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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Arts & Culture

When obituaries lie

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2017, 9:25 AM May 18, 2017
14

Alex Tizon, who wrote an essay about is family’s slave, lied to the reporter who had to write her obituary. Today, she apologized for what she didn’t know. Read more →

Weather

1,000 Words: When you’ve lost everything

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2017, 8:35 AM May 18, 2017
3

There are times when you think you’ve lost everything. Then there’s someone to hug you and maybe you realize you haven’t. Read more →

Politics

The case for closing St. Paul skyways

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2017, 6:30 AM May 18, 2017
15

St. Paul skyways can be scary places at night and perhaps it’s time to consider closing them a little earlier.
Read more →

Education

‘Dibs’ on saved seats sparks graduation brawl

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2017, 3:00 PM May 17, 2017
7

There’s nothing about being a kid that an adult can’t ruin.

A high school graduation in Arlington, Tenn., is the latest proof. Read more →

Economy · Sports

Can a superstar change an economy?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2017, 12:56 PM May 17, 2017
4

Can one superstar player change a city’s economy?

A Harvard researcher says he/she can, at least if his name is LeBron James Read more →

Crime and Justice

MN Supreme Court upholds juvenile’s sentence in Seward killings

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2017, 11:15 AM May 17, 2017
1

Over the objections of one justice, the Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the life sentences given to the killer of three people at the Seward Market and Halal Meat on East Franklin Ave., in Minneapolis in 2010. Read more →

Delta’s ‘big thank you’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2017, 9:22 AM May 17, 2017
8

Delta Airlines is reading the names of all 80,000 employees in a Facebook broadcast it says will last 50 hours. Read more →

This or That

After bad first date, man sues woman for cost of movie ticket

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2017, 8:32 AM May 17, 2017
57

Look, if you’re going to go to the movies, watch the movie and put your phone down.

Is that too much to ask? Read more →

Sports

For Gophers, no explaining ‘unconscionable’ NCAA decision

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2017, 6:58 AM May 17, 2017
16

It’s difficult to imagine a more obvious slight than the one the NCAA tossed on the University of Minnesota women’s softball team, which went 16-3 against other teams invited to the NCAA tournament, won 25 in a row, and finished the season 54-3. For all of that, the tournament committee sent the Gophers in unseeded. Read more →

Sports

David Ortiz still doesn’t like Tom Kelly

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2017, 1:38 PM May 16, 2017
22

David Ortiz’ book came out today and Minnesota Twins fans who idolize former manager Tom Kelly may want to skip it.
Read more →

This or That

Citing safety, Snowbirds cancel Duluth Air Show appearance

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2017, 12:50 PM May 16, 2017
12

The Canadian Snowbirds of the Royal Canadian Air Force announced on Monday that they have canceled a portion of their airshow season because bad weather has forced them to cancel too many practices and it would otherwise be unsafe to perform. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Before he died, Alex Tizon told the story of his family’s slave

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2017, 11:42 AM May 16, 2017
17

It’s the finest piece of write you’ll read today, perhaps ever.
Read more →

Economy

Buying a home is harder than what you may have been told

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2017, 10:15 AM May 16, 2017
31

If you’ve tried to buy a home in the Twin Cities, you know the impossible task for mere mortals. If you can find a half-way decent house to buy, the price is through the roof. Read more →

Education

Banned from prom for wearing hair extensions

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2017, 9:05 AM May 16, 2017
40

Deanna and Mya Cook haven been accumulating detentions for violating the school’s dress code, which says hair extensions can be distracting for other students and affect learning.

The students say it singles out African Americans. Read more →

This or That

Duluth radio legend dies at 81

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2017, 8:30 AM May 16, 2017
4

Pat Cadigan started with the station in 1961. He got into radio the old-fashioned way; he worked the overnight shift before becoming the morning host through 1974, taking time off to sell real estate, and then returning to the station in the ’80s. Read more →

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