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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2018

Sports

The story behind the little girl who wanted a puck

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2018, 10:31 AM Apr 18, 2018
7

The CBC has tracked down Keelan Moxley to find out how she felt when boys ended up with pucks that were intended for her.
Read more →

This or That · Weather

Truckers launch snow/ice bombs on other drivers

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2018, 9:48 AM Apr 18, 2018
51

Trucks. It’s always the trucks causing the havoc on Minnesota highways after a storm.

The trucks sit out in the blizzards, accumulating an armory of ice and snow and then hit the highways with predictable results, as a Dakota County ranger learned anew. Read more →

This or That

A pilot who was told women can’t fly saved a planeload of people

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2018, 8:45 AM Apr 18, 2018
48

In a book of women who fly, Tammie Jo Shults recalled her senior year in high school in 1979 when an airman — a retired colonel — gave a lecture on aviation.

She was the only girl to show up and the colonel asked her if she was lost.
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Regional history · War

Wally Englund told his WWII story so other soldiers wouldn’t suffer

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2018, 7:10 AM Apr 18, 2018
9

In the 11 years of NewsCut, Wally Englund stands out as one of the most memorable people I’ve met in the course of learning of and telling their stories. Read more →

What’s on MPR News today? 4/18/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2018, 6:00 AM Apr 18, 2018
3

Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today if you’re wise enough to listen to MPR News. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Carl Kasell, dead at 84

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 3:11 PM Apr 17, 2018
10

Personality, comedy, and the buttoned-down world of serious public radio were never really friends until Kasell proved you could be both a serious news person and funny. Read more →

This or That

What to do while your plane is falling apart

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 1:53 PM Apr 17, 2018
16

This is an extraordinary video from today’s emergency landing of a Southwest Airlines jet in Philadelphia. Read more →

Science

Climate change is still risky business for some meteorologists

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 12:38 PM Apr 17, 2018
40

It’s still slow going to get broadcast meteorologists to talk about their views on the science. Read more →

Education · Politics

Former Minn. congressman in stormy waters at UND

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 10:45 AM Apr 17, 2018
16

Mark Kennedy was only 20 months into the job when he applied for an opening for president at the University of Central Florida, a job that paid more and wasn’t located in Grand Forks. If you’re going to apply for a job 20 months after getting one in North Dakota, you better get it. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Education

Another Minnesota school district stops the music

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 9:15 AM Apr 17, 2018
19

Things are quiet — too quiet — in the schools of Laporte, Minn., (pop. 114). Read more →

Here’s what Sun Country could’ve done to treat its passengers better

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 8:14 AM Apr 17, 2018
11

The Cranky Flier — Brett Snyder — today gives the airline his Cranky Jackass Award because it abandoned its customers in another country, and is still trying to talk its way out of responsibility for doing so. Read more →

Weather

A blizzard couldn’t stop a wedding

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 7:14 AM Apr 17, 2018
2

Because Mother Nature won’t cut us a break, there’s nothing we need more than the warm feeling of love conquering all, especially Mother Nature. Read more →

What’s on MPR News today? 4/17/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2018, 6:00 AM Apr 17, 2018
3

These are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Education

In pursuit of a dream, chickens and eggs came first

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2018, 2:50 PM Apr 16, 2018
5

If a kid wants something bad enough, he’ll do just about anything. Seth Holloway really wanted to fly. So he raised chickens and sold eggs. Read more →

Sports

At Boston Marathon, a display of sportsmanship

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 16, 2018, 11:47 AM Apr 16, 2018
7

Every year we learn something knew about the world of marathons.

This year we learned that runners make pit stops, as Shalane Flanagan did today at the Boston Marathon. Read more →

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