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A media ethicist says using the video without Janay Rice’s consent ‘violates our ethical obligation to treat Janay Rice and other survivors of intimate partner violence as people rather than vehicles for social change.’ Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Parents judged unfit have the burden of proving that they are capable of parenting children, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today in a divided decision. Read more →
The Guinness people are teasing the release of their new book of records, the 60th anniversary of the thing. Read more →
It was a short run in the spotlight for Peat the cat, the star of NPR reporter Ari Shapiro’s piece on All Things Considered last night about cats as ‘mousers’ in distilleries.
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Despite a conflict of interest, CBS pressed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hard on how he dealt with Ray Rice, the Baltimore Ravens player who beat his wife and was fired this week. Read more →
Fargo police chief Keith Ternes is under public scrutiny this week after the Fargo Forum published a story on Sunday about morale in the department where eight cops have resigned this year. Read more →
Homelessness as an issue has been increasing since the ’80s. Millions of stories have been produced and yet it’s the one issue that people walk away from without any sense of obligation. If anything, we’ve become desensitized to the problem. Read more →
Minneapolis is after a kid’s tree house. Read more →
Authorities in New York arrested a Long Island man today and charged him with supplying the painkillers that led to former Minnesota Wild player Derek Boogaard’s death in his Minneapolis apartment in May 2011. Read more →
With any luck at all, this video will make you pay a little more attention when you’re driving today. Read more →
The twin ball in Darwin weighs 17,400 pounds, extends 40 feet around, is 11 feet high and has been hailed as the world’s largest ball of twine.
Is it? Read more →
You probably only get one chance in a lifetime — if that — to meet the leader of the free world.
Don’t blow it. Read more →
That it’s news when a couple of prominent politicians play nice says a lot about the state of politics. Read more →
It’s been a little more than 70 years Major Don Beerbower, an ace pilot, was shot down and died in Saint-Thierry. But today, the town will dedicate a monument to the 22-year-old from Hill City, MN., who might’ve had a big career in buttermaking (he was studying it in Iowa State) had the war not broken out when it did. Read more →
Driving out of downtown Saint Paul last evening, I was particularly struck by the number of people who ignored the ‘don’t walk’ signal and strutted into the crosswalk, defying the cars to hit them. It’s been going on for years, of course. Read more →