Bob Collins
Destination: Minnesota, a commencement address gets popular five years after a speaker dies, the gas game, no ring for the behind-the-scenes people, and depression in pictures.
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Five by 8
Secret plans and stadiums, a brother’s gift to a sister who took her own life, Minnesota’s declining voter participation, the absence of passion, and the most startling videos you’ll see today.
Playing politics, beemageddon, Jablonski goes pro, stories that make you want to call your mom, and pro athletes as role models redux.
Photos of ‘the invisible,’ alive in Cleveland, burying a bomber, the unprofessionals in the cockpit, and the Arboretum in May.
Out of a job and running out of time, the lost photos of Joplin, the out-of-school bully, how girls get a head start, and Charlie’s prom.
The ‘mine’ mentality, weather throws a wicked curve, the odds of a Republican Congress, back to Africa, and the person of the week.
What about the old parents, it’s evict-your-father-from-his-home day, what happens in Williston, prom season nonsense, and the people who don’t know there was a bombing in Boston.
New images of the shootout, are you willing to give up the backyard campfire, the great I-35E debate, remembering Marv Bossert, and log-rolling at the U of M.
Riding a hot streak with the cold stuff, the forgotten city in Texas, Teddy Kremer’s big night, nostalgic for prohibition, and what do voters want.
A call for more surveillance, in the Oil Patch and missing home, back to the flat land, voices from Laos, and the aurora in Minnesota.
This message from an innocent man, why I don’t work, the new iconic picture of life in Minneapolis, fleeing the flood in Fargo, and are they taxes or are they fees?
Boston in the key of C, taxing ‘sin,’ ‘Dad, please get out of here,’ warning: cyclist ahead, and the rainout dilemma.
Columnist says you’ve never had it so good, alleged racism and the ‘I didn’t know’ defense, runners not giving up, the science of elevators, and what if the weather is as good as it gets?
Image takeaways from Boston, when journalists make a difference, the view from the wheelchair, the electric-shock bra, and when meteorologists fight.
Health insurance and real life, the beginning the gun floor debate, don’t play ball, giving back, and sometimes you never know what one act of kindness can do.