Economy

Public broadcasters hard hit by Target data theft

Bob CollinsBob Collins Jun 9, 2014
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Last November’s massive data breach at Target Corporation certainly affected more than just Target. It’s also done a number on charitable giving.

The public broadcasting newspaper, Current, reports today that pubcasters, who rely on ‘sustainers,’ automatic renewals by credit card, have been hit particularly hard by the data theft, as credit cards tied to the Target account were canceled by the millions.
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Teen suicide in MN schools vexes parents, experts

Bob CollinsBob Collins Jun 9, 2014
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High schools in Minnesota are in a difficult spot when it comes to the suicide of students. As we’ve written many times, they’re concerned that if they acknowledge that students kill themselves, it will lead other students to take their own lives, too. But if they don’t say anything, they mute a very real health threat to our children.

The effect on the families of the students is painful; they often made to feel as if their children never existed if their deaths cannot be noted. Read more →

Politics · Sports

Super Bowl ’18: The cost of doing business with divas

Bob CollinsBob Collins Jun 9, 2014
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There were so many jaw-dropping factoids in the weekend Star Tribune article revealing what Minneapolis gave away to get the 2018 Super Bowl game that it’s hard to know where to begin. So let’s begin with the conclusion: Politicians either don’t know what’s going on in their own city, or they’re disingenuous in their denials of knowing what’s going on in their own city. Read more →