There’s no ‘$137.5 million’ in ‘team’ Bob Collins June 24, 2008, 7:12 AM Jun 24, 2008 5 Johan Santana got rich by leaving the Twins, but the local team has found more success. Read more →
The reluctant teacher of the year Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 5:50 PM Jun 23, 2008 3 Carleen Gulstad stood out because of the credit she gave her brother for her success. Read more →
The story behind ‘the catch.’ Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 4:04 PM Jun 23, 2008 1 Has someone emailed you a video of a ballgirl making a great catch? It’s fake. Read more →
How NBC got beat on the Russert story Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 3:38 PM Jun 23, 2008 1 An employee of a Twin Cities firm pays the price for scooping NBC on the death of Tim Russert. Read more →
St. Paul stack to be blown up Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 2:28 PM Jun 23, 2008 8 Say goodbye to an icon of the St. Paul skyline. Read more →
Without pregnancy pact, what’s the teen birth story? Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 2:18 PM Jun 23, 2008 1 If it turns out there was no pact among Gloucester, Mass. teens to get pregnant, is there still a story there that doesn’t exist in Minnesota, too? Read more →
KSTP and the News Council Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 2:15 PM Jun 23, 2008 1 Why wasn’t KSTP at a News Council meeting last week when one of its stories was dissected? Read more →
Broken levees let racially-charged rhetoric flow Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 11:29 AM Jun 23, 2008 22 Some in the Midwest say flood victims here are more self-reliant than their Hurricane Katrina cousins. Read more →
George Carlin, 1937-2008 Bob Collins June 23, 2008, 7:31 AM Jun 23, 2008 8 From brash young comic to elderly curmudgeon. Read more →
The lost tribe revealed Bob Collins June 22, 2008, 10:36 PM Jun 22, 2008 A picture of a lost tribe in the Amazon isn’t a hoax, per se. But it’s not what Brazilian authorities said it was, either. Read more →
Another happy ending Bob Collins June 22, 2008, 10:02 PM Jun 22, 2008 1 An autistic man, missing in the Wisconsin woods for nearly a week, has been found alive. Read more →
Union issues emerging in Senate races Bob Collins June 22, 2008, 9:07 AM Jun 22, 2008 1 For entertainment value alone, few political ads recently can rival theTV spots against the Employee Free Choice Act. Read more →
And now the news… Bob Collins June 20, 2008, 6:02 PM Jun 20, 2008 4 It’s worth remembering that sometimes the big news is a kid went to the candy store. Read more →
A sign of the times Bob Collins June 20, 2008, 2:52 PM Jun 20, 2008 2 There’s an occasional obvious silliness to the regulation requiring businesses to post “no guns allowed” signs. Read more →
The News Cut crop report Bob Collins June 20, 2008, 2:43 PM Jun 20, 2008 2 The knee knows all. Read more →