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MPR News Update

MPR News Update, PM Edition for April, 10, 2017

Good afternoon. Video of police officers dragging a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight sparked an uproar Monday on social media, and a spokesman for the airline insisted that employees had no choice but to contact authorities to remove the man. | NewsCut | Forecast

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MPR News Update, PM Edition for April 7, 2017

Good afternoon! Heads-up metro travelers! Metro Transit will be running buses in place of trains from Friday evening until early Monday morning on stretches of Twin Cities light rail lines so it can complete scheduled maintenance. | Forecast

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MPR News Update for April 7

Good morning! Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s north to mid-60s south. So here's a question: Do you have enough poetry in your life? In honor of National Poetry Month, The Thread is celebrating Poetry Fridays. Each Friday in April, The Thread will publish a selection of poetry from local independent publishing houses Graywolf Press, Milkweed Editions and Coffee House Press. Today's selections come from Dana Gioia, William Brewer and Dawn Lundy Martin. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog

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MPR News Update, PM Edition for April 6, 2017

Good afternoon! A longtime cliche of movies, dog biting of mail carriers -- or at least dog chasing -- is no laughing matter for the post office. Dog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the highest in three decades, as internet shopping booms. Medical expenses and workers' compensation cost the Postal Service millions of dollars each year. | Forecast

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MPR News Update for March 5

Good morning! Partly sunny with a slight chance of rain in the late morning and afternoon across western Minnesota. Highs in the mid-40s to mid-50s. You'll probably be seeing this a lot in your social media feeds today: Model and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner's turn as a Pepsi-wielding protester has some on social media decrying the imagery as appropriation of the Black Lives Matter movement. "The ad appropriates and trivializes social justice demonstrations for the purpose of selling soda pop," writes NewsCut blogger Bob Collins. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog

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MPR News Update, PM Edition for April 5, 2017

Good afternoon! University of Utah researchers saw something truly wild recently. Cameras set up by the researchers caught a badger on a five-day-long digging spree, painstakingly excavating the ground under a cow and ultimately completely burying the animal about four times its weight. | Forecast

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MPR News Update, PM Edition for April 4, 2017

Good afternoon! Thirty years ago this October, the hottest accessory in Minnesota was a white hanky. The brainchild of the Star Tribune's Terrie Robbins, the Homer Hankies were snatched up by enthusiastic Twins fans and waved frenetically during the playoffs and World Series. | Photos from opening day | Forecast

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MPR News Update, PM Edition for April 3, 2017

Good afternoon! It's opening day at Target Field! And while it's still uncertain if the Minnesota Twins will be able to bounce back from an abysmal 2016 season, it's still baseball, the grass is still green, and it's a game in which you don't forget people from your past. | Here's what Tom Kelly's Target Field statue will look like | NewsCut | Forecast

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MPR News Update for April 3

Good morning! Cloudy, with rain likely southeast this afternoon. Highs in the 50s. So what do you do with a pile of trash that the city won't clean up, so you do it yourself? You deliver it to City Hall, of course. That's what these St. Paul residents did on Sunday. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog

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MPR News Update, PM Edition for March 31, 2017

Good afternoon! Skywatchers have been treated to spectacular aurora displays across Minnesota as a geomagnetic storm plays in Earth's magnetic field. Have you caught a glimpse yet? | Forecast

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