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Miscellany

Bob Collins December 23, 2011, 12:49 PM Dec 23, 2011

Your a kettle-ringer with one of those little tinny bells, trying to raise a few bucks when all of a sudden the big guns show up.

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The things we’d do if we could

Bob Collins December 23, 2011, 10:55 AM Dec 23, 2011

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If you were younger and more likely to take the risks, what sort of things would you do?

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The bike box

Bob Collins December 22, 2011, 1:23 PM Dec 22, 2011

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Coming soon to Minneapolis intersections.

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The year’s forgettable news

Bob Collins December 22, 2011, 12:40 PM Dec 22, 2011

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We’re about to get to the slowest news week of the year, which means we’ll be inundated with retrospectives about all the top stories of the year. We’ll be reminded that the top story of the year was the economy, which we don’t need reminding because it’s been the top story every day of the year.

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A first first kiss

Bob Collins December 21, 2011, 2:04 PM Dec 21, 2011

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A Navy tradition goes to a lesbian for the first time.

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The butter crisis

Bob Collins December 21, 2011, 11:46 AM Dec 21, 2011

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Poor Norway. They’ve got a real crisis and all the world can do is chuckle. Norway has no butter.

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How to get a school superintendent’s license

Bob Collins December 21, 2011, 11:28 AM Dec 21, 2011

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A Duluth superintendent of schools was placed on leave this week after it was found he didn’t have a license to be a school superintendent.

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Education

A Macalester carol

Bob Collins December 20, 2011, 11:50 AM Dec 20, 2011

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Brian Rosenberg, the president of Macalester, stars in this Christmas video released this week.

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Weeping for Kim

Bob Collins December 19, 2011, 2:19 PM Dec 19, 2011

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There isn’t really any informed comment I can make after viewing this video from North Korea, showing the reaction of people to the death of Kim Jong Il, but it’s incredible, and a bit scary.

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In search of the real Iowa

Bob Collins December 19, 2011, 9:40 AM Dec 19, 2011

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University of Iowa journalism professor Stephen Bloom stepped in it a week-and-a-half ago when he wrote a piece for The Atlantic about the real Iowa.

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Rain in December?

Hart Van Denburg December 14, 2011, 2:20 PM Dec 14, 2011

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As if you needed further proof that Minnesotans love to talk about the weather, “rain in December” is a trending topic on Twitter right now. Clearly, some folks outside of the Midwest don’t feel the significance of this weather event.

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