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Play like polar bears

NewsCut is off until after New Year's Day. Enjoy the freeze.
by Bob Collins

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Parkinson’s fuels Plymouth man’s light show

Parkinson’s fuels Plymouth man’s light show

Mike Justak, of Plymouth, Minn., can string 60,000 lights across 8 homes in his neighborhood, taming a blizzard of radio waves to dazzle carloads of people with a showman's blend of theater and programming skill. But he says it's easy compared to buttoning his shirt.
by Bob Collins

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You can’t beat the kids of Rochester

You can’t beat the kids of Rochester

Here's 36 minutes of a drumline showdown between the kids of Rochester's Century High School, John Marshall High School, and Mayo High School who spent their night on Wednesday beating drums to raise money for each school's charity.
by Bob Collins

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No tickets, just hams from these cops

The police in Altoona, Wis., just on the other side of Eau Claire, no doubt caused heart palpitations when they pulled people over yesterday. Nothing a ham can't cure, though.
by Bob Collins

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On ‘the honor of dying’

On ‘the honor of dying’

In telling the story of Karen Axeen, 57, of Apple Valley, KARE 11 reporter Lindsey Seavert invoked a powerful phrase -- four words that can change the way we look at the world and our mortality: 'the honor of dying.'
by Bob Collins

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25 years of Santaland Diaries

25 years of Santaland Diaries

It's not Christmas until David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries plays on NPR's Morning Edition. Today was that day. For the 25th straight year.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News today? 12/22/17

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

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Girl who sent image of herself faces child porn charges in Rice County

For some time now, prosecutors who are trying to stop the practice of 'sexting' -- sending explicit photographs to someone else -- have warned teenagers that they could be prosecuted for distributing child pornography. Now there's a case in Rice County that involves exactly that.
by Bob Collins

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Decades after his dad’s death, Austin man hears his music

Bud Minerich, 93, died on Monday. But not before he got to hear from his father, who had left behind a composition that Bud had never heard until this month.
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