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September 19, 2018 10:24 AM

Dylan scores his touchdown

Today's daily dose of sweetness comes from Little Falls, where a 7th grade football coach tells a familiar story of giving a kid a chance to have his big moment.

by Bob Collins

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September 19, 2018 9:10 AM

Boston fans holding division banner hostage: ‘We want something!’

With a bottomless bank account that puts them at an advantage over almost every other team but the dastardly and vile New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox and their fans are in no position to complain that someone's trying to make a buck off their Eastern Division championship.

by Bob Collins

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September 19, 2018 8:03 AM

Thanks to pretty pictures, an innocent man is released from prison

Occasionally, justice prevails for the innocent, but the story of Valentino Dixon, whose conviction for murder was vacated today after he served 27 years, tells us that there are likely innocent people in prison because they can't draw pretty golfscape scenes.

by Bob Collins

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September 19, 2018 4:44 AM

UW steps back from suggestion it would drop sports if it has to pay athletes

The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin raised -- then tamped down -- the possibility that the Badgers would eliminate sports if an effort to pay 'student athletes' succeeds.

by Bob Collins

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September 19, 2018 3:20 AM

Orono woman makes waves in dock dispute

It'll be a real feather in the cap for justice in America when a lawyer for the city of Orono hauls a 74-year old woman into court to face charges of violating a law over a dock she rents on her Lake Minnetonka property.

by Bob Collins

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September 19, 2018 2:03 AM

Tears in the milk room

Lloyd Tiede couldn't hold back, not when the Le Center farmer gave in to reality and had to tell his daughter he's selling the farm.

by Bob Collins

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September 19, 2018 12:55 AM

What’s on MPR News – 9/19/18

Wednesday September 19, 2018 (Subject to change as events dictate) 9 a.m. – MPR News with Kerri Miller Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation vote has been delayed due to an allegation of sexual assault. Clarence Thomas was confirmed despite sexual harassment allegations from Anita Hill. Will things go differently in the MeToo era? Guests: Kimberly…

by Bob Collins

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September 18, 2018 10:11 AM

Bert, Ernie not gay, Sesame Street producer insists

The writer for Bert and Ernie characters on Sesame Street says he wrote for the pair based on his own life.

by Bob Collins

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September 18, 2018 7:32 AM

No joke. Alan Abel is dead. Maybe.

Alan Abel once created The Society for Indecency to Naked Animal, which believed that a nude horse is a rude horse and animals should be clothed. There are worse ways to be remembered.

by Bob Collins