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Public praise for veterans happens at most sporting events in America now. It tugs at the heart. It brings a response. And, apparently, some veterans hate it. Read more →
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The revenue woes that have decimated commercial media visited NPR today when the public radio network announced its cutting its staff by 10 percent. Read more →
(There are comments attached to this post.) You won’t see a more dramatic picture than this one tweeted by KARE 11 this morning. An accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 55 and General Mills Boulevard between a van and a tanker. The station says one person died when a woman in a van turned Read more →
The people who caused the economic collapse are doing very well, the woman shamed for using an EBT card in Edina, the kids who grind and the ones who don’t, an honorable Lanesboro man returns a sword to Japan, and the fracking map revealed. Read more →
Now we know for sure. The solar system is big. Really big. Read more →
Syria’s president agrees to a deal with a complicating “if”, Colorado floods, the renegade Pennsylvania clerk giving out marriage licenses to same-sex couples stops, the Voyager I leaves the solar system while everyone shrugs, and repeat driving drunk won’t be a misdemeanor in Wisconsin anymore. Read more →
Is shooting a fenced-in animal sport?
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In January, Boston media critic Alan Siegel took down sports journalists in the city in an article (The Fellowship of the Miserable) that reverberated through the sports departments of local media organizations nationwide. Siegel charged that the local scribes were going soft on the teams, coaches, players, and managers they were assigned to cover. He Read more →
Finally, a reason to buy Google Glass? Read more →
Vladimir Putin’s letter to the USA, transparency and Minneapolis crime statistics, ‘Pink’s’ obituary, the long mountain climb for several disabled soldiers, and no child left untableted. Read more →
MNSure falls short in the African American community, the White House pushes the burden of success to Russia, Missouri considers arresting feds who try to enforce gun laws, Boston says ‘whoops’ for scheduling a fire drill on 9/11, how one California community tries to beat the banks at their own game, what to do about Read more →
Distasteful or not? AT&T has apologized for posting this picture on Twitter and Facebook today: “We apologize to anyone who felt our post was in poor taste. The image was solely meant to pay respect to those affected by the 9/11 tragedy,” the company wrote. But the Ad Freak blog notes that AT&T posted a Read more →
Fans don’t have any responsibility to support a bad team any more than a car buyer has an obligation to buy a lousy car, but criticism of Minnesota fans is unwarranted. Read more →
A Catholic school teacher acknowledges she’s gay and loses her job. Read more →