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When you give a kid a ball

Always give the baseball to a kid.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 8/15/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
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Watching people die

Watching people die

The theater surrounding executions is particularly gruesome in which reporters who are invited to watch, come out later and tell us things we're not really sure we want to know.
by Bob Collins

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Mystery solved: Researchers break spaghetti in two!

Mystery solved: Researchers break spaghetti in two!

With little fanfare this week, science revealed the answer to a mystery of life that has bedeviled humankind: Why on earth can't you break a handful of spaghetti in half without it splintering into multiple pieces?
by Bob Collins

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Another MN newspaper gives up the paper

Another MN newspaper gives up the paper

West Central Tribune publisher Steve Ammermann wrote in his letter to readers today that one of the reasons is the increasing cost of newsprint because of tariffs in the current trade wars.
by Bob Collins

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The swastikas of Kenyon

The swastikas of Kenyon

The romantic image of small-town America is getting a makeover. Kenyon, Minn., woke up this morning to a new reality.
by Bob Collins

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Now the news: Naked jet skiers, stolen boulders, and sunken pickups

True to our mission to provide glimpses into the daily lives of people who don't make the news, we provide these nuggets from this week's conservation officer reports filed with the Department of Natural Resources.
by Bob Collins

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Fundraiser exceeds goal for family with vandalized ice cream truck

Fundraiser exceeds goal for family with vandalized ice cream truck

KARE 11 reports an immigrant from Ecuador, who raised enough money to buy her own ice cream truck, was attacked at a park in northeast Minneapolis last month by a person who slashed the tires on the business. “Said we were illegal and that we were parked illegally and that we were illegal and he…
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Canada to Mexico by covered wagon

Canada to Mexico by covered wagon

We have a fondness for people who try to travel from one end of the country to the other just because they can. Take Scott Schlepp, of Ashley, N.D., who bought a couple of draft horses to get a better view of things. This is his view: Posted by Scott Schlepp on Friday, August 10,…
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Business and politics make a lousy cocktail

Increasingly, elections aren't just confined to Election Day. They're held in the supermarket and liquor stores when people penalize or reward companies for their role in the political debate of the day.
by Bob Collins

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