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Men who hit kids (5×8 – 2/18/13)
Some stories show we're still capable of outrage, solace on the court in North Dakota, still padding toward Key West, when TV is a force for good, and the owls of Minnesota up close.
A meteor’s signature
The meteor was traveling an estimated 33,000 miles per hour. That's a lot of energy converted to a shock wave. Enough, from it appears, to register in South Dakota's Black Hills, too.
If what happened this week in Crookston actually made it to an episode of A Prairie Home Companion's 'News From Lake Wobegon' segment, it could be good for laughs.
The cruise to hell and back, the Hagel filibuster, Cory Booker's path to the Senate, why is Wikipedia being used by people who could you to prison, and the political price of opposing same-sex marriage.
Fighting violence with dance
People in 205 countries today are taking up the idea of walking out of work or school to dance, raising awareness of the fact that one in three women worldwide will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.
The kid with game
A Minnesota man heads for the NBA All Star weekend, and brings his game with him.