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People doing good

The bus people

Bob Collins September 5, 2012, 3:04 PM Sep 5, 2012

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The people of Bus 52 travel the country, stopping in each state to tell stories of people doing good.

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Are you better off than you were four years ago?

Bob Collins September 4, 2012, 2:01 PM Sep 4, 2012

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Here’s a scientifically valid checklist to help you analyze your life.

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The art of taking a chance on people

Bob Collins August 30, 2012, 12:51 PM Aug 30, 2012

Sometimes we need a good reminder that it pays to set aside first impressions and preconceived notions.

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Choppers

Bob Collins August 29, 2012, 12:54 PM Aug 29, 2012

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A few more answers to this week’s urban assault training in Minneapolis.

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The kid and the sign-language name that looks like a gun

Bob Collins August 29, 2012, 11:57 AM Aug 29, 2012

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One of the more bizarre stories to come out of Nebraska in awhile has been settled.

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Rules aimed at bank execs hitting ‘little people’ hard

Bob Collins August 28, 2012, 1:36 PM Aug 28, 2012

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Richard Eggers could be the poster boy for both sides of the banking business. He’s either a victim of greedy corporations or the victim of regulations strangling businesses and eliminating jobs, depending on your view.

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The bike buffer

Bob Collins August 28, 2012, 1:14 PM Aug 28, 2012

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Should drivers be required to give bicyclists three feet of room?

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The world of bosses

Bob Collins August 28, 2012, 12:10 PM Aug 28, 2012

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Bosses are in the news today. How does your stack up?

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The helicopters: If not a training exercise, then what?

Bob Collins August 28, 2012, 10:51 AM Aug 28, 2012

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A Texas judge says the UN is going to invade. Then helicopters appear over Minneapolis. Coincidence?

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Fair dispatches

Bob Collins August 27, 2012, 11:53 AM Aug 27, 2012

Factoids from the fair.

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The antidote to this week’s news

Bob Collins August 24, 2012, 3:06 PM Aug 24, 2012

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Regular NewsCut readers probably know that I like to leave the week behind on Friday afternoon with something that provides a little equal time from the other end of the news spectrum.

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Why do we believe some things? Because we’re supposed to

Bob Collins August 23, 2012, 2:06 PM Aug 23, 2012

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This is a great social experiment which shows just how unwilling people are to admit they don’t know something.

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State Fair through the ages

Bob Collins August 23, 2012, 10:58 AM Aug 23, 2012

While waiting for your images from the State Fair, we are occupying ourselves with a trip back in time, browsing the Minnesota Historical Society’s collection of State Fair photos. Machinery Hill in 1913… If some enterprising person set up a logrolling “ride” today, it’d be the talk of the Fair… Nothing says “contentment” like a Read more →