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What’s on MPR News? 6/14/18

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

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No ticket for motorist who helped deliver the cop as a baby

No ticket for motorist who helped deliver the cop as a baby

You know what can get you out of a ticket if crying doesn't work? Being the person who delivered the cop into the world.
by Bob Collins

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Woman who got stuck in tailpipe answers the obvious question

It's good for Kaitlyn Strom that on the day a picture circulated of her with her head stuck in a tailpipe of a pickup truck, the world's attention was diverted by a raccoon doing raccoon things.
by Bob Collins

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Ex-NHL player calls out league over brain injuries, addictions

Ex-NHL player calls out league over brain injuries, addictions

Former NHL player Nick Boynton -- an 'enforcer' in his days in hockey -- penned what initially sounded very much like a suicide note today on The Players Tribune.
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Greenbush, Minn.? That’s a robot town

Greenbush, Minn.? That’s a robot town

What if someone paid attention to the brainpower -- in this case the high school robotics competition and its ability to capture the hearts of a small town? Someone has. In Greenbush, Minn., populationn 719.
by Bob Collins

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Here’s to the greatest radio interviewer I ever heard

Here’s to the greatest radio interviewer I ever heard

I don't write fan mail. Today, I make an exception. It was announced today that Tom Weber is leaving Minnesota Public Radio.
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Heroes on the Miss. River honored for saving a man who jumped

Heroes on the Miss. River honored for saving a man who jumped

Beasley Baker, Russ Galvan, Randy Kohl, Jesse Harrison and Ben Brooks were honored by the Coast Guard on Tuesday because they saw the man floating in the river, fired up a tow boat, and threw him a lifeline, which he'd initially rejected.
by Bob Collins

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What’s your problem, West St. Paul?

A day after yet another tiff at a city council meeting where an ongoing political dispute between the city's first female mayor and at least one member of the council has included allegations of misogyny, police say someone has sprinkled screws around the mayor's driveway to flatten her tires.
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Death of a raccoon

Relax, not that raccoon.
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What’s on MPR News? 6/13/18

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