Bob CollinsHip hop will likely be in President Trump’s Twitter gunsight today after Eminem’s video was unveiled at the BET Hip Hop Awards last evening.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Sara PorterHey Kyle Rudolph, we love the Monday night touchdown, and we understand you’re not from here, so we’ll say this gently: It’s Duck, Duck, Gray Duck. No goose. No. Goose. Read more →
Paul TostoJ.T. Brown said he saw a raised fist as a middle ground gesture for those who believed that kneeling for the national anthem, as some NFL players have done, disrespected the flag. His consideration of the matter didn’t spare him from the angry, racist backlash. Read more →
For over a decade, Janecek and Lee and Diane Rosenthal have been neighbors and not at all friendly ones. Apparently the feud started when Rosenthal was cited by the city for renting out a third apartment in his house in 2011, which was zoned as a duplex. He blamed Janecek for blowing the whistle. Read more →
Aside from the obvious, what’s particularly upsetting about this Minnesota State Patrol video is that the pick-up driver didn’t bother slowing down, even when he was about to hit the kid crossing the street after being dropped off by a school bus (with flashing red lights).
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It’s all there in this Rockwellian picture of Aaron Judge’s catch of a potential two-run homer by Cleveland Indians star Francisco Lindor last evening.
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For 11 years, a digital camera sat at the bottom of Lake Superior until Two Harbors photographer Christian Dalbec found it when he was diving a couple of months ago.
What are the odds Dalbec could find the owner? Read more →
It’s America’s least-favorite holiday, created by those who favor myth as history. Columbus Day.
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Mark Mooney has made his last post to his blog ‘Closing in on -30-‘ Read more →
Disqus, the service MPR uses for comments on its blogs, reports that a data breach resulted in the user names and passwords in a 2012 database were stolen.
About 17 million users are affected. Read more →
Earl Melchert was working at his home last month when a 15-year-old girl who many figured might be dead, escaped from the men who abducted her and asked him for help.
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St. Cloud police are investigating another incident in which someone sprayed a swastika at North Junior High School. Read more →
Sometimes, we’re a little too myopic when patting ourselves on the back for the system of justice we have in America.
There is theory and, then again, there is reality and the reality is for many people, the system is corrupt. Read more →
Measured by national publicity per capita, Cleveland, Minn., stands alone in America. Read more →
A Hopkins mayoral candidate says his opposition to Southwest Light Rail is because people from ‘Welfareapolis’ will end up with the sons and daughters of Hopkins. Read more →