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Gene Lourey

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2008, 9:31 AM Oct 14, 2008
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Metro media gave short shrift to the passing of Gene Lourey, but a Duluth newspaper chronicled as interesting a life story as ever existed in Minnesota.

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The face of war

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 13, 2008, 12:51 PM Oct 13, 2008
3

Gene Lourey, the husband of a former state senator, and the father of a current one, died over the weekend.

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Leroy Sievers, 1955-2008

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 18, 2008, 7:31 AM Aug 18, 2008
2

The NPR and former ABC News reporter blogged his battle with cancer.

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Starbuck’s closings

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 18, 2008, 2:24 PM Jul 18, 2008
9

The company releases the official list of stores to be closed. Drink up.

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Goodbye, Bozo

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2008, 4:50 PM Jul 3, 2008

Larry Harmon ran for president as Bozo the Clown.

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Still going

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2008, 1:52 PM Jul 3, 2008
15

When Voyager II was launched, the TRS-80 computer had just been invented.

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It’s Pat!

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2008, 10:14 AM Jul 3, 2008
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Everything old is, well, old again.

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The end

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2008, 8:22 AM Jun 28, 2008
12

Images and video of the dynamiting of the St. Paul smokestack.

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Surveys and trivia

A smokestack is just a smokestack?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2008, 1:20 PM Jun 27, 2008
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The St. Paul smokestack is in its final hours. When it’s gone, what will St. Paul’s skyline say about the city?

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George Carlin, 1937-2008

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2008, 7:31 AM Jun 23, 2008
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From brash young comic to elderly curmudgeon.

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Right stuff. Wrong gender

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2008, 5:00 PM Jun 18, 2008
4

Janet Christine Dietrich proved the mettle of women long before America was willing to acknowledge it.

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Tim Russert, 1950-2008

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 13, 2008, 2:43 PM Jun 13, 2008
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Tim Russert, the host of NBC’s Meet the Press, collapsed at work today and died.

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Jim McKay, 1921-2008

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 7, 2008, 6:33 PM Jun 7, 2008

The word ‘giant’ was invented for people like Jim McKay.

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Lowering the ceiling

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 27, 2008, 12:36 PM May 27, 2008
2

The staple of suburban construction — the cathedral ceiling — is dead.

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Darkness on the edge of the E Street Band

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2008, 10:33 AM Apr 19, 2008
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In music — and sometimes in life in general — a note can soar higher than a word.

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