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The Quiz returns

Bob Collins May 23, 2008, 3:25 PM May 23, 2008

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A classic mix of pointless popular culture trivia and ‘I-should’ve-known-that’ factoids.

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Fifty strikes and you’re not out

Bob Collins May 23, 2008, 1:17 PM May 23, 2008

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Fifty previous arrests didn’t stop a man from committing one more crime in Minneapolis.

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The vibes of light-rail transit

Bob Collins May 23, 2008, 11:32 AM May 23, 2008

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Now that light-rail is going to zip through St. Paul, businesses are dealing with the reality.

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Fighting fuel

Bob Collins May 23, 2008, 6:49 AM May 23, 2008

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The key to fighting high fuel prices is the willingness to put up a fight at all.

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Replacing Lafayette

Bob Collins May 22, 2008, 3:03 PM May 22, 2008

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MnDOT may have some answers next week on how St. Paul’s busiest bridge will be replaced.

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Explosions on the moon

Bob Collins May 22, 2008, 12:15 PM May 22, 2008

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More reasons to love your atmosphere.

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The good times roll in Afghanistan

Bob Collins May 22, 2008, 11:57 AM May 22, 2008

A ban on sex in the combat zone has been lifted.

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A gasoline price success story

Bob Collins May 22, 2008, 8:42 AM May 22, 2008

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You’re paying more for a gallon of gasoline, but are you really spending more?

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Is the American economy sustainable?

Bob Collins May 22, 2008, 7:47 AM May 22, 2008

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Are we staring into the reality that something — our “standard of living,” perhaps? — has to finally give?

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We’re average

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 4:52 PM May 21, 2008

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At least temporarily, Twin Cities gasoline prices are no longer below the national average.

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Surveys and trivia

Timewasters: TwitterVision

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 4:04 PM May 21, 2008

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What if you could hear what everyone is thinking at once?

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Surveys and trivia

Power, lab-grown meat, and cellphones

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 3:22 PM May 21, 2008

Just another day in the world of science.

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To help or not?

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 2:37 PM May 21, 2008

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A CNN reporter says he can’t sleep because of a decision he made in the aftermath of the earthquake in China.

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Fee creep

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 2:13 PM May 21, 2008

It may now cost you extra to check even the first bag at the airport.

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Taking our political temperature

Bob Collins May 21, 2008, 1:58 PM May 21, 2008

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The illness of Sen. Ted Kennedy provides some insight into our inability to set aside partisan differences for a day or two.

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