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When it comes to allergies, Minnesota is nothing to sneeze at

Bob Collins March 20, 2012, 1:28 PM Mar 20, 2012

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No Minnesota city makes the worst-50 list for allergy sufferers.

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Slim Shady and the race for the White House

Bob Collins March 20, 2012, 12:44 PM Mar 20, 2012

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The race for the White House has now officially entered the fit-stump-speeches-into-an-Eminem-song stage.

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Seat-belt law challenge turned aside by Court of Appeals

Bob Collins March 20, 2012, 12:06 PM Mar 20, 2012

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In 2009, Minnesota changed its mandatory seat belt law to allow police to stop you just for not wearing a seat belt. Previously, you had to be stopped for another violation in order to be cited for failure to wear seat belts.

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Dispatches from the Postcard Underground

Bob Collins March 20, 2012, 10:32 AM Mar 20, 2012

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We never were able to make much progress in uncovering the brains behind the Postcard Underground after Gary Eichten’s retirement in January, when anonymous (except for first name) postcards started showing up every day.

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Five by 8

Trayvon Martin, the Castle Doctrine, and Minnesota’s close call (5×8 – 3/20/12)

Bob Collins March 20, 2012, 7:21 AM Mar 20, 2012

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The Florida shooting examined, the picture of poverty, Duluth in a fog, the hockey team that must not be mentioned, and the lost art of locking the car.

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