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Running across the Grand Canyon, why don’t facts matter anymore, inside the health care wayback machine, faces of poverty, and the backyard hockey rink.

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Should Minnesota add a gun rights amendment to its constitution?

Bob Collins January 20, 2011, 2:42 PM Jan 20, 2011

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Rep. Tom Hackbarth is proposing a constitutional amendment be placed on the ballot acknowledging the right to keep, bear, and use arms.

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Congress and health care

Bob Collins January 20, 2011, 2:41 PM Jan 20, 2011

Does Congress get a better health care plan than other Americans with health insurance?

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Fact-check: Guns and violence

Bob Collins January 20, 2011, 11:21 AM Jan 20, 2011

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How big a part did Arizona’s gun laws play in the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson nearly two weeks ago?

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Feeling alive yet? (5×8 – 1/20/11)

Bob Collins January 20, 2011, 7:17 AM Jan 20, 2011

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It’s OK to admit the cold is cool, the color white, if a bear gives birth in the woods, can you speak prairiedog, and can cheaters at the U of M be caught?

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Despite warnings of cuts to child protection, House committee passes cuts in human services

Bob Collins January 19, 2011, 2:20 PM Jan 19, 2011

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Despite claims it will result in less protection for victims of child abuse and trauma, House Republicans this afternoon passed a bill to make cuts in human services in Minnesota permanent.

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Academically adrift

Bob Collins January 19, 2011, 12:02 PM Jan 19, 2011

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What does a college education buy? For one in three students, a new book says, nothing.

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Heart condition ruled out in teen’s death

Bob Collins January 19, 2011, 11:18 AM Jan 19, 2011

Lance Lundsten, 18, initially was reported to have died by suicide, with his friends saying it was the result of being bullied for being gay. Then his father said his son had an enlarged heart, and claimed the county coroner said so.

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