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When sinkholes strike

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2013, 4:34 PM Mar 1, 2013
2

The story out of Florida today is a horrific one. A man was in his bad around 11 p.m., when the earth opens up and swallows him. Jeffrey Bush, 37, is presumed dead below his home near Tampa.

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The art of the ‘Jedi mind meld’

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2013, 3:12 PM Mar 1, 2013
1

There’s no such thing as a Jedi mind meld.

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Arts & Culture · Education

Ode to the ‘band kids’

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2013, 1:05 PM Mar 1, 2013
8

You don’t usually hear about the kids in the school band getting into trouble. They tend not to jump on tables at lunch doing the Harlem Shake, or suspended from band for making sex tapes, and they’re not usually the schoolyard bullies. Band — music programs — must be doing something right, or the programs just seem to attract a decent brand of child.

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Five by 8

Love and fish fries (5×9 – 3/1/2013)

Nate Minor March 1, 2013, 7:27 AM Mar 1, 2013
6

Bruce Kramer on expressing love, get yourself to a fish fry tonight, how one interprets duty to one’s country, St. Jose Canseco and, of course, the sequester.

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Woodward and one of another president’s men

Eric Ringham February 28, 2013, 5:00 PM Feb 28, 2013
4

The Watergate-era star reporter suffers a public loss of perspective.

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North Dakota’s secret to low teen pregnancy rates: oil

Nate Minor February 28, 2013, 9:47 AM Feb 28, 2013
4

A low teen pregnancy rate in North Dakota can be traced back to the state’s oil boom.

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Same-sex marriage and one old woman’s tax bill

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 3:37 PM Feb 26, 2013
13

The same-sex marriage debate will begin anew in Minnesota tomorrow when sponsors of a bill to legalize same sex marriage unveil their initiative.

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‘An ATM shaped like an airport’

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 1:31 PM Feb 26, 2013
7

Small airports get pork money while air traffic controllers get furloughed.

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The price of judicial dignity

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 12:43 PM Feb 26, 2013
2

The Supreme Court of New Jersey is holding a hearing today on whether Judge Vince Sicari has to give up the night gig because it’s undignified.

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Benefits of a bad economy

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 11:53 AM Feb 26, 2013
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When the economy is bad, fewer teens die in car crashes.

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The Hummer Helmet man passes on

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 11:08 AM Feb 26, 2013
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By way of the Star Tribune today, we learned of the death earlier this month of David Leslie, 84, a Twin Cities stockbroker who was probably better known for his love and knowledge of birds.

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Five by 8

Hockey parents scorned (5×8 – 2/26/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 26, 2013, 7:03 AM Feb 26, 2013
14

Don’t mess with the hockey team, the frac sand debate: Take the money? And: Nick Anderson’s reward, the homeless man and the engagement ring, and the winter bike ride.

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The truth behind the aircraft carriers photo

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 3:45 PM Feb 25, 2013
35

Here’s a picture that’s picking up steam around the Internet today. A picture of five aircraft carriers in port in Norfolk, Virginia. The chances are pretty good it’s going to show up in your Facebook feed soon.

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Apps in space

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 1:55 PM Feb 25, 2013
2

There are no molecules in space, being a vacuum and all, so sound can’t travel. Now scientists have created a satellite out of a smartphone to see if that’s really true.

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Giving up baby

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 25, 2013, 1:05 PM Feb 25, 2013
4

An Iowa woman documents her decision to put her baby up for adoption.

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