Sergei Neubauer’s obituary doesn’t say so specifically, but his struggle, like most against depression and mental illness, was brave and courageous. His short life was amazing. And so too, obviously, were the two people in Iowa who agreed to be his parents when he was 11.
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If you don’t want to take part in the Pledge of Allegiance in the Pasco School District in Florida, you’ll need a note from your parents.
So when a 6-year-old took a knee during the Pledge, he got an admonishment from his teacher. Read more →
A clown showed up to vote in a primary election Boston on Tuesday. So people called the cops. Read more →
A few NFL fans are posting videos of burning tickets in response to the NFL player protest of racial inequality in America. A former Vikings QB is offering real cash for them.
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It takes special kids to show up for practice every day when you’ve gone your entire high school career without winning a game. Read more →
The Minnesota Board of Teaching reportedly has been aware of allegations of sexual misconduct of teachers, but has not told law enforcement authorities of several cases because it doesn’t have a responsibility to. Read more →
A good obituary not only reveals the person who has died, it also provides a regional history lesson.
That’s the case today with the obituary of Harriet Lazaroff, which appears in today’s Star Tribune. Read more →
‘When I finished in the NFL, I came out to my family. When I said those words for the first [time], when I said that I was gay, it was like this huge mountain just crumbled,’ former Minnesota Vikings player Esera Tuaolo said this week on NBC’s ‘The Voice’. Read more →
The Minnesota Twins have the Cleveland Indians, currently the best team in the American League, right where they want them. Read more →
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel pretty much led the lobbying effort against the latest version of the bill to repeal the health insurance law in the United States. Last night he took a victory lap, declaring it dead. “I haven’t been this happy about something being dead since [Osama] bin Laden,” Kimmel said, calling Tuesday Read more →
It’s been a big week for drunks on the highway. Every week is in Minnesota and many other locations where the slaughter of innocent people hardly registers a blip anymore. Read more →
Wedding photographers, brides, and grooms struggle to find just the right pose that will be distinctive and different.
You can all stop trying now. Photographer Darren Hatt’s effort last weekend can’t be topped. Read more →
The protests surrounding the NFL isn’t about a flag, or an anthem, or a military. It’s about the words that are in the Pledge of Allegiance. Read more →
The Chicago Cubs are one of those teams you want to hate, but can’t.
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It was 25 years ago that an attempt to quell gang warfare in Minneapolis ended when a gang murdered a cop while he ate pizza during a break in his shift. Read more →
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