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MN campground captures the inside of a tornado

We have some more footage of the tornadoes that struck parts of southern Minnesota last month, this time an EF-1 tornado in Waterville, Minn.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The volunteers

1,000 Words: The volunteers

An 81-year-old Madison, Wis., man was missing after his car was found in a slough. On Monday, 75 volunteers showed up to find him. As near as we can tell, nobody cared who voted for whom.
by Bob Collins

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Urns, ashes gathering dust at funeral homes

Why would people not pick up the urns containing the ashes of their loved ones?
by Bob Collins

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Widow asks for leniency for woman who killed her husband

Abby Marie Zoellmer, 37, of Mankato, had five mugs of beer and then got in her car and started driving last January. She struck and killed William Maher, 88, who had gone into the roadway to avoid the ice of the sidewalk.
by Bob Collins

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With increase in minimum wage, some Amazon workers fall behind

If there's one thing we learned after the big tax breaks for corporations, it's that when big business sounds like it's giving a big chunk of money to the little people, the big picture provides an entirely different story.
by Bob Collins

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The art of the obit: The mystery of Rick Stein

The art of the obit: The mystery of Rick Stein

Rick Stein's family raised the obituary/death notice bar with their obituary in a Delaware paper.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 10/9/18

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

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Can’t we all just get along? No, astronaut learns

Can’t we all just get along? No, astronaut learns

Scott Kelly has a perspective that few others have on the subject on an out-of-control political discourse. His sister-in-law, Gabby Giffords, was shot in the head just a week into her third term in Congress at the same venue in Tucson in which a federal judge was killed.
by Bob Collins

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Teacher suspended after suggesting Kavanaugh be killed

The internet and social media has given people the ability to have their voices amplified. Too often, that's a bad idea.
by Bob Collins

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Court of Appeals rejects Brainerd’s ousting of firefighters

Court of Appeals rejects Brainerd’s ousting of firefighters

Brainerd, like many Minnesota communities, restructured its fire department to a paid on-call volunteer force, eliminated five full-time equipment operators, ending an arrangement that had kept someone in the fire hall 24 hours a day.
by Bob Collins

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