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Parting thoughts: From a flat tire in a snowstorm, a love story for a lifetime
Terry Berg is remembered for her incredible energy and warmth, and for her long career helping young people with special needs. She passed away earlier this month after fighting breast cancer for 24 years.
Bangles didn't love 'Walk Like an Egyptian'
Today's Morning Edition music is from the Bangles with "Walk Like an Egyptian." The song hit No. 1 on the billboard charts thirty years ago today. It would ultimately sell more than a million copies, becoming the most popular song of 1987.
It's unclear if University of Minnesota football players suspended for their sexual conduct understand consent, but the problem goes beyond athletics, an author of a book on rape and college football tells MPR News.
Rochester company approaches making artificial limbs as art
At the corner of Broadway and Fourth Street in Rochester, it's hard to miss the display windows with naked full-size mannequins wearing artificial limbs. Limb Lab builds mechanical arms and legs with the aim of creating art that destigmatizes prostheses.
A losing cause awaits Minnesota Electoral College members
MPR News political reporter Brian Bakst spoke with one elector, Betsy O'Berry, an accountant from Ramsey, about being an elector who will vote for Hillary Clinton on Monday. Here's what she had to say.