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Out with the old NPR music

Hold on tight, NPR is moving the furniture around, announcing it's replacing its long-time musical theme on Morning Edition. How long-time? It's been the same theme since the show debuted during the Carter administration.
by Bob Collins

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An experiment in charity fails

It seemed like a good idea when it got its start. Panera started several stores in which people could pay whatever they want. The idea was some people would pay more to help those who had little choice but to pay less. Nice, right?
by Bob Collins

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In the snow, a respite from constant Trump

In the snow, a respite from constant Trump

Not popular, perhaps, with the anti-Trump crowd, but we can see the point of the authorities with the National Snow Sculpting Championships in Lake Geneva, Wis., to ban Dusty Thune's snow sculpture depicting Donald Trump.
by Bob Collins

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Well, that’s different: A SOTU response

The governor of New Mexico has figured out a way to stand out from the crowd of politicians saying the predictable things people say after a State of the Union speech.
by Bob Collins

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Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places — like North Dakota

The Grand Forks Herald says these are tough times for single people in North Dakota. A WalletHub survey ranks the state 40th in the percentage of single adults, and ranks dead last for gender balance, probably because of the number of men who moved to North Dakota to work in the Oil Patch.
by Bob Collins

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Homeless man who suffered frostbite is reunited with dog he wouldn’t give up

There's good news and bad news in the story of Jay Mitchell, the homeless man who wouldn't give up his dog in the brutal cold of a Minnesota winter and paid the price with severe frostbite.
by Bob Collins

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The last note of a music blogger

Since December 2010, Larry Englund has been capturing the jazz scene in the Twin Cities, a genre generally ignored around here, on his blog, Rhythm and Grooves.
by Bob Collins

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Remembering a shoeshine man

Lovell Tims died a few weeks ago but good luck finding anything about him online, even though he was quite the iconic figure at the U.S. Bank Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. Tims was a shoeshine guy and obituaries cost money, so one was never printed nor published.
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