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Ex-disc jockey is now NPR’s new CEO

Ex-disc jockey is now NPR’s new CEO

Not too many people apparently saw the new CEO of NPR coming. Jarl Mohn takes a job that has been the center of turmoil for years. He comes from a radio disc jockey background and used to be known as Lee Masters before he became an exec at MTV and VH1 back when they were…
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Last minutes on Mt. Everest

Last minutes on Mt. Everest

The world has now mostly moved on from last month’s story from Nepal, where more than a dozen sherpas were killed as they climbed Mt. Everest. Their job is to go first and do the heavy lifting for climbers. Today, the New York Times provided this video of many of the sherpas, just before their…
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Doing the ‘right thing,’ cop buys bed for teen

Doing the ‘right thing,’ cop buys bed for teen

South Carolina officer Gaetano Acerra delivers on the police promise to protect -- and serve.
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Given chance, voters embrace tax cash for team owners

Given chance, voters embrace tax cash for team owners

Voters rarely get the opportunity to take a stand on public funding of sports stadiums, so when Cleveland went to the polls this week for continued taxpayer subsidies, it provided a good barometer of public sentiment on the issue. What did we learn? That the vocal opposition to stadiums might be overblown, taxes to support…
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Fosston video sparks bullying debate

Fosston video sparks bullying debate

A big debate over bullying is underway in Fosston, Minnesota after a mother posted a video on Facebook of her crying daughter who had, she alleges, just been bullied by a bus driver and other students. The resulting debate is about more than bullying. Should the mother have been filming her daughter at a time when comforting seemed the order of the day? Should a news station have been reposting the video without checking to see if the story was true? Why does a mother have to go to this extent to get satisfaction when her kids are being bullied?
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A storyteller closes the book

A storyteller closes the book

In the world of hyperbolic “breaking news,” there aren’t many people left who can tell a good story about people who barbecue in the snow, collect laundry soap, or do their own thing outside the 494/694 beltway. Now there’s one fewer. Jason Davis of KSTP has announced a date for the retirement he originally announced…
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Why your new TV may soon be worthless

At a session of the National Association or Broadcasters event today, CEO Gordon Smith urged TV broadcasters to put up a unified fight for a new TV broadcast standard, called ATSC 3.0. It uses Internet and cellular systems for TV transmission instead of antennas on tall towers.
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Airlines seek to hide taxes and fees in airfare prices

Congress is about to be tested on how much sway the airline industry holds over consumers on Capitol Hill. So far, the industry is winning.
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A maritime send-off for Oberstar

Freighter Hon. James L. Oberstar arrives in #Duluth this morning pic.twitter.com/uEiougm5xE — Andrew Krueger (@akpix) May 8, 2014 As funeral services began today in Maryland for former Minnesota congressman James Oberstar, a maritime tribute played out in Duluth this morning when the laker, “James L. Oberstar” , approached the lift bridge in the city Oberstar…
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The Empire Builder as entertainment

The Empire Builder as entertainment

Railroad buffs, a few reporters, and a couple of officials far outnumbered people getting on or off the Empire Builder train on its return to St. Paul's Union Depot.
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