Anyone who travels on a freeway knows that almost nobody drives the speed limit and the lefthand lane gets plugged with people going a little over the speed limit, followed closely — and I do mean closely — by people going a lot over the speed limit. Read more →
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Check your sports cynicism at the door, people. The girl’s basketball tournament is underway. Read more →
A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today further defined the areas of people’s property where police can’t search without a warrant.
It’s a fascinating case which goes to great lengths to define what area of someone’s property is protected by the Fourth Amendment and what area is fair game for a search by police without a warrant. Read more →
It’s been a rough winter again in New England, where a nor’easter has struck for the third time in the last few weeks.
Fortunately, for the Boston cops, Jason Triplett, 37, had purchased proper winter clothing for pushing a Boston Police wagon out of the snow: Queen Elsa’s costume from ‘Frozen.’
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‘Thirty-one years ago, I was 19, pregnant and scared,’ Christina St. Germaine had just told the Council. ‘I had a miscarriage. I wasn’t able to take time off for work to care for myself to prevent the miscarriage nor post-miscarriage.’
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It’s the annual Vi Hart Rant Against Pi Day Day. Read more →
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Joe Smith earned $61 million dollars during his playing career, CNBC says. He’s living paycheck to paycheck and has $157,000 in debt. Read more →
“Can we just stop with this already though?! It’s not funny anymore,” the San Diego reporter said. Read more →
A Wall Street Journal report shows Best Buy and other retail chains are alienating legitimate customers as they chase down the fraction of store returns that are considered fraudulent.
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If there’s one thing that radio listeners — and some radio employees, too, I’ve noticed — don’t like, it’s the advancing technology that allows us access to information on demand, even if it provides an opportunity to stem the decline of radio as a relevant medium.
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Journalists haven’t yet figured out how to properly report on politics in American in 2018. News organizations report ‘fake news’ because politicians are making fake news and their job is to report what politicians are doing. And what politicians are doing is distracting, misinforming, and deceiving the nation. Read more →
Marie Wright, Canada’s lead for the women’s wheelchair curling team at the the Paralympic Games in South Korea, is ostensibly talking about curling here but is really offering a life lesson. One rock at a time. Read more →
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