As has been documented in this space numerous times, nobody gets more love at retirement than the nation’s high school music teachers.
The latest example comes from Foxborough, Mass., where Stephen Massey is retiring after 37 years at the school, and 46 years in music education overall.
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The people of Delano are going to have to suck it up and accept some welcoming diversity, apparently.
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The Associated Press today released an incredible investigation into itself, responding to a historian’s claim last year that the news organization ‘ceded influence over the production of its news pictures to Nazi propagandists.’
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Is the end near for West Duluth’s venerable Memorial Day Parade? Read more →
The move comes primarily on the recommendation of Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who objected to the fact James Comey closed the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, according to his letter released today.
Obviously, this is a developing story, but it seems like an appropriate time for an open thread for your opinions and analysis. Read more →
The owners of the original cheese curd booth at the Minnesota State Fair are threatening to sue if the fair doesn’t allow the business to remain at the fairgrounds. Read more →
Royce White, Hopkins native and a former Mr. Basketball in Minnesota who was drafted in the first round of the NBA despite revealing mental health issues, flamed out in his chance at basketball stardom in the pro game. He and Kevin McHale, then the boss of the Houston Rockets, never saw eye to eye and White’s anxiety issues kept him out of games. Read more →
The American news media doesn’t cover war on the front line much anymore. But when it did, Anne Morrissy Merick fought her own country for the right to be there. Read more →
As politicians try to pull the shades down on their business, a showdown may be brewing over the reach of the state’s open meeting law, which is intended to give citizens a good look at what their representatives are doing. Read more →
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was back on the air last night, defending last week’s plea for health care coverage, after his newborn son was able to get treatment for a heart problem.
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If you buy season tickets to your favorite NFL team, but sell them all, should you still be allowed to buy them again? Read more →
What’s in a brand? The difference in how you hear something, at least where a violin is concerned. Read more →
The ‘cops rescuing ducklings’ season is officially underway with yesterday’s rescue of a squadron from a storm sewer in St. Louis Park, where the police department reported the details on its Facebook page. Read more →
Sometimes the dramatic moment captured by news photographers isn’t really the actual moment. Read more →
The Minnesota Court of Appeals today reinstated a hunter’s lawsuit against the owner of property on which he was hunting, whom he says is responsible for his falling from a tree while trying to climb into a deer stand in Pine County.
The hunter’s father owns the property. Read more →
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