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The auction champ

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 19, 2010, 10:46 AM Jul 19, 2010
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Kristine Fladeboe Duininck, 36, of Willmar, won the title of top female auctioneer in the country over the weekend.

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Do-it-yourself reactor

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 24, 2010, 2:41 PM Jun 24, 2010
3

Mark Suppes has become the 38th private person to build his own nuclear reactor.

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Standing up against obesity

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2010, 2:02 PM Jun 7, 2010
2

The Mayo Clinic studies whether standing up while working makes a difference.

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Web site aims to level apartment-hunting playing field

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 6, 2010, 2:20 PM Apr 6, 2010
6

Great ideas occasionally come from a broken furnace. Sometime in the next month, Twin Citian James Gorney, and two of his friends, will launch a Web site to provide reviews of apartments and the landlords who own them. The idea came as a result of his introduction to Minneapolis five years ago when there was Read more →

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Workplace meltdowns

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 29, 2010, 1:48 PM Mar 29, 2010
4

Perhaps you’ve had days at work like Jim Playfair

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Cave-dwelling cheesemakers win big

edebruyn March 18, 2010, 4:12 PM Mar 18, 2010

A small cheese plant in Faribault, Minn., wins a big prize — top honors in the Gorgonzola category at the World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, Wis.

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Reminder: It’s not winter…

Than Tibbetts July 24, 2009, 10:06 AM Jul 24, 2009
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…but if it were, have you considered an amphibious, convertible ice house?

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The bookstore in the manure tank

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2009, 1:43 PM May 20, 2009
5

What would lead a couple to turn 12 buildings on the farm in Wisconsin into the world’s largest bookstore?

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Should the media try to make a difference?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2009, 4:03 AM Mar 6, 2009
10

Former Star Tribune columnist Nick Coleman isn’t quite ready to say ‘goodbye.’

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Deadbeats

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2009, 3:27 PM Mar 4, 2009
8

A Minneapolis firm specializes in collecting debts from the dead.

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Where good ideas go to die

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 9, 2009, 1:02 PM Feb 9, 2009
2

A NASA astronaut identifies the reasons good ideas die at his government agency. How does it compare to your workplace?

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Pilots on Sullenberger

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2009, 3:23 PM Jan 20, 2009
1

Commercial pilots seem to disagree on the extent to which Chesley Sullenberger is different from them.

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What price passion?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2009, 12:59 PM Jan 13, 2009
9

Should federal taxes be eliminated for teachers?

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A national day of service: Are you in?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2009, 2:31 PM Jan 12, 2009
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Michele Obama sent an e-mail message around today with a firm date for you to pitch in: Monday

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What’s recession-proof?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 9, 2008, 5:58 AM Dec 9, 2008
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Some jobs were once considered immune from layoffs during recessions. Not anymore.

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