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Knives, yes. Toothpaste, no

Knives, yes. Toothpaste, no

The Transportation Security Administration today changed its list of rule on what is allowed to be carried on board airliners.
by Bob Collins

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No doubt about drought where snow is concerned

No doubt about drought where snow is concerned

Remember all that talk about how a lot of snow was needed to alleviate the drought griping parts of Minnesota and the rest of the U.S. ? Forget it, it won't make much difference, according to the state climatologist.
by Bob Collins

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The politics of health care (5×8 – 3/5/13)

The politics of health care (5×8 – 3/5/13)

Abortion fight takes center stage, if teachers taught in hip hop, computer gamers unravel mysteries of the brain, can workers be trusted when to work, and poverty in black and white.
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob (audio) – 3/4/13

How to pay for a new Vikings stadium if gambling isn't the answer, the latest on the sequester, why wouldn't someone do CPR to save an elderly woman, and the kids who danced so someone else could live.
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What airport delays?

The nation's Homeland Security chief says sequestration is creating long airport checkpoint lines. But she's one of the few people to find them.
by Bob Collins

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Minnesota’s deepest pockets

Forbes Magazine today released its annual list of the world's billionaires, a chance for us to ask, 'how are Minnesota's billionaires doing?'
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The NHL, soccer players, and when you should start your kid in school

James Robert Deaner, of Grand Valley State University, was setting out to find if there was a link between a hockey player’s facial shape and aggression and where he was drafted in the National Hockey League draft, when he discovered something else: There’s an apparent link between the month in which they were born and…
by Bob Collins

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The ‘wealth’ video examined

The ‘wealth’ video examined

Given that there's been so much written and reported about the haves, have-somes, have-most, and have-nots, in the last few years, there seems to be more at work here in people's incorrect perceptions of the distribution of wealth in the U.S.
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