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April 17, 2019 6:39 AM

Baseball, a kid, and a player who doesn’t forget his roots

Today's lesson, courtesy of the best sport ever invented, is (a) don't forget your roots and (b) don't miss a chance to make a difference in some kid's life.

by Bob Collins

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April 17, 2019 5:35 AM

Seat reclining dispute aboard flight from MSP ends in legal thicket

A four-year legal battle raged over thea question that was answered only this month: in what jurisdiction does a trial take place, given that a flight from Minneapolis crosses eight states?

by Bob Collins

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April 17, 2019 4:45 AM

The case of the big TV delivered to the wrong address

You order a TV from Amazon, but when the delivery comes, it's a different TV. A better TV. A TV that costs twice as much as the one your ordered. Do you keep it?

by Bob Collins

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April 17, 2019 3:30 AM

Racist slogan spraypainted on steps of Mankato school

On the steps of West High School, someone painted 'Immigration is white genocide' in time for the kids to see it on their way into the school on Tuesday morning.

by Bob Collins

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April 17, 2019 2:22 AM

The winners who finish last

Long after photographers and reporters go home and the cheers fall silent, the best stories emerge from the darkness.

by Bob Collins

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April 17, 2019 1:00 AM

What’s on MPR News – 4/17/19

Here are the topics, guests, and stories you'll hear today on MPR News.

by Bob Collins

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April 16, 2019 9:16 AM

In challenge to rest of country, Calif. cops let drivers out of tickets if they’re organ donors

An idea in California is so brilliant, there's no good reason it shouldn't spread to the rest of the country.

by Bob Collins

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April 16, 2019 5:12 AM

Marine crawls across finish line in tribute to fallen friends

Micah Herndon, a Marine, was running the Boston Marathon on Monday as a tribute to three Marines he served with who were killed in Afghanistan in 2010. Then his legs gave out.

by Bob Collins

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April 16, 2019 4:39 AM

Husband of soldier killed in Afghanistan back in U.S. after deportation

Gonzalez Carranza is back in the United States, apparently because Immigration and Custom Enforcement knows a bad look when it sees it.

by Bob Collins

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April 16, 2019 3:23 AM

Wis. teacher on leave in probe of ‘slave games’

A seventh-grade teacher in Wisconsin is on leave after allegedly separating students by race and then telling the kids to research games from their culture. For the black kids, it was 'slave games,' according to a seventh grader in Shorewood, Wis.

by Bob Collins

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