Bob CollinsThe Fargo Forum got plenty of pushback earlier this month when it reported the death of a man in a Fargo house fire. Nickolas Pulicicchio, 38, died in a fire November 30. “Puliciccio was sentenced to 60 days in jail in 2014 for stealing $60,000 in coins from a UPS shipping center in Fargo. The Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for December 2016
The Internet’s power was supposed to be giving a voice to the voiceless. They had their chance and, a casual walk through the comments section of most websites reveals, they botched it. Read more →
Can we give it up, please, for Rick Oglesby, of North Mankato, and all the people like him who usually get no public credit for what they do each day? They’re the type to pick up your trash along the side of the road. Read more →
The sports fans of Cleveland are mad — really mad — that their football team stinks again. So, they’re going to throw them a parade.
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The U.S. ambassador to Norway, a woman who gained fame in Norway for finishing second in Norway’s version of American idol, and Norway’s most famous TV news anchor, drive around Oslo singing Christmas songs in Norwegian in this video provided by the U.S. embassy in Oslo. Read more →
Among the more absurd observations in the wake of last week’s ‘boycott’ by the student-athletes of the University of Minnesota football team, was this in Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse’s column on Saturday.
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Somewhere out there is a driver of a semi who swerved into the wrong lane on I-94 near Dalton, Minn., and causing 18-year-old Zach Kvalvog to overcorrect. Zach and his 14-year-old brother, Connor, died in the crash.
The truck driver kept on going, and apparently is willing to let a number of other people take the fall. Or was there a semi at all? Read more →
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety this afternoon released this video, shot from the dash of a State Patrol cruiser, to remind people to slow down in icy conditions. Read more →
It’s a stunning display of courage in the interest of journalism turned in by a photographer for the Associated Press today. Read more →
We haven’t played You Are Editor in a long time. Let’s play. Here are three scenarios about the news and social media. You make the call. Read more →
Today’s daily dose of sweetness comes from Concord, Mass., where Noah Kieran, of nearby Littleton, celebrated his 6th birthday and got a bunch of presents. Read more →
The claims of voter fraud across the nation have been debunked by authorities, but that has never come close to stopping the assertions, nor the attempts to make voting more difficult under the assumption that it exists. Read more →
What if Donald Trump’s biggest accomplishment turns out to be the fact he made Saturday Night Live funny again? Read more →
Jake Nyberg, a writer and interactive marketer in Minneapolis, apparently wanted to embarrass the Minnesota Vikings and force the team to deny they would help homeless people. So he started a rumor on Twitter that they were providing shelter in the new stadium, hoping the fake news would spread and force the team to appear to turn its backs on homeless people. Funny stuff, indeed. Read more →
… make snowballs. Read more →