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What’s on MPR News today? 2/23/18

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

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School districts differ on protests

School districts differ on protests

School districts are caught in the middle in an upcoming national protest against school shootings. And they do not agree on how it should be handled.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News today? 2/22/18

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

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Newsweek’s having a week

From all indications, Newsweek is exhibiting a death rattle this week. It started when the magazine retracted its story suggesting that 'bots' took down Sen. Al Franken.
by Bob Collins

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What’s it like to have someone over for dinner?

That old joke about Minnesotans being willing to give you directions to anywhere but their home is case aside by a lovely story in the Star Tribune about two families that have eaten together once a week for 30 years.
by Bob Collins

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For teacher with cancer, insurance company calls the shots

For teacher with cancer, insurance company calls the shots

There's a war going on inside the brain of 26-year-old Sioux Falls school teacher Katie Blunck. Either that one or the one she's waging with an insurance company could kill her.
by Bob Collins

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Bemidji schools chief cancels planned school violence protest

A call in Bemidji, Minn., to join a planned nationwide protest over school shootings did not survive a school superintendent's review, the Bemidji Pioneer reports today.
by Bob Collins

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The wisdom of a dying man

The wisdom of a dying man

'One life can give so many gifts,' Jim Walsh writes, "a sad fact that we realize profoundly when death comes calling.'
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What’s on MPR News today? 2/21/18

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

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To see the passion of Americans, mess up an emoji

To see the passion of Americans, mess up an emoji

Skateboards, DNA, and lobster are getting new emojis after a rash of complaints from -- I guess -- fans of lobster, skateboards, and DNA.
by Bob Collins

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