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While deputy helps the homeless seek shelter, she searches for her brother

Teri Kinne signs up for the shifts because she's been looking for her brother, whom she hadn't seen in 10 years until she spotted him at an overflow shelter at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center not long ago, the Pioneer Press says.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota’s billionaires are doing just fine, thank you

Forbes is out with its annual list of the richest people in the world and, perhaps not surprisingly, the people who were the richest last year are the richest this year. That's pretty much how it works when you're rich. Once you're a billionaire, it's pretty hard not to be a billionaire.
by Bob Collins

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Jana Shortal’s Great Big Story

Jana Shortal’s Great Big Story

Jana Shortal, of KARE 11, is already a legend in these parts but she got a big boost on a national level today when the YouTube channel, Great Big Story, called attention to her style.
by Bob Collins

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Of snow boogers, fenderbergs, carnicles, and chunkers

On Twitter yesterday, I asked for people's names for what the people in my house call "snow boogers", the clumps of ice and snow that we love to kick off when the temperature is just right. And, thanks to Steve Swan, I was made aware of this poetic segment that Moore did on the subject. It's brilliant.
by Bob Collins

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Student needed to take notes, so professor taught while rocking a baby

Student needed to take notes, so professor taught while rocking a baby

Wayne Hayer, a student at Morehouse College, couldn't find child care for his daughter last week and he's prepping for finals this week. So he apologized when he showed up for Nathan Alexander's algebra class. Alexander noticed Hayer having difficulty taking notes and watching his daughter, so he stepped in.
by Bob Collins

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