Bob Collins
A man who set a record for the shortest time to run the entire Appalachian Trail has ignited a fierce debate among hikers and protectors of the Maine-to-Georgia route.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
When it comes to reputation, Canada rules.
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How to stop the chaos of bar closing time in Minneapolis? Maybe it’s music, the Star Tribune says. Read more →
The barn once featured an advertisement for Sugardale wieners but that’s been wiped from the landscape in favor of the ad for Culver’s. Or is it a genuine article of gratitude? Or both? Read more →
What little credibility a claim of anti-American bias against a soldier at a SuperAmerica station still had, evaporated today when the company released the results of its investigation into the allegation, a day after the soldier’s father recanted his original Facebook post. Read more →
The researchers at the University of Texas Austin acknowledge that heavy smoking is still declining, but light smoking is increasing. Read more →
Hard as it is to believe now, it was quite scandalous back in the early ’70s when White House correspondent Dan Rather and President Richard Nixon butted heads over a question at a news conference. Read more →
Pan-O-Prog, the neat Lakeville annual celebration that marks the opening of an industrial park years ago, nearly went off without a hitch this year until 10-month-old Berkley Bailey crossed the finish line in a baby-crawling race and was disqualified.
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Being a cop was a good life for Brooklyn Center police commander Brian Peters. So this week he gave away the money he earned on his last day on the job. Read more →
Not since Jimmy Valvano gave his famous speech at the ESPY awards ceremony years ago has an athlete delivered such a touching address as Cincinnati Bengal Devon Still did last night. Read more →
Do you recall that Star Tribune story about South St. Paul’s Fleming Field being encroached upon by neighbors and the planned removal of two homes to create a safety zone at the end of a northwest-heading runway?
You may also recall a video I made, showing that the southeast-heading runway already had the safety zone.
And, as it turns out, it was a good thing over the weekend. Read more →
When a small airplane loses power, the laws of physic says there’s only one place to go — down. A pilot might only have a few seconds to decide on making the best of a bad situation.
Roads make a good choice, especially if it’s in a sparsely populated area. But the shore of New Jersey isn’t sparsely populated. Read more →
That new stadium going up in Minneapolis is going up for one of the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world, Forbes reports today. Read more →
In Wisconsin, like Minnesota, it’s legal to ride a bicycle while drunk. Should it be?
The Capital Times in Madison asks today whether that’s such a great idea and, somewhat surprisingly, finds plenty of people who think it is. Read more →
(Update to this post here. ) “Ready! Fire! Aim!” is the way things work on social media and this week it took its toll on SuperAmerica when Facebook and Twitter repeated a second-hand allegation without even considering asking the question, “is this true?” It started with a post (since deleted) on Twitter and Facebook from Read more →