MPR News Update for May 17
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Good morning! Cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid-50s to 60s north, lower 70s south. We're not exactly ESPN here at MPR but this sports controversy is worth talking about. As NewsCut blogger Bob Collins notes: "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." | Forecast | Updraft weather blog
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