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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Paul Tosto

Paul Tosto
ptosto@mpr.org

Paul Tosto is an editor for MPR News.

1,000 words: Welcome home

Paul TostoPaul Tosto April 30, 2015, 2:25 PM Apr 30, 2015
3

Military reunions don’t always involve humans. Read more →

DNR to everyone on MN lakes: Pick up your garbage

Paul TostoPaul Tosto February 12, 2015, 12:09 PM Feb 12, 2015
7

You can almost hear the heavy sigh from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as the agency reminds people not to use their fish houses as garbage cans. Read more →

Economy

Minnesota economy beats Wisconsin: 7 charts, 1 table

Paul TostoPaul Tosto January 26, 2015, 12:00 PM Jan 26, 2015
9

Minnesota’s economy outperforms Wisconsin’s economy. It’s been that way for years. Those trends have accelerated since the end of the Great Recession. Read more →

MN National Guard heading to Liberia in Ebola fight

Paul TostoPaul Tosto November 16, 2014, 10:11 PM Nov 16, 2014
2

The Red Bulls will spend six months in Liberia, starting in April. They’ll provide support to U.S. military forces but will not be responsible for treating Ebola patients. Read more →

Twins’ Buxton injured with concussion in first AA game

Paul TostoPaul Tosto August 13, 2014, 9:36 PM Aug 13, 2014
0

Baseball players hardly ever get hurt so badly that an ambulance is driven onto the field. But it happened tonight in New Britain, Connecticut, to Byron Buxton, the Twins’ top prospect, the top prospect in all of baseball. Buxton and another outfielder collided tonight going for the same ball. Just before the collision. @RockCats Buxton going Read more →

Rough life in Twins low minors baseball? Not so much

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 28, 2014, 12:24 PM Jul 28, 2014
1

Life’s not all that bad if you’re a kid in the Minnesota Twins low A rookie league. Read more →

Hoaxed: The Home Run Derby injury that wasn’t

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 17, 2014, 9:48 AM Jul 17, 2014
4

The story of how a Home Run Derby ball damaged a kid’s hand? It’s not true. Read more →

Empire Builder blues: Oil trains kill Amtrak schedule

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 10, 2014, 12:30 PM Jul 10, 2014
18

Crude rules the rails right now. Oil deliveries are trumping food right now, so forget Amtrak passengers. Read more →

Folk anger pays well: $2M for Dylan’s ‘Stone’ notes

Paul TostoPaul Tosto June 24, 2014, 2:25 PM Jun 24, 2014
3

Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” manuscript goes for $2 million. Read more →

Cost of crude: ND spills leap as oil production booms

Paul TostoPaul Tosto June 24, 2014, 12:00 PM Jun 24, 2014
1

The huge increase in oil production in North Dakota and Montana has brought an equally huge jump in oil and chemical spills tied to drilling. Read more →

Glen Taylor goes public with plans to buy Star Tribune

Paul TostoPaul Tosto April 1, 2014, 2:22 PM Apr 1, 2014
6

The talk’s been bubbling for a week or so that Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor was poised to buy the Star Tribune. Today, the side went public detailing Taylor’s plans to buy the state’s biggest newspaper. Read more →

As feds slam Toyota over hiding sticky pedal, let’s remember Koua Fong Lee

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 19, 2014, 4:11 PM Mar 19, 2014
57

It’s easy to be angry reading through today’s U.S. Justice Department’s takedown of Toyota detailing the car company’s reprehensible behavior. It hard to where to start. Read more →

Boundary Waters Wilderness? Check. Now back to town

Paul TostoPaul Tosto February 6, 2014, 1:59 PM Feb 6, 2014
2

Can you brag about going to the BWCA for just a day? Read more →

Digging the long ball? Maddux, Glavine and the best sports ad ever

Paul TostoPaul Tosto January 8, 2014, 2:48 PM Jan 8, 2014
1

Maddux and Glavine were great pitchers. They were also part of the best sports commercial ever.
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High school dropout rates: Not as bad as we think?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto January 8, 2014, 1:29 PM Jan 8, 2014
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There are still wide gaps between whites and students of color when it comes to four-year graduation rates, especially in Minnesota. But there is no dropout crisis, here or in the U.S. Read more →

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