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The ships of Savage

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2013, 2:24 PM Jan 16, 2013
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You knew that Savage, Minnesota was a shipbuilding port during World War II, right? Me, neither.

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Hobby Lobby’s contraceptive challenge

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 2, 2013, 12:23 PM Jan 2, 2013
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A hobby store chain, owned by a conservative Christian family, is going to take on the Obama administration’s new rules requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for emergency contraceptives.

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All about Sacred Heart

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2012, 11:49 AM Dec 10, 2012
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What do you know about the Minnesota city with the most snow?

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The night Garrison Keillor consoled a grieving state

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 25, 2012, 3:54 PM Oct 25, 2012
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Ten years ago tomorrow night, Garrison Keillor had the most unenviable job in Minnesota.

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Why the RadioLab interview went wrong

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 27, 2012, 1:39 PM Sep 27, 2012
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The Public Radio show, RadioLab, heard on MPR on Saturday afternoons, is getting significant pushback for its handling of an interview with a Hmong veteran in the Twin Cities on last weekend’s broadcast.

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Last call at the neighborhood pub

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 7, 2012, 1:03 PM Aug 7, 2012
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The icon of Wisconsin is dying.

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Death of the small-town grocery store

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 16, 2012, 11:26 AM Jul 16, 2012
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Truman needs another Nick Graham.

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Happy industrial park day!

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2012, 3:15 PM Jul 7, 2012
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The big doings today are in Lakeville, which is holdings its annual Pan-O-Prog celebration. The event, a local told me, started as a celebration years ago of the opening of the city’s industrial park south of the main drag.

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The young men of Midway

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2012, 2:27 PM Jun 4, 2012
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You may have to strain to see the young man that is still probably inside these old men, who were honored today.

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History in a wheelchair

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 5, 2012, 11:16 AM Apr 5, 2012
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It was a touching moment in Washington today when a group of Minnesota schoolkids was about to board a flight home after a trip to the East Coast.

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Former Strib editor stood on principle, and larger than life

Eric Ringham January 5, 2012, 5:00 AM Jan 5, 2012

Chuck Bailey made a promise to his staff. Then he refused to break it.

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The man who dares speak ill of Iowa

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 3, 2012, 10:41 AM Jan 3, 2012
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Stephen Bloom has become Iowa’s Salman Rushdie.

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Vanishing icons

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 11:34 AM Dec 29, 2011
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What will happen to the Swany White flour mill smokestack.

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Why the Kensington Runestone is a fake

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 16, 2011, 10:15 AM Nov 16, 2011
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Additional proof the Douglas County artifact was a practical joke.

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Mr. Bubble Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2011, 12:40 PM Aug 31, 2011
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You know things are going great in North Dakota when the governor can proclaim it ‘Mr. Bubble Day'” without fear of humiliation.

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