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What’s on MPR News – 12/28/18

What’s on MPR News – 12/28/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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Oldest WWII vet dies

Richard Overton had a good answer when asked his secret to living to 112. 'Not dying,' he said.
by Bob Collins

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Obamas are 2018’s most admired

People change. Politics changes. Times change. But the one thing that seldom changes is the annual Gallup poll of most admired people. That changed this year somewhat.
by Bob Collins

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After fake story, Fergus Falls gets its do-over

It's funny how things work out sometimes. Getting trashed by a reporter for Der Spiegel in a now-discredited profile of a city that -- accurately -- went big for Donald Trump in 2016, might be the best thing that ever happened to Fergus Falls.
by Bob Collins

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When believing in Santa isn’t ‘marginal’

Can you stand one more warm Christmas story before we get back to the national pastime in a dog-eat-dog world? Good.
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The art of the obituary: Opal Olson was a teacher

The art of the obituary: Opal Olson was a teacher

Opal Olson, 94, of Ortonville, died last Thursday. Her departure might have gone unnoticed, but for the fact she changed the world, or at least the piece of it that she could.
by Bob Collins

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NewsCut Flashback: The family who brought gymnastics to Hendricks

NewsCut Flashback: The family who brought gymnastics to Hendricks

Stop me if you've heard this before. A farm couple builds a sports complex in the belief that people will come. And they do. In Hendricks, MN., however, it's not baseball and corn. It's a farm shed and gymnastics that's gotten people to sit up and take notice.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 12/27/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today by listening to MPR News.
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Dad refuses to let flight attendant daughter be alone on Christmas

Dad refuses to let flight attendant daughter be alone on Christmas

A lot of people had to work over Christmas and it's not much fun being away from family on the holiday. Hal Vaughn would have none of it for his daughter, Pierce, who is a flight attendant for Delta Airlines.
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