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Be nice to a snowflake today. Gillette is out with another ad that attempts to redefine masculinity
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
Perhaps this is a condition of the aged, but I suspect people of a certain age tend to struggle trying to mute an inner voice when reading column's like Patrick Reusse's tribute to a sportswriter in Sunday's Star Tribune. The voice that asks, "when I'm gone, will anyone remember that I was here?"
At the baseball stadiums, patriotism is always on sale
It's Memorial Day weekend, the annual tradition in which sports teams and businesses can cash in on the sacrifice of soldiers.
Last night's playoff game in Milwaukee -- the Bucks lost to Toronto -- provided the quintessential Wisconsin moment: the city's alpha male sports stars chugging beer.
1,000 Words: The faces of D-Day
The Associated Press invited us to pause and reflect on the past by taking another long look at the present: images of the men who are still able to return to Europe for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Duluth competition flagged for plagiarism
Duluth's competition for a new city flag is turning nasty.