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Editorial says racism not issue in pipeline route

Editorial says racism not issue in pipeline route

The editorial, signed by Tom Dennis, disputes the protesters' assertion of a double standard in the location of the pipeline route when it was steered away from Bismarck and toward the Standing Rock territory.
by Bob Collins

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Why winter stinks

Minnesotans have no right to snicker when it comes to the difficulty of driving in snow. We saw your morning commute this morning, Minnesota. But there's something about cars sliding into each other that's even more impressive when it happened this morning in Montreal, a city that knows its snow.
by Bob Collins

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Are store cashiers the next disappearing job?

The Amazon Go store is being tested in Seattle. Walk in, take what you need, and pay automatically. Who needs humans? No doubt there are plenty of reasons why this is a great idea. And yet, the future is scary.
by Bob Collins

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Appeals Court: Wishing a cop dead is not a terroristic threat

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today said if someone says he hopes a Minnesota state trooper will be shot, that's not a terroristic threat. The court ruled in the case of Gregory Allen Olson, who was in a car stopped by police in October as he and a friend were driving to Chisago City after an evening of heavy drinking.
by Bob Collins

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How Rachel Martin will change NPR’s Morning Edition

How Rachel Martin will change NPR’s Morning Edition

Rachel Martin started her new gig as a co-host of NPR's Morning Edition today, and if you read between the lines of her interview with Current, the public radio newspaper, one gets the sense that the 'inner-Beltway mentality' continues to crumble.
by Bob Collins

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Gov race in MN likely to pit environment vs. jobs

Gov race in MN likely to pit environment vs. jobs

The election results from the Iron Range would seem to confirm that voters there want more mining, despite claims of environmental damage it could cause. The DFL has generally been aligned with environmentalists, particularly against a proposed copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes. Could this be the issue that swings the 2018 election for governor?
by Bob Collins

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Climate change blog closes

Facebook and Twitter increasingly are the new venue for audience feedback, so while the online audience continues to have a voice, the reality is that fewer people in the news business side of things are listening.
by Bob Collins

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For president-elect, Twitter is the new ‘fireside chat’

For president-elect, Twitter is the new ‘fireside chat’

Donald Trump's penchant for communicating via Twitter while ignoring mainstream media is rewriting all the rules. Take this question, for example. If a president has chosen Twitter to communicate with the people he represents, is it ethical to 'block' people from following him and, thus, hearing what he has to say?
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Booze isn’t a cure for what ails small-town Minnesota

Running a liquor store in rural Minnesota seems like a great way to lose money, especially if it's the town running the store. The Minnesota State Auditor has found net profits for municipal liquor stores dropped nearly 9 percent in 2015 compared to the year before, the Rochester Post Bulletin reports.
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Giving the pipeline protest story its due

Giving the pipeline protest story its due

A note from a listener passed my way this week asking MPR to provide more coverage of the Standing Rock protest over the Dakota Access Pipeline and even send a reporter there, arguing we didn't have one. We did. Two. And now, three.
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