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What’s on MPR News today? 3/6/18

What’s on MPR News today? 3/6/18

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

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Searchers find sunken aircraft carrier

Searchers find sunken aircraft carrier

The Lexington became the first aircraft carrier the U.S. ever lost at sea. When she went down in the Battle of the Coral Sea, that was the last anyone saw of Lady Lex. Until Sunday.
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Forget sons, Americans turn to daughters

The New York Times says new data shows that having a daughter makes it less likely a couple will try to have more children. Why? Once you have a daughter, why mess up a good thing with a son?
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Minnesota: Where it’s pretty great to be a woman, right?

Minnesota: Where it’s pretty great to be a woman, right?

We have no choice but to leave it to women to confirm whether a report from WalletHub is correct: Minnesota is the best state for women. That's either an indication of how great Minnesota is or how poor 49 other states are. We cannot comment; we're men. What do we know about what it's like to be a woman anywhere?
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Vadnais Heights raid violated 2nd Amendment, family member says

Vadnais Heights raid violated 2nd Amendment, family member says

A haul of unsecured weapons was found inside the home of a boy with autism who allegedly made a threat at a Vadnais Heights school. His grandfather says they were only family heirlooms.
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MN man is longest-living male heart recipient in U.S.

When the world's first heart transplant was performed in 1967, it felt very much like news that the Wright Brothers had flow something called an airplane. Taking a heart from one person and putting it another? Unfathomable.
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Goat yoga perks up the family farm

Goat yoga perks up the family farm

You have to love the resilience and creativity of farmers who figured out that people would pay a premium to to do yoga poses with goats.
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What’s on MPR News today? 3/5/18

What’s on MPR News today? 3/5/18

Here are the topics and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
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Workplace perk? The company tattoo parlor

It's not enough that you have to exchange your life's energies for a paycheck every two weeks, must you be a walking billboard for your corporate overlords, too?
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