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The Society for American Baseball Research has nominated a former Saint Paul Saint for a new award honoring women in baseball.
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Archives for March 2019
Jana Shortal, of KARE 11, is already a legend in these parts but she got a big boost on a national level today when the YouTube channel, Great Big Story, called attention to her style.
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When the New Hampshire General Court held a public hearing at the statehouse on gun legislation opponents wore pearls. Read more →
On Twitter yesterday, I asked for people’s names for what the people in my house call “snow boogers”, the clumps of ice and snow that we love to kick off when the temperature is just right. And, thanks to Steve Swan, I was made aware of this poetic segment that Moore did on the subject. It’s brilliant. Read more →
Add ‘I just wanted to hang on to read the Mueller investigation’ to ‘I wish I’d spent more time at the office’ among phrases that shouldn’t be our last words. Read more →
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Wayne Hayer, a student at Morehouse College, couldn’t find child care for his daughter last week and he’s prepping for finals this week. So he apologized when he showed up for Nathan Alexander’s algebra class.
Alexander noticed Hayer having difficulty taking notes and watching his daughter, so he stepped in. Read more →
In upholding a district court ruling, the Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the state law doesn’t prevent a city from requiring a higher minimum wage. It only prohibits paying less. The case will almost certainly have to be settled by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Read more →
We have reached the point of winter where some people just give up. Like, perhaps, this person in Minneapolis who has parked his/her car and has gone the full camouflage route. Read more →
Some customs of our civilization have been around so long they seem perfectly normal. And when it comes to death, who wants to talk about what we do to a corpse? Sallie Tisdale does. Read more →
Twenty-nine years ago, a McDonald’s manager asked Art Mason if he’d help out for a few hours; he was short staffed. In May, Art will turn 89. Read more →
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You can do some interesting things with a Minnesota lake. Take the right temperature, a little snow, and a plow, voila! You’ve got an airport. Read more →
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is running out of ways to get through to Minnesota drivers about how to drive in winter, and it’s not as if the department isn’t trying. Today, another snowplow got hit, this time near Brandon, Minn. Read more →