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STAFF BLOG JIMMY JABBER Flood proved worth of electronic media
Duluth was treated to Mother Natures softer side during Grandmas Marathon weekend so much so that the News Tribune pointed it out in the headline of a follow-up story Monday. What she brought out ...
Posted on 6/24/12 at 12:00 AM
Looking back while racing toward retirement
KEVIN PATES: Thirty-five years of covering Grandma’s Marathon for the News Tribune comes to a close Saturday.
By Kevin Pates , June 18, 2013
National view: On DNA, Justice Scalia was right
The Supreme Court’s ruling last week, allowing police to compel DNA samples from persons arrested for serious offenses, will solve cold cases around the country. But despite this, the court’s 5 to 4 ruling was wrong.
By Eugene Robinson , June 16, 2013
National view: Fix NSA domestic spying program, don’t abolish it
The National Security Agency’s recording of U.S. phone data does basically the same thing as the Postal Service when they record “mail cover,” i.e., what’s written on the outside of an envelope.
By Charles Krauthammer , June 16, 2013
Hidden treasure gets better with road closure
Robin Washington column: One of Duluth’s hidden treasures is Seven Bridges Road. One of the reasons is three sets of Jersey barriers — at the bottom, about a third of the way up the hill, and at the top.
By Robin Washington , June 16, 2013
Newman still feels at home on a ball field 
JON NOWACKI: Al Newman, who was a member of two Minnesota Twins world championship teams, is back in baseball as coach of the Alexandria Blue Anchors of the Northwoods League.
By Jon Nowacki , June 12, 2013
Unruly fans make referee retention a chore
BEVERLY GODFREY: As parents take their kids to fields across the state this summer, I’ll be joining them as a soccer mom of a different sort. The kid I’m dropping off wears a yellow jersey and whistle.
By Beverly Godfrey , June 11, 2013
Cultural shift for Vikings
JIM SOUHAN: For decades, when you left the Vikings’ Winter Park facility, you needed a long shower. Maybe even a luffa.
By Jim Souhan , June 10, 2013
Monday with Mitch: A teens-and-gun tale that doesn't end with a funeral
He walks in the room with a plastic helmet over his head. He sits. He takes off the helmet. You can see the damage on the right side of his head. Sixty days earlier, he had gone to a best friend’s party, things got out of hand, and as the party was breaking up — with some kids cheering “East side” and some “West side” — a gun was fired, and Balaal Hollings went down.
By Mitch Albom , June 10, 2013
National view: Verizon records case hints at the end of privacy
Someday, a young girl will look up into her father’s eyes and ask, “Daddy, what was privacy?” The father probably won’t recall.
By Eugene Robinson , June 09, 2013
National view: Amtrak bill gives dogs their due ride
For reasons that remain mysterious, Amtrak allows only service dogs. This, despite the fact that domestic pets are more than welcome on airplanes for a fee. But four House members have proposed the Pets on Trains Act of 2013 to allow people to travel with their domestic pets.
By Kathleen Parker , June 09, 2013
National view: Obama’s inaction dooms Syrian rebels
The United States has lost all legitimacy as its bystander president weakly declares the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria must go, but won't commit to stopping it.
By Charles Krauthammer , June 09, 2013
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