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No freedom when it comes to beer in Canada

Canada has been pretty much on a roll the last few years. Why, the great white north has looked positively appealing when viewed from the American lens. But an ugly reality of life in Canada was illuminated today when the Supreme Court there upheld a ban on transporting any more than 12 pints of beer from one province. Twelve pints? Oh, Canada!
by Bob Collins

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Workplace war: Is it smart to stand?

Workplace war: Is it smart to stand?

We are left to decide whether we want to be smarter and die with a heart attack sooner. Or live longer and have less brain function.
by Bob Collins

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Going to the game? Keep your shirt on

Going to the game? Keep your shirt on

There's always at least one guy at baseball games who assumes other people want to look at this sort of thing
by Bob Collins

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Doctors play a dangerous game to find an affordable prescription

Every patient's health insurance plan varies, and the costs -- and so the copays -- of a prescription can soar overnight, so there's no way for doctors to know whether a prescription is right for a patient. Oh, sure, medically it's comparatively easy to know. But if a patient can't afford the cure, what's the point of the exercise?
by Bob Collins

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At playoff time, we all fall down

At playoff time, we all fall down

The State of Hockey isn't playoff caliber this year, or just about any year previous. But the fans keep buying up all the tickets at the Xcel Center anyway.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News today? 4/19/18

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

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The NewsCut podcast?

Maybe, not quite, but NewsCut has been added to the MPR News Update podcast. It'll update every day around noon. It will also be available on Alexa as part of the Flash Briefing.
by Bob Collins

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Gas prices: Back to the future

The era of $2 gasoline may be over -- again. The experts today predicted gasoline will shoot past $3 a gallon in the next few weeks in many states with the nationwide average of $2.80.
by Bob Collins

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Alabama is sick of New York’s poop

Alabama is sick of New York’s poop

Sometimes a news story just makes you go 'huh'. So it is with the story from Alabama, where a train full of feces from New Jersey and New York has been torturing a town for several months and the town is sick of it.
by Bob Collins

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The story behind the little girl who wanted a puck

The CBC has tracked down Keelan Moxley to find out how she felt when boys ended up with pucks that were intended for her.
by Bob Collins

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