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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for March 2010

Pickup pulled from icy grave

edebruyn March 24, 2010, 11:09 AM Mar 24, 2010
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Fishermen on Lake Vermilion reeled in a lunker from Lake Vermilion the other day — a GMC pickup truck. A video shows the action.

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Marching to remember Bataan

edebruyn March 23, 2010, 11:59 AM Mar 23, 2010

Plenty of runners can handle a brisk little 5K to raise money for charity. How about a 26-mile slog through the desert?

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Five by 8

Five by 8: Grain Belt comes home

edebruyn March 23, 2010, 7:00 AM Mar 23, 2010
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Grain Belt will honor its hometown roots with the Nordeast line of beer. Amazing news photos from a Bemidji fire. And a baby camel.

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The river acts mighty

edebruyn March 22, 2010, 1:28 PM Mar 22, 2010

The Mississippi River flows over sidewalks and stairs near downtown St. Paul — and the water’s still on the rise.

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Five by 8

Five by 8: Joe’s deal, rising waters and a rocker writes

edebruyn March 22, 2010, 7:26 AM Mar 22, 2010
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Joe Mauer signs a giant contract. Flood fears flow toward St. Paul. Paul Westerberg pens a heartfelt tribute in the New York Times to Alex Chilton.

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Scared cats seek kind souls

edebruyn March 19, 2010, 2:54 PM Mar 19, 2010
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Cops pulled dozens of cats from what officers said were awful conditions this week in Duluth Township and Two Harbors. Now animal rescue agencies are seeking new owners for the cats.

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Still a shock in Iraq

edebruyn March 19, 2010, 11:33 AM Mar 19, 2010

The Iraq War began seven years ago. The war’s start is a mile marker in my life. I’ll always remember where I was when the Iraq War began: inside the razor wire at an American military base in northern Kuwait.

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Five by 8

Five by 8: Pretending to work

edebruyn March 19, 2010, 7:00 AM Mar 19, 2010
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Good luck sneaking peaks as the Golden Gophers take on Xavier in the NCAA tournament today. Fargo-Moorhead flood cams, a sad wreck on I-94, a blogger goes off and a Target Field update.

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The jobs we do

Cave-dwelling cheesemakers win big

edebruyn March 18, 2010, 4:12 PM Mar 18, 2010

A small cheese plant in Faribault, Minn., wins a big prize — top honors in the Gorgonzola category at the World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, Wis.

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Big squeeze coming between the downtowns

edebruyn March 18, 2010, 2:35 PM Mar 18, 2010

Traffic may get ugly between Minneapolis and St. Paul in 2011 as parts of I-94 and University Avenue get torn up at the same time.

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WCCO.com walks The Wire

edebruyn March 18, 2010, 11:19 AM Mar 18, 2010
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WCCO.com unveils The Wire, an online news timeline. WCCO hopes to give users a cool new way to interact with the news — while driving visitors to its main news site and eyeballs to its newscasts.

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Five by 8 – 3/18/10: From archives to data

kenpaulman March 18, 2010, 7:55 AM Mar 18, 2010

We open News Cut archives, discuss safety and privacy, and consider the data that is our lives.

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Baggage in the airline overhead bins

kenpaulman March 17, 2010, 11:10 AM Mar 17, 2010
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A Marketplace headline reads that checked bag fees lead to cabin chaos, Should Congress address the issue?

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 3/17/10: Steal these links, pass them on

kenpaulman March 17, 2010, 7:07 AM Mar 17, 2010
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Discuss Holder’s statements on bin Laden, a local infographic, a drug heist, veterans and the budget, and flooding.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 3/16/10: What catches your eye or captures your attention

kenpaulman March 16, 2010, 7:48 AM Mar 16, 2010

Advertising, political vice, dot coms, flooding, and broadband. A typical day on the Internet.

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