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Going to Canada? Leave the leeches home

The Duluth News Tribune reports two men -- Russell R. Sikkila Jr. of Chisholm and Carl W. Brandt of Forest Lake -- have been fined $800 and $1,500. That's the penalty for hiding bags of leeches in a worm cooler when they crossed the border at Fort Frances.
by Bob Collins

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‘The Nazi next door’ moves out

Here's a temperature check on the state of America: It's still bad for one's employment prospects to be a Nazi.
by Bob Collins

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Candidate’s issue in race for attorney general: genitals

Perhaps a candidate for Michigan attorney general has given us a glimpse of what we're in for in TV ads during the 2018 campaigns.
by Bob Collins

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MPR gets the Kimmel treatment

Sexual harassment isn't usually a joking matter but late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel gave it a shot last evening, what with the allegations against NBC Today host Matt Lauer and A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor erupting on the same day.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News today? 11/30/17

Today's topics on MPR News' programming include sexual harassment, DACA, Facebook's fake accounts, the public option in health care, and Keith Ellison's take on the future of the Democratic Party.
by Bob Collins

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Keillor, sexual harassment and the things Democrats don’t understand

Women are tired of this. They’re tired of all of it. And they’re not going to give a break to politicians or their party on the basis of 'it could always be worse.'”
by Bob Collins

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MN’s largest evening newspaper cuts printed paper

The Rochester Post Bulletin has announced it will no longer issue a printed Friday edition. It will publish only five days a week.
by Bob Collins

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When report cards are still a big deal

Why do some kids excel in school and others don't? A big reason -- by no means the only one, of course) is contained in the Pioneer Press' story about the St. Paul Public Schools sending home report cards with the wrong grades.
by Bob Collins

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Sexual harassment firings a ‘reckoning that had to happen’

Sexual harassment firings a ‘reckoning that had to happen’

Like their counterparts at CBS This Morning last week, the remaining hosts of NBC's Today Show this morning tackled the firing of their co-host -- in this case Matt Lauer -- up front.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News today? 11/29/17

What’s on MPR News today? 11/29/17

Here's your daily list of subjects and guests on MPR News programming today.
by Bob Collins

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