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What’s on MPR News today? 1/23/2018

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

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On a frozen lake in the wilderness, a musher’s tale of horror and heroism

On a frozen lake in the wilderness, a musher’s tale of horror and heroism

Those of us who don't know the ins-and-outs of sled-dog racing take it for granted that the sport is just another idyllic Minnesota activity. Hook the dogs up... tell them to go... and the musher gets a free ride. We get lovely photographs. Sometimes you get this photograph, which Blair Braverman, of Mountain, Wis., posted this afternoon to her Twitter feed.
by Bob Collins

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Though closed, MSP airport is open

Though closed, MSP airport is open

It's probably cold comfort to the people aboard all of those planes in blue that the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport is officially 'open' during the blizzard-like conditions this afternoon.
by Bob Collins

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We now return you to winter

We now return you to winter

Our football fantasy was fun while it lasted but let's get back to the number one job of a Minnesota winter. Drinking on the ice and downing a shot of minnows.
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Sex, race and body shaming: Lizzo pictures trigger a storm

Sex, race and body shaming: Lizzo pictures trigger a storm

A recent Star Tribune essay criticizing local hip-hop favorite Lizzo for nudity in her Instagram feed has ignited a backlash in the Twin Cities music scene, and caused a stir inside the newspaper.
by Bob Collins

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Homeless caught in middle of efforts to end homelessness

Housing officials in Eau Claire says more people are going to be sleeping in cars and on the streets now that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has pulled funding from two agencies in the region that find housing for the homeless.
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The heartbreak was worth it

The heartbreak was worth it

It's been a long time since we've all had the kind of fun together that we had in the last week, despite football's best effort to make us hate it.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News today? 1/22/18

Here are the topics and guests you'll hear today on Minnesota Public Radio News.
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Philadelphia fans maintain reputation in NFC Championship game violence

We're going to have plenty of these sorts of videos, we suspect. There's nothing classy about Philadelphia sports fans and Vikings fans were warned it might be a bad idea to wear the purple at the Vikings-Eagles game.
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In ad, Trump ties Democrats to killings by immigrants

You don't typically see a campaign ad for a president one year into his term, but these are not normal times, particularly with a government shutdown underway and efforts by both parties to tag the other with responsibility for it.
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