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February 16, 2018 12:00 AM

What’s on MPR News today? 2/16/18

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

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February 15, 2018 10:09 AM

After massacre, politicians step up to the mental health punching bag again

Research confirms that mental health and mass shootings are not well linked, but who's going to check when the wagons are circled and the weaponry of blaming mental illness is drawn?

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February 15, 2018 7:35 AM

1,000 Words: The pain of the Olympic photographer

Photographer Sean Haffey was in a perfect position to get a shot of Lara Gut, the Swiss skier who fell during her run at the women's giant slalom at the Olympics.

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February 15, 2018 5:35 AM

Student group wants Coffman Union renamed

An exhibit last fall illuminated a racist past at the University of Minnesota, forcing leaders to confront its own history. Now, a student government group is urging a building honoring a segregationist be renamed.

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February 15, 2018 4:27 AM

Radio station cancels programming for day of sensitivity training

It comes after Tom Brady threatened to walk from his interview arrangement with WEEI after a host called his daughter "an annoying little pissant" and another host impersonated a Chinese accent when talking about an American- born sports agent of Asian descent who speaks perfect English.

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February 15, 2018 2:56 AM

What to do with a dying cemetery?

A cemetery in Worthington won't be able to cover payroll this month. It's running out of money because people are living longer and the banks don't pay much interest anymore.

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February 15, 2018 2:34 AM

Here’s a picture of a school lunch

Let's just say parent Mandy Berkhof wasn't that impressed when she went to a Sioux Falls elementary school on Tuesday to have lunch with her daughter.

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February 15, 2018 12:51 AM

The acceptable normalcy of mass slaughter

Embracing God and a perverted definition of freedom, we believe that a person should be able to buy a gun intended to kill lots of kids in a hurry, faster than the security guard with a gun that you think is the solution, can put down his doughnut.

by Bob Collins