Bob Collins
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Archives for July 2012
The pressure was on Mitt Romney’s speechwriter today when the Republican presidential candidate appeared before the NAACP.
The Boundary Waters way, shrugging at corruption, two ‘shades of grey’ in library conundrum, the most famous knee in Minnesota, and return of a Fargo TV personality.
I won’t keep you in suspense; I don’t know. But a news release from American Public Media today, coupled with the occasional remark from Garrison Keillor that he might retire will certainly lead to speculation that John Moe, pictured, might be the answer to a question that media observers have been asking for years: What’s Read more →
Amy Senser’s stepdaughter, who forced her stepdaughter to admit her role in the crash that killed Anousone Phanthavong, hit the morning talk show circuit today.
Foul territory in rural Minnesota, misleading presidential polls, prisoners of our own culture, battle of the naked Wisconsinites, and skipping stones in Sun Valley.
More than 5,000 fans attend the annual convention for fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Various controversies swirl around the London Olympics. The Chap Olympics, meanwhile, was held on just one day — last Saturday — and Britain finally won something.
There may not be a sadder story than the one today from Cottage Grove, where — the Star Tribune reports — a 29 year old woman set fire to herself, a month after being charged in last November’s death of her infant son.