Courtesy of Vox, we learned that 123 years ago today, the Los Angeles Herald revealed scandal in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, from which a Minnesota state senator had fled.
The climate of Minnesota had made him feel like a ‘young buck’ and he wanted to ‘taste some of the joys from which he had been debarred by the restrictions of respectability.’
So he went to an orgy. Read more →
Hiding from police in a boat, hours after he and his brother planted the Boston Marathon finish line bombs, Dzkhokhar A. Tsarnaev wrote in pencil that he believed his Islamic faith permitted the killing of innocents in defense of other Muslims, a witness testified Tuesday. Read more →
Had the Mall of America and Bloomington officials let people disperse as they were in the process of doing in January when Black Lives Matter held its “illegal” protest in the Rotunda, they might not have handed a huge victory to the group. But every movement needs its martyrs. It’s how an issue stays front Read more →
As most any parent can tell you, sooner or later the words you hear coming out of your mouth, are the same ones your parents used.
That is to say: We parent the way we were parented. We may think we’re more enlightened as parents, but we’re not, and a study out today confirms that in at least one area of parenting: spanking.
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Here’s a question for teachers: Why do you bother?
It’s hard to imagine a more morale-busting business, considering the way the workforce is managed from year to year, not to mention the near daily letter to the editor in the local paper criticizing what you do.
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Daniel Jacobs was a long shot at the Detroit Tigers spring training camp this spring. For one thing, the Tigers are stacked. For another, he’s 29 years old. Oh, and he also doesn’t have a leg anymore; he lost it to a roadside bomb in Iraq. Read more →
Connor, a 16-year-old basketball fan in Seattle — a city without an NBA team — sent a letter to every NBA team asking why he should be a fan of their team. Read more →
The Bulldogs’ season is over, which means so is coach Shannon Miller’s tenure, which ends with 383 wins, 10 NCAA Division I tournament appearances and seven Frozen Fours. Read more →
What we do know is people will start walking out of the headquarters with boxes this week and it’s already starting.
About a dozen ‘upper managers’ were gone by lunch yesterday, according to one report.
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Jerry Jackson, the homeless veteran who froze to death last month in Indian Mounds Park in Saint Paul will get full military honors when he’s laid to rest at Fort Snelling National Cemetery on Thursday, courtesy of a Saint Paul funeral home.
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We’re apparently never going to know the name of the persons who saved the life of Jennifer Green when she was jumped from a bridge over Faribault’s Straight River in 1990. They want to remain anonymous, a report today says. Read more →
Following criticism from fellow journalists, public radio show host Diane Rehm has curbed some of her lobbying for right-to-die laws.
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Blame the Germans. Read more →
Fairly quietly, Rep. Tom Emmer, the Republican who replaced Michelle Bachmann as the congressperson from Minnesota’s 6th District, has distinguished himself as the practical kind of politician people insist they want in Washington.
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Typically, Amy Patrick’s dad would have accompanied her to her school’s father-daughter dance on Saturday night. But he couldn’t, because he was shot to death by a meth dealer last year in Mendota Heights. Her dad is Scott Patrick, the police officer. Read more →
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