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Fergus Falls food pantry users surprised: free food

People who showed showed up Ruby's Pantry signed in and paid the usual $20 for about $120 of food. Then something lovely and unusual happened just before they left.
by Bob Collins

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The ‘best and brightest’ are passing on leading the nation

Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who announced yesterday he won't run for president, has already distinguished himself as a different kind of potential presidential candidate. Unlike most politicians who are being coy with the media while claiming they haven't made up their minds about running for office, Patrick really was weighing both sides of running and really was undecided.
by Bob Collins

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Dentists who help needy in Red River Valley now need a home

The Red River Valley Dental Access Project, which provided dental services to low-income people who couldn't afford it, has been one of the success stories in Minnesota and North Dakota. For a $30 flat fee, volunteer dentists and dental specialists provide all the dental care needed. They don't get paid and they put in all the hours needed.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 12/6/18

What’s on MPR News – 12/6/18

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

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Too old, too frail, survivors of the USS Arizona to miss annual ceremony

There are only five men left of the survivors of the USS Arizona, sunk by the Japanese in the attack on Pearl Harbor 77 years ago Friday. For the first time in years, no survivor of the Arizona will make the trip to Oahu for ceremonies and return the salute as a Navy ship passes by the memorial.
by Bob Collins

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Snowball ban doesn’t stand a chance after 9-year-old objects

The sooner Dane Best, 9, of Severance, Colorado, grows up, the sooner we can get some of the country's nagging problems solved. Dane Best solves problems. Take that ban on snowball fights in his community.
by Bob Collins

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When radio connected ‘lonely souls’

If you've never lived in small-town America, you've missed heroes at work -- the people who got up before dawn and went into a tiny shack somewhere, read the school-lunch menus, the lost and found items, spinning some platters, and making people feel as if they're listening to a neighbor, because they are.
by Bob Collins

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How to shovel your sidewalk

First of all, the whole call-the-cops-on-your-neighbor-rather-than-talking-to-them thing is creepy. And oh so Minnesotan.
by Bob Collins

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Thou shalt not speak ill of Aaron Rodgers

Thou shalt not speak ill of Aaron Rodgers

What gets you fired quicker in the National Football League: treating a woman like a ragdoll? Or criticizing a prima donna quarterback? I know. Silly question.
by Bob Collins

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Insurance companies penalize people who want to help opioid addicts

Insurance companies are flagging people who've bought Naloxone, as in the case of one woman who has been trying to buy life insurance, but has been denied because of the prescription.
by Bob Collins

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