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What’s on MPR News today? 12/20/17

What’s on MPR News today? 12/20/17

Here's a list of topics and guests you'll hear today on Minnesota Public Radio News.
by Bob Collins

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Last chance to see Delta’s 747s

Last chance to see Delta’s 747s

The last regularly scheduled Delta 747 passenger flight made its final stop in Detroit this morning and, as will be the case tomorrow when a 747 lands in Minneapolis, fans showed up for the goodbye.
by Bob Collins

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Texting while toddler

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety tweeted a video today in support of a campaign to discourage texting while driving.
by Bob Collins

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Firefighters rescue a wedding

It's hard to say exactly whether Julie Centeno and her fiance, Curtis Wilson, had a good night or a bad night Sunday night. When fire broke out in their suburban Boston home, they had time to get out with just what they were wearing. Bad.
by Bob Collins

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Debate over how a killer’s story is portrayed

Listeners to a Story Corps episode on NPR about what happened when a man met the imprisoned man who killed his son in a shooting spree on a Western Massachusetts campus apparently noticed the same thing about the episode that I did when I wrote about it the day it aired: There was a lot left out.
by Bob Collins

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Typewriter holds key to a family’s gratitude

Typewriter holds key to a family’s gratitude

No matter how bad 2017 has been, no matter how many of your heroes have fallen, remember this: We still have Tom Hanks. When he says "nice knobs," he's talking typewriters.
by Bob Collins

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A moment of symbolism aboard the space station

A moment of symbolism aboard the space station

As it has for several decades, the International Space Station is going around and around, rarely making news. Occasionally, however, something happens aboard the station that gives us pause to consider its example.
by Bob Collins

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MN legislator provides a lesson in the new politics

MN legislator provides a lesson in the new politics

Unwittingly, perhaps, Alexandria state Rep. Mary Franson provided students from Alexandria Area High School with a reality check about politics in 2017: Elected representatives serve only the people who voted for them and agree with them, the principles of America be damned.
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What’s on MPR News today? 12/19/17

What’s on MPR News today? 12/19/17

Here's a list of today's topics and guests on MPR News.
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Big tipper saves Christmas

Big tipper saves Christmas

Trisha Murphy, single mother of four in Sullivan, Maine who's picking up shifts at the local Denny's while carrying a course load at school, was fretting on Saturday. Her Christmas shopping wasn't done, her car had been towed with a $735 bill and she'd barely made it to work on time.
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