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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Arts & Culture

Dog separated from owner when train door closes

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2018, 2:14 PM Jan 10, 2018
12

This is the very definition of a dilemma.

You step off the subway train, your dog in tow, and the door closes, separating you from you and your pup. Read more →

This or That

Mohamed’s a top baby name in St. Cloud

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2018, 12:33 PM Jan 10, 2018
47

Welcome to the world, Mohameds, Henrys, and Isabellas. Make it better, although you’ve got your work cut out for you. Read more →

Sports

Super Bowl protests won’t be ignored, NBC says

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2018, 9:04 AM Jan 10, 2018
49

If there are player protests during the Super Bowl in Minneapolis next month, NBC says it won’t cover them up to keep advertisers happy. Read more →

Health

Life’s perfect stories with imperfect endings

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2018, 8:04 AM Jan 10, 2018
4

Sometimes, life is perfect. Take the case of Diane Bishop of Newfoundland, who was having a difficult time working because of the toll breast cancer was taking on her body. Read more →

The jobs we do

With newspaper’s delivery, a reminder that life goes on

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2018, 7:09 AM Jan 10, 2018
13

I probably would’ve picked up the newspaper on the driveway without thinking about it this morning after walking the BlogDog in the dark if I hadn’t been one of the people who threw one on people’s doorsteps in Woodbury for a decade in the ’90s. Read more →

What’s on MPR News today? 1/10/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2018, 6:00 AM Jan 10, 2018
0

Here’s a list of the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Weather

When the ice gets too thick

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2018, 3:59 PM Jan 9, 2018
13

There’s about 24 inches of ice on Lake of the Woods, and why wouldn’t there be? The self-proclaimed “walleye capital of the world” is practically at the north pole.

Ice fishing? Perfectly safe. What could go wrong with 24 inches of ice?

This. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Why ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ has people stirred up

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2018, 2:23 PM Jan 9, 2018
14

Lost in the Golden Globe Award’s focus of the protest against sexual harassment (which, in turn, was lost in the distraction of whether Oprah Winfrey should run for president) is the real-world’s intrusion into the work of art that won best picture: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.’ Read more →

Sports

Edina plugs leak in high school game attendance

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2018, 11:59 AM Jan 9, 2018
7

The Star Tribune reports that Edina High School is the first school in the state to charge $100 to anyone who wants to stream any games online.
Read more →

Weather

In parking space ‘dibs’, a return to barbarism

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2018, 8:58 AM Jan 9, 2018
57

The big storm on the East Coast has proven that once again. If the post-Armageddon demand for food doesn’t turn people into barbarians, the demand for a place to park will. Read more →

Education

Principal on his no-school announcement: ‘It’s a sin to bore students’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2018, 8:18 AM Jan 9, 2018
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At Union Pointe Academy, in Florence, Ky., Principal Chad Caddell announced the school closing on Monday by sending students a video, using his inner Mariah Carey. Read more →

Health

Increase in suicide stumps authorities

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2018, 8:05 AM Jan 9, 2018
12

A medical examiner in La Crosse County says the number of suicides is up considerably from a year ago. Why? Read more →

Super Bowl volunteer diary part 2: Training and boxes of swag

Laura McCallumLaura McCallum January 9, 2018, 7:02 AM Jan 9, 2018
16

I’m officially trained in for my Crew 52 assignment. And it is (drumroll) … at volunteer headquarters, where it will be a climate-controlled 72 degrees. That was my first choice, and I’ll admit, I’m pretty relieved. I do have some experience with managing chaos, so I’m sure the Crew 52 coordinators recognized that. Read more →

What’s on MPR News today? 1/9/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2018, 6:00 AM Jan 9, 2018
0

Here’s today’s list of topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Economy · Weather

Drivers who ignore thin-ice warnings are good for business

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2018, 12:59 PM Jan 8, 2018
18

In these parts, thin ice is an economic boost to some sectors. Take Anderson’s Towing & Recovery in Grantsburg, Wis. A driver who ignored the thin-ice warning on Big Wood Lake a few weeks ago provided some overtime work on Sunday because the cold snap came in after the incident, encasing the truck in a tomb. Read more →

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