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A low bar for ‘extremism’

A low bar for ‘extremism’

It doesn't take much to be characterized as an "extremist" anymore; you pretty much just have to have a different position on a civic or political issue.
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What’s on MPR News today? 11/16/17

What’s on MPR News today? 11/16/17

Here's a list of topics and guests on MPR News' programming today.
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For basketball star, it’s a matter of heart over height

For basketball star, it’s a matter of heart over height

Johnny Ortiz is trying to believe what people routinely say. If you want something badly enough, you can achieve it. Now it's up to everybody to give him the break he's already earned.
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For first time, scientists edit DNA inside the body

For first time, scientists edit DNA inside the body

The description of the process used in the gene therapy is enough to make you proud to walk the same planet as the scientists who have figured out how to do it.
by Bob Collins

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When ignorance of the law is an excuse

The Minnesota Supreme Court struck down the conviction of a man who was supposed to register as a predatory offender when he entered Renville County in 2014. Juanel Anthony Mikulak's defense? He thought he had a week and didn't know otherwise.
by Bob Collins

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Church visitors dragged out after objecting to female pastor

Perhaps in years past a couple of guys who didn't think women belonged in the pulpit of a church would be a minor nuisance, but one can hardly blame the parishioners of a Dickinson, N.D., church for quickly throwing them out.
by Bob Collins

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Papa John’s takes a knee in earnings call controversy

Papa John’s takes a knee in earnings call controversy

Judging by the tweets from Papa John's Pizza, a lot of people boycotted the company after its CEO took exception to the NFL players protest for racial equity.
by Bob Collins

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Another small-town grocer calls it quits

Another small-town grocer calls it quits

Miltona, Minn., (pop. 408) is the latest small town to lose its small grocery store and some people in town are none too happy about it. But the people in town are primarily responsible for the closing. Enough of them decided to shop at the big-box retailers instead.
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With canceled school trip, a win for the terrorists

School trips to Washington are a rite of passage for America's school kids. But fear has won out in North Ridgeville, Ohio, where school officials have decided the threat of terrorism is too real to risk the eighth-graders' lives by showing them the capital of the land of the free.
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When Duluth ruled the ski jump

When Duluth ruled the ski jump

Quick! Name a ski jumper! Odds are, you can't. Ski jumping isn't a big deal for the masses anymore. It wasn't always thus.
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