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Settle down, Bemidji. Nobody is banning the U.S. flag.

Rumors swept through the northwest Minnesota town on Thursday that the high school had banned the American flag, No, it didn't.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 4/29/19

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear on MPR News on Monday.
by Bob Collins

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A sick boy, a housekeeper, and the cure for what ails you

We apologize profusely for failing to notice Boyd's Huppert's story this week about the housekeeper at the University of Minnesota's Masonic Children's Hospital and the 4-year-old boy he befriended
by Bob Collins

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Duluth taxi company closes

'The pie has been cut too many times,' said Anthony Mitchell, manager of Yellow Cab. Let us count the ways: Uber, Lyft, electric scooters.
by Bob Collins

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Golf tournament shoots down a B-17’s visit

There's some irony -- somewhere -- in the inability of a World War II bomber to land at the Anoka-Blaine airport on July 4th because of a nearby golf tournament.
by Bob Collins

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It’s pink slip time for teachers

This is a tough time to be a young teacher in Minnesota's school districts. It's pink slip time, when your bosses get to suggest in public you're not good enough for them but they can't or won't say exactly why.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 4/26/19

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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Newscut Flashback: The women of World War II

Newscut Flashback: The women of World War II

Not long after NewsCut was hatched, I drove around the state interviewing women who had served in World War II for a series on women and the war.  Whenever I contacted one of my intended subjects, their response was almost always the same: 'I'm not very newsworthy.' They were wrong, of course. Everyone's got a  story worth telling.
by Bob Collins

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The disappearing taxi

Drive down Post Road near MSP International Airport and you'll see the sign of a changing economy.
by Bob Collins

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