 8, 2008

… is the Congress we re-elect.

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Economic indicators

Bob Collins July 2, 2008, 4:01 PM Jul 2, 2008

The worse the economy, the larger your sales receipt.

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A smokestack is just a smokestack?

Bob Collins June 27, 2008, 1:20 PM Jun 27, 2008

The St. Paul smokestack is in its final hours. When it’s gone, what will St. Paul’s skyline say about the city?

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What Google says about us

Bob Collins June 24, 2008, 1:02 PM Jun 24, 2008

A defense attorney uses Google to prove that pornography is acceptable in Florida. It wouldn’t work in Minnesota.

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The architecture poll

Bob Collins June 13, 2008, 10:53 AM Jun 13, 2008

What is the most unimaginative architecture in the Twin Cities? You decide.

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The streets of Bovey

Bob Collins June 11, 2008, 8:10 AM Jun 11, 2008

From fish heads to raccoons stuck in aluminum siding, crime never takes a day off.

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Boring architecture (cont’d)

Bob Collins May 30, 2008, 12:28 PM May 30, 2008

There’s still time to submit your nominee for the most unimaginative architecture in the Twin Cities.

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Timewasters: TwitterVision

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 4:04 PM May 21, 2008

What if you could hear what everyone is thinking at once?

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Power, lab-grown meat, and cellphones

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 3:22 PM May 21, 2008

Just another day in the world of science.

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Junk food junkies

Bob Collins May 20, 2008, 7:08 AM May 20, 2008

What do monkeys and Twins fans have in common?

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Sexy voices and fertile women

Bob Collins May 1, 2008, 12:22 PM May 1, 2008

Another in the ongoing installment of strange academic studies.

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Your happiness/health index

Bob Collins April 30, 2008, 7:25 AM Apr 30, 2008

We’re suffering. We’re struggling. But are we happy?