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Here’s the story behind today’s StoryCorps episode

Here’s the story behind today’s StoryCorps episode

Wayne Lo roamed the campus of Simon's Rock of Bard College in Great Barrington, Mass., my home before moving to Minnesota. He thought he was getting commands from God to kill people. And so he shot them, killing one student and one professor, wounding several others, including a student from Minnesota.
by Bob Collins

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Lawsuit: The flag, racism, and the kids of Edina

Disrespect without accountability seems to be at the heart of a lawsuit the Young Conservatives Club of Edina High School has filed after some students refused to stand during taps at a Veteran's Day observance at the school.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News today? 12/8/17

What’s on MPR News today? 12/8/17

Here's a list of topics and guests scheduled for today on MPR News programming.
by Bob Collins

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Yes, they still stop the presses

This tweet, from Rochester Post Bulletin photojournalist Andrew Link, is the sort of thing that can bring a tear to an old-school news junkie.
by Bob Collins

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Lindsey Vonn doesn’t want to represent Trump at Olympics

Vonn is getting the Dixie Chicks treatment because she weighed in on the question of what it means to represent the United States?
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The political spouse

1,000 Words: The political spouse

The eye is drawn to the smiling politician in the center of this Associated Press photo, until you follow the line created by linked hands and see the face of his spouse, and a different story -- different words, if you will -- is revealed.
by Bob Collins

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In rush to flee flames, time to save a rabbit

Every day we look at the day's news and try to answer a question: Who are we? What kind of people are we? Really, it's an impossible question and an impossible answer. We're a lot of different things. But that's not going to stop us from declaring that we're a people who stop to help a rabbit in the midst of a devastating inferno.
by Bob Collins

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With Franken gone, Democrats gain a message

Maybe a month ago, sexual harassment wasn't a partisan issue. With Franken's exit, Democrats, who've pushed John Conyers and Franken to the curb this week, are gambling that they can make it one.
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In noisy party case, jury strikes a blow for the right not to show an ID

Brendon Manuel Dos Santos, 23, was found not guilty of attending a noisy party in Grand Forks yesterday, but was he on trial for that charge or was it really because he wouldn't so something he didn't have to do.
by Bob Collins

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