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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for May 2018

This or That

SE Minn. couple drowns while chasing fly fishing dream

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2018, 10:27 AM May 22, 2018
0

Today’s confirmation that life is utterly unfair comes from Iceland where a couple from Le Crescent, Minn., died while fishing. Read more →

Crime and Justice · Education

Judge lets teen facing manslaughter sentence out of jail for graduation

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2018, 9:52 AM May 22, 2018
4

Alex Lingor, 17, of Sioux Falls, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February after he chased down a car when its occupants took off with the marijuana he was trying to sell them. Kareem Cisse, 15, died in the crash.
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Arts & Culture

Who gets to say the ‘N word’? Not you, white lady

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2018, 8:29 AM May 22, 2018
44

Pulitzer Prize-winner Kendrick Lamar has made clear who gets to say the ‘N word’ at his concerts. Read more →

Politics

Forest Lake has a problem

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2018, 7:10 AM May 22, 2018
17

From the sound of things, Forest Lake is taking Lake Elmo’s title of Washington County’s most combative city goverment. Read more →

What’s on MPR News? 5/22/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2018, 6:00 AM May 22, 2018
5

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

Crime and Justice

Judge: ‘Hands tied’ in ordering boy to pay $36 million

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2018, 3:42 PM May 21, 2018
6

A 15-year-old boy in Oregon is going to have to arrange a payment plan for restitution for his part in some vandalism last year. He owes $36 million. Read more →

Crime and Justice

With erosion of worker rights, what’s left?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2018, 1:42 PM May 21, 2018
8

About half of the nation’s non-union employers require employees to workers are employed under some sort of arbitration contract that requires them to face down their company one-on-one before an arbitrator. Today’s Supreme Court decision will drastically reduce the number of claims against them. Read more →

An Ira Glass pep talk to new journalists

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2018, 9:46 AM May 21, 2018
51

This will come as bad news to about half the country (according to polls), but the movement to save a free press just got reinforcements.
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People are jerks · People doing good

Veteran needed to sell hearing aids for help

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2018, 8:15 AM May 21, 2018
7

A happy end to a sad story of a veteran who felt compelled to sell his hearing aids can’t mask an important truth: people can be jerks. Read more →

This or That

Some object to Metro Transit ad-clad pink bus

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2018, 7:01 AM May 21, 2018
41

With the increasing commercialization of transit vehicles, it was only a matter of time before some riders objected to the advertising message of one of Metro Transit’s buses or light rail cars. Read more →

What’s on MPR News? 5/21/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2018, 6:00 AM May 21, 2018
12

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on Minnesota Public Radio News. Read more →

Health

Home is where the heart is

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2018, 2:30 PM May 18, 2018
4

We’re a pretty great species when we want to be. Read more →

Education · Sports

In the ’90s, scene of school shooting was battleground for school prayer

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2018, 12:45 PM May 18, 2018
13

Santa Fe isn’t new to being at the center of national attention and it knows a lot about prayers. It’s where school prayer at high school football games met its end. Read more →

This or That

Here’s what it’s like to fly a P-51 when the engine quits

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2018, 11:58 AM May 18, 2018
6

There’s a fair amount of debate in aviation history circles about whether old airplanes should be flown or merely displayed, and a pretty incredible video released today should rekindle the discussion.

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Sports · This or That

A funeral at home plate

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2018, 9:32 AM May 18, 2018
2

They said goodbye to Billy Noss yesterday in Eau Claire in a fitting reminder to the rest of us that the glue that makes a community a better place is anyone overflowing with niceness. Read more →

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