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It leaked out today that David Letterman is retiring.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
A professional baseball player for the New York Mets — insert obvious New York Mets joke here — missed opening day this week because his wife had a baby.
Honk if you don’t see what’s coming next. Hint: It involves only men and sports talk radio. Read more →
Today’s story in the Washington Post about the fading tradition of a concession phone call after a tough-fought campaign reveals the central problem with politics: Decency is a sign of weakness. Read more →
A Winnipeg couple will not be able to see their Pee Wee hockey-playing son on the ice again for three years because of a fight the couple had with coaches at a tournament in West Fargo. Read more →
This week, NPR proved what has long been suspected: People are more than willing to engage in a discussion about a story without actually knowing anything about what the details are in the story. On Tuesday, NPR posted this story on its Facebook page. And 34,309 people “liked” it. Hundreds commented as the discussion about Read more →
If you do nothing else today, make a run to the NPR website that’s been set up in support of the network’s Morning Edition series from the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more →
Maybe there no longer is such a thing as spontaneity in the world. Maybe every documented bit of kindness, every cute scene, every bit of wonderful whimsy is nothing but the detritus of Mad Men.
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The Pioneer Press has details today of a study involving some Minnesotans that showed participants recruited from the Twin Cities Marathon had more coronary plaque than sedentary people who were studied. Read more →
Last week at a Perkins in Little Falls,Tori Dobis, 19, served French toast and a side of sausage to Kelly Blom. Total bill: $14. Tip: $200. Read more →
I really don’t have a comment other than to reinforce that you need to drink lots of green tea during this snowstorm.
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If you’re one of the many local marathoners heading to Boston later this month, you’re probably going to come back with a scarf around your neck. Read more →
Today’s ‘gets you right in the feels entry’ comes from Glendale, Ca., where a group surprised 50 homeless people at a shelter with a better meal. Read more →
Today’s Supreme Court decision that appears to open the floodgates of campaign contributions is rooted in this question: What is corruption? The word appears 124 times in today’s opinon.
In its ruling today, the Court said the limits are arbitrary because they set a point at which a campaign contribution is corruption. Read more →
There is a code among firefighters that few of us can fully comprehend, even though we so admire its existence. Read more →
It was hard to tell the other night when Stephen Colbert was in character and when he was just being the real Stephen Colbert when he declared ‘I’m not a racist.’
He was reacting to the protests that popped up after his writers tweeted a joke he made on the show without any of the context that was evident in his Comedy Channel show’s episode. That prompted Twitter to take to the ramparts to urge that his show be canceled. Read more →