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Search on for happy family in photo just before Notre Dame burned

Search on for happy family in photo just before Notre Dame burned

Brooke Windsor, 23, a tourist from Michigan, was in a good spot to take this picture of the Notre Dame cathedral not long before it went up in flames on Monday, and now she's searching for the people in it.
by Bob Collins

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Wife fulfills promise to her husband to preserve his tattoos

Wife fulfills promise to her husband to preserve his tattoos

Chris Wenzel, a tattoo artist in Saskatoon, died last year of heart failure at 41. His wife, Cheryl, and he ran a tattoo shop. She says he didn't see much sense going through the process of getting a tattoo if they were just going to be buried with him, and he would've wanted Chris' body of work to be preserved.
by Bob Collins

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Put the cereal down and drive

Now that the Minnesota Legislature has gotten it together and banned the use of hand-held cellphones while driving, perhaps it's time to turn attention to bowls of cereal.
by Bob Collins

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MN court: Voter fraud group must be allowed voter data

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court order for Secretary of State Steve Simon to turn over information on voters he has refused to give to a group that insists it may show evidence of voter fraud.
by Bob Collins

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Lessons from David Carr

It's been four years since David Carr, the New York Times media columnist, died after collapsing in the Times' newsroom. That's four years we've have had to think countless times 'I wish Carr were still around to see this.'
by Bob Collins

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If this Minnesota bridge could talk

If this Minnesota bridge could talk

The Kern Bridge, which has spanned the Le Sueur River in rural Mankato since 1873, somehow has survived its 145th winter and spring flooding season. Soon, it will be gone.
by Bob Collins

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Farewell, Alexandria Aces

You've got your Prince. You've got your Bob Dylan. And, at least where basketball-handling prowess is concerned, you've got your Aces.
by Bob Collins

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