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It's hard to figure out who the bad person here that everyone seems to be aghast at. Everyone may not want to be looking at all the new houses, but everyone seems to be buying them.
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Americans didn't like health care much until they were set to lose it last year in the initial wave of attempts to rollback the Affordable Care Act. That should've told the Democrats something. It did.
Here’s a triple play you don’t see every century
This is why baseball is confusing to teach to a novice. Even the players often don't know what's going on.
Aretha, we hardly knew you
For all her pop hits, it's the story of an aria that reminds us that we didn't really know Aretha Franklin.
A queen of the Dairy Queen dies at 90
When Phyllis and Bob Litherland started the Dairy Queen in Moorhead in 1949, their friends told them fast food was just a fad that would never last. They didn't listen, even if it meant they had to sleep in the backroom while pouring their money into the place.
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
A country rallies around Esther the Wonder Pig
Humanity to one another is nice and all but what really sets a heart atwitter is a good animal in need. How else can we explain the story of Esther the Wonder Pig, whose illness prompted people in Canada to raise $650,000 so that a CT scanner big enough to fit the pig could be purchased. One wasn't available in Canada.