Bob CollinsThe Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld the state’s payday lending law that curbed high-interest, short-term loans to mostly low-income people who can’t stretch a paycheck. Read more →
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Archives for October 2015
A 76-year-old man has pretty much given up on life after his house was damaged in a storm and his son was killed on a snowmobile. He now lives in a small camper with no electricity, heat, or running water.
So Angela Nguyen, who delivers pizzas, stepped in. Read more →
This video from Duluth that’s been circulating for a few days ought to play right into the debate over the privacy concerns of police body camera video, but for some reason it’s not.
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Rev. Steve Berntson, a pastor at Messiah Lutheran Church in north Fargo, has quit his job to protest a Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.
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In the big scheme of things, a debate over whether Renoir was any good isn’t any different than a sportsradio talk show brawl over whether Pete Rose should be in the baseball Hall of Fame, but in the world of fine art, god help you if you question the wisdom of art historians and critics. Read more →
The City Council in Red Wing has passed a resolution calling for a change in federal law that would include hurting a police officer as a hate crime, WCCO reports.
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Fall in Minnesota is like a good dog. It’s unfair that it doesn’t live longer. Read more →
Bob Dylan, TV pitchmanMax Geller has a sense of humor, but he also thinks Renoir is a lousy painter.
So he combined his two passions yesterday in an ironic protest outside Boston’s famed Museum of Fine Arts, protesting that a Renoir or two graces its galleries. Read more →
One of the most interesting thing about marathons is nobody really cares who wins the things except for the most hard-core running fans.
Instead, it’s this scene (and dozens like it) that captures the essence of Sunday’s Twin Cities Marathon.
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David Greene’s job is to ask tough questions but his interview today — or at least the way it was edited for broadcast — was more about what a tough interview it was for him because Hynde was clearly tired of answering the same, old questions about her book, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender, in which she claimed responsibility for what would be characterized as a sexual assault. Read more →
Fifty years ago today, Sandy Koufax — perhaps the greatest pitcher of his generation — sat in the St. Paul Hotel while his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, played game one of the World Series against the Minnesota Twins in Bloomington.
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While you think about whether you really want to go to work today, let’s just plant this idea in your head: Run a pie shop, instead. Read more →
General Mills has done it again with its latest ad for Cheerios. Read more →
Among the more dispiriting debates for journalists in recent years is the one that’s picked up steam in the last few days: Should news organizations name the man who opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon last week. His name, by the way, was Chris Harper-Mercer. This should be a no-brainer. It’s the Read more →