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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2016

Politics

1,000 Words: Voters thank Susan B. Anthony

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2016, 5:53 PM Apr 20, 2016
7

On most Election Days, women who pick up their ‘I voted’ sticker, head for a cemetery to remember why they could. Read more →

North Branch woman sells truck to teach daughter a lesson

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2016, 4:11 PM Apr 20, 2016
23

The woman posted the ad on Craigslit putting the truck up for sale to teach a lesson to her still-too-young-to-drive daughter.
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Politics

‘Old Hickory’ gets the heave-ho

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2016, 12:23 PM Apr 20, 2016
61

The announcement reflects a greater love that history has for Alexander Hamilton, who was going to be replaced on the $10 bill until a resurgence of interest in him, spurred by a Broadway show, added pressure on Lew to keep him in his present location. Read more →

From Mississippi, a love for Kenyon

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2016, 10:57 AM Apr 20, 2016
3

Malcolm Mabry really loves Kenyon, Minn. The Kenyon Leader newspaper says he donates money to the after-prom fund, the VFW, the Lions Club, Lutheran Churches, and helped fund a cheerleaders trip to Florida. Why is this unusual? Malcolm Mabry has never been to Kenyon. Read more →

Sports

At NFL draft, the North Dakota way gets the spotlight

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2016, 9:17 AM Apr 20, 2016
4

It should be a thrilling moment next week when a kid from North Dakota who didn’t play football at one of the big-shot,rule-breaking, big money college programs becomes the first pick in the NFL draft.
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Afton sets welcoming tone for east metro Muslims

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2016, 8:10 AM Apr 20, 2016
9

Afton officials have done something that a lot of politicians have failed at in the nation recently: It set a welcoming tone for Muslims.
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Politics

Should age be issue in House race in Minneapolis?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2016, 6:34 AM Apr 20, 2016
47

In a year in which a large number of Democrats are enchanted with one of the oldest presidential candidates it has ever had, the issue of age and fitness is apparently limited to one race for the Minnesota House of Representatives.
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Arts & Culture · Politics

Gov. Dayton tries the restaurant biz

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2016, 3:23 PM Apr 19, 2016
3

The lowlight of last Friday’s MinnRoast has already been documented here (and nowhere else, for some odd reason), but sponsoring MinnPost has released the highlight of its fundraisers: A skit featuring the sons of Gov. Mark Dayton — they own the Bachelor Farmer restaurant in St. Paul — trying to help the old-timer break into the restaurant business. Read more →

Politics

Why Donald Trump’s plane isn’t registered with the FAA

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2016, 1:28 PM Apr 19, 2016
56

How could it be that a plane is no longer registered? Easy. Stop at any big or small airport, and there’s a fair chance you’ll find people who don’t know they have to renew their plane’s registration, because up until a few years ago, they didn’t have to.
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Regional history

End of the line coming for Watson’s Mile Tree

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2016, 10:29 AM Apr 19, 2016
32

People are attaching love notes to a Cottonwood tree, that’s stood sentry by the side of Minnesota Highway 7/U.S. Highway 59 longer than almost every Minnesotan has lived. But it will not live much longer, apparently.
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Sports

Minor league cities choking on stadium boondoggles

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2016, 9:00 AM Apr 19, 2016
21

Of the many fine baseball moves that Twins general manager Terry Ryan has made over the years, none may exceed washing the team’s hands of its affiliation with the New Britain Rock Cats minor league team at the end of the 2014 season. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Brandenburg’s ’93 Days of Spring’ is breath of fresh air

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2016, 8:00 AM Apr 19, 2016
4

We loved the summer temperatures over the last few days as much as the next person, but there was still a feeling that it wasn’t right. It’s not summer in Minnesota; it’s spring… a predictable, slow-moving, tantalizing progression to summer glory.
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Education · Sports

Parents drive another coach out

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2016, 6:40 AM Apr 19, 2016
14

Worthington High School football coach Brad Grimmius is the latest youth sports coach who’s had it with parents. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Pearl Jam joins growing list of musical acts canceling N.C. concerts

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2016, 4:47 PM Apr 18, 2016
35

Three days before it was set to perform in Raleigh, N.C.., Pearl Jam has become the latest musical act to cancel a show in the state because of a new state law whose aim was to wipe out attempts in Charlotte to provide anti-discrimination protections to LGBT people. Read more →

Sports

1,000 Words: The Marathon and the Wellesley kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2016, 1:55 PM Apr 18, 2016
1

Every year on Patriots Day, they run the Boston Marathon. And every year at this time, the individual winners are almost a footnote to the traditions of running.

This year was no exception, particular the long tradition of stopping to ‘visit’ with the young women of Wellesley College.
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