Bob Collins
Nicolas Foubert spent almost two years traveling the world. But he didn’t want to miss his sister’s birthday. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for March 2014
A Mankato City Council members has started a petition calling for a presidential pardon for the 38 Dakota men who were hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Read more →
Why, yes, thank you, we did have a great time last week overdosing on spring training baseball, squeezing in about five games in four days. We went in search of “old fashion” spring training, which was a lot like town ball in its informality and ability of fans to get close to the game and Read more →
Nate Minor
Some one get that bear a glove! Actually, it doesn’t appear that he needs it. Read more →
The Internet killed the CD, brought back vinyl and led to huge layoffs in the music industry. But here’s one profession it’s created. Read more →
Paul Tosto
It’s easy to be angry reading through today’s U.S. Justice Department’s takedown of Toyota detailing the car company’s reprehensible behavior. It hard to where to start. Read more →
The San Jose Sharks made a young fan very, very happy last night — and they didn’t even win their game against the Florida Panthers. Read more →
It’s with interest that I’m watching a series of videos one of the hikers, Onamia, Minn.-native Shane Bauer, is posting on The Daily Dish this week. Read more →
I’m not writing NewsCut today, or for the rest of this week, as I am on assignment investigating the starting pitching of the Cleveland Indians. Back on Monday.
The Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA today became the first team in Minnesota to wipe its name of its jerseys and sell the space to an advertiser, in this case the Mayo Clinic. Read more →
Researchers today announced they’ve discovered the gravitational waves that traveled through space/time shortly after the Big Bang. It’s the first direct evidence of the rapid expansion at the beginning of the universe. Read more →
A handful of cases from federal and state judges has sought recently to clarify a long-standing argument: When you drive a car, is it constitutional that you automatically submit to chemical testing for DUI when an officer asks you too? Read more →
Why are quad copters going to change the way news is covered? Because you can simply get better views from an unmanned tiny vehicle. Read more →
A touching moment in Austin where a young woman is hospitalized because of the drunk driver who crashed into concert goers, killing two of them last week at South by Southwest. Read more →
No matter what happens next, Jerold Young isn’t going to have a lot of money to live out his remaining years, but his Rochester, Minnesota friends are certainly looking out for the World War II vet who’s had some tough times.
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