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Does home ownership hurt the job market?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto June 3, 2013, 2:30 PM Jun 3, 2013
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Minnesota has one of the highest  home ownership rates and lowest jobless rates in the nation. That’s been consistently true in good economic times and bad. So it’s completely weird  lately to read research arguing that, nationally, just the opposite is true —  that rising home ownership in a state is a “precursor to eventual sharp Read more →

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Follow-up: Baseball team gives in to fans’ rain-delay outrage

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2013, 1:11 PM Jun 3, 2013
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Faced with a stinging weekend of criticism — I wrote about it on Saturday — the Cleveland Indians today relented and agreed to give new tickets to its fans who were forced to either go home or stay until midnight when a rain-delayed game got underway. Here’s the team’s statement today: The Cleveland Indians today Read more →

DNA and the warrantless search

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2013, 12:47 PM Jun 3, 2013
2

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision could expand DNA’s role because it allows warrantless DNA searches of people who are arrested, not just those convicted. Read more →

Weather

Death of a storm chaser

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2013, 11:31 AM Jun 3, 2013
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Because of Tim Samaras’ encounter with a tornado in South Dakota, we know a lot more about what happens when a tornado hits than the fact it sounds like a train.
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China to control Iraqi oil

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2013, 11:14 AM Jun 3, 2013
2

China is pouring money and workers into Iraq to get control of most of the oil the country is producing. Read more →

Five by 8

Life and the lemonade stand (5 x 8 – 6/3/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2013, 6:42 AM Jun 3, 2013
5

The power of hope, the people who don’t give up, cereal racists, tangled up in Bob Dylan, and the people who raise bullies. Read more →

Weather

Rain delayWhen baseball teams treat fans like dirt

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2013, 9:22 AM Jun 1, 2013
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Rain delay

Other than the airlines, nobody is better at treating customers like dirt than Major League Baseball. Friday night’s game in Cleveland is a perfect example. It was Friday night fireworks night at Progressive Field, a tradition that dates back decades in the city. Tickets for fireworks night go quickly because few stadiums provide the after-the-game Read more →

Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/31/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2013, 4:51 PM May 31, 2013
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The strange campaign saga of the 6th District,  when Social Security goes broke,  McCain on Syria,  and why can’t a kid who built a nuclear reactor win a science fair? Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current.  

Politicians who give up

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2013, 2:35 PM May 31, 2013
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People with a chance to win who quit in politics get a special place in the political cemetery. Read more →

Dispatches from Planet Dysfunction

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2013, 12:50 PM May 31, 2013
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If you’re looking for evidence that the end of civilization is at hand, a brawl at a kindergarten graduation should fit the bill.

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The ‘terror in the skies’ story revisited

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2013, 11:06 AM May 31, 2013
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If I’m wrong about something I write today, it’s only because I’m writing about what I felt happened.

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Five by 8

The day Baby Face Nelson came to Brainerd

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2013, 7:40 AM May 31, 2013
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Coincidence and the shootout, is class rank outdated, the Marines lose a hot meal, the New York Times gets taken, and the Boston Strong concert.

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Have we really recovered from the Great Recession?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto May 30, 2013, 4:21 PM May 30, 2013
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June marks four years since the Great Recession ended and the economic recovery technically began. Most Americans households are still trying to recover.

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An education statistic that should really worry us

Paul TostoPaul Tosto May 30, 2013, 2:00 PM May 30, 2013
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“Some college, no degree” is not going to cut it.

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The day photo journalism died

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 30, 2013, 11:59 AM May 30, 2013
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A big city newspaper fires all of its photographers.

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