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The choices we make (5×8 – 4/27/12)

Bob Collins April 27, 2012, 7:03 AM Apr 27, 2012

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What choice would you change, the world’s largest plastic building is in Minnesota, tears in the news, and people who do good by doing wrong,

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Twins add to “It Gets Better” ranks

Bob Collins April 26, 2012, 3:25 PM Apr 26, 2012

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Minnesota will become only the eighth Major League Baseball team to produce an ‘It Gets Better’ video.

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Question of affair surfaces in Senser trial

Bob Collins April 26, 2012, 1:16 PM Apr 26, 2012

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The Amy Senser trial certainly took an interesting — and confusing — turn today when prosecutor Deborah Russell tried to challenge Joe Senser’s claim that his wife never lied to him.

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The worst baseball fan in America

Bob Collins April 26, 2012, 12:57 PM Apr 26, 2012

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The cardinal rule of attending sports events: Always give the ball to the kid.

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Passing time at the national pastime

Bob Collins April 26, 2012, 12:41 PM Apr 26, 2012

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What to do while your team is losing.

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The value of dog urine, screwworms, and toe clippings

Bob Collins April 26, 2012, 12:03 PM Apr 26, 2012

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A congressman wants to honor science breakthroughs that came via ‘wasteful’ research.

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Lawmakers play dirty with first-graders’ bill

Bob Collins April 26, 2012, 10:30 AM Apr 26, 2012

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That’s one for big soil!

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Five by 8

Nebraska’s Sahara (5×8 – 4/26/12)

Bob Collins April 26, 2012, 7:26 AM Apr 26, 2012

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After the flood, what might have been in the foreclosure crisis, Alex Balluff beat the odds, Yertle the Socialist, and fighting hatred with music.

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Twins attendance: It’s worse than you think

Bob Collins April 25, 2012, 3:29 PM Apr 25, 2012

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Baseball fans are starting to avoid Target Field.

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Where are the kids?

Bob Collins April 25, 2012, 3:11 PM Apr 25, 2012

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It’s budget-cutting time in Minnesota’s school districts. It’s a time when authorities evaluate the extracurricular and other offerings of schools and decide what no longer interests kids.

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The fireworks bill: The freedom to do something stupid

Bob Collins April 25, 2012, 1:05 PM Apr 25, 2012

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Poll: Should the governor sign the fireworks bill?

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The value of your home

Bob Collins April 25, 2012, 12:02 PM Apr 25, 2012

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Even when there was a housing bubble, it never made sense to buy a house based on its potential resale value.

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Five by 8

Going around, coming around (5×8 – 4/25/12)

Bob Collins April 25, 2012, 7:06 AM Apr 25, 2012

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The end of the Minnesota GOP, slow jamming Obama, educating girls, people doing good: still running, and rescuing a farm in Ulen.

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How headlines matter

Bob Collins April 24, 2012, 2:44 PM Apr 24, 2012

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The trial of Amy Senser, charged with running down a motorist on an I-94 ramp and then driving away, is already shaping up to be a minefield for the journalists covering it.

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Move to limit state worker pay, benefit increases advances in House

Bob Collins April 24, 2012, 2:31 PM Apr 24, 2012

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With a thin 68-to-63 vote, the Minnesota House of Representatives this afternoon approved a bill preventing public employees and governments from extending a union contract beyond the point at which it expires.

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