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

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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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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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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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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No joke. Alan Abel is dead. Maybe.

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.
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