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‘Distracted’ driver tests hash brown defense

Jason Stiber could probably just pay his $1,000 fine for distracted driving and get on with his life, but the Westport, Conn., man goes to court soon in search of justice, he says. Stiber was pulled over for talking on his hash brown.
by Bob Collins

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After band’s bus crashes, rival team band learns fight song in time for game

After band’s bus crashes, rival team band learns fight song in time for game

The University of Washington and Washington State University played their big rivalry game Friday, but the UW band couldn't make it to the game. One of the the three busses carrying the band overturned on a highway on the way to the game in Pullman and the band canceled the trip.
by Bob Collins

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Adrian Peterson still hits his son

Adrian Peterson still hits his son

Adrian Peterson , the former Minnesota Vikings star, didn't learn a thing from his arrest and trial for beating his son with a switch.
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Cake posing turkey as stripper runs afoul of sex workers

Cake posing turkey as stripper runs afoul of sex workers

Truer words were never spoken than those by Abby Jiminez, the owner of Nadia Cakes in two Twin Cities suburbs, who seems as surprised as anyone that there'd be a market for a cake depicting a turkey's butt with a thong surrounded by dollar bills. 'I was kind of surprised at how many people wanted this,' she tells the Star Tribune.
by Bob Collins

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Olivia Hooker, national treasure, dead at 103

Olivia Hooker, national treasure, dead at 103

In 1945, she became the first African American to join the Coast Guard. She got a degree in psychology and became a professor at Fordham. She's also thought to be the last survivor of the worst racial attack in U.S history.
by Bob Collins

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A sixth-grader’s call for an end to violence ends with an eighth-grader’s death

'Sometimes I sit back and I have to escape from what I see and hear every day,' Sandra Parks wrote a couple of years ago in an award-winning sixth-grade essay. 'I put my headphones on and let the music take me away, move to the beat, and try to think about life and what everything means.' She was shot and killed Monday night.
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