Bob CollinsThere is snow and there is snow. The light, fluffy stuff on February has given way to the heart-attack snow of March. The situation on your roof has changed. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for March 2019
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
The world of medicine is still trying to figure out how to incorporate the wonders of technology with the need and importance of human interaction and comfort.
It’s still got a way to go, if the story of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fremont, Calif., is any indication. Read more →
Alex Jacquot, 10, has spunk. Alan Joyce, the head of Quantas Airlines, likes spunk. Read more →
NPR’s Scott Simon is coming to recognize what we all eventually do: people on the internet have no idea how to discuss anything in a civil manner. Read more →
Serious question: Are you really the state of hockey, Minnesota? Can you be with an empty arena for your signature college hockey team? Read more →
Even the University of Minnesota Student Association can’t escape controversy.
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Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
This year’s weather is a crime. Read more →
Adnan Syed, convicted in 2000 of killing his former girlfriend, high school senior Hae Min Lee, in a Best Buy parking lot in 1999, is not going to get a new trial, Maryland’s highest court ruled on Friday. Perhaps you recognize the name; this is the case that practically made podcasting a ‘thing.’ His story, and allegations of ineffective counsel by a lawyer who’s dead, failure to interview an alibi witness, questionable witness testimony, and withheld evidence, was told by the podcast ‘Serial.’ Read more →
The Atlantic League will test out several ideas this season and it’s clear that if they work, Major League Baseball will try to convince its unions to adopt them for the big-league game. The most striking addition? Robot umpires. Sort of. Read more →
Two Hudson Ambassadors have been removed from their role representing the Wisconsin city and nobody seems to know why except the organization that sponsors the royalty program. And it’s not talking. Read more →
A quick glance at the calendar confirms that it’s 2019, so it’s important to ask what on earth goes through a person’s mind when referring to lynching during a hockey game broadcast? Read more →
Last year, a Minnesota judge ruled the 1971 marriage valid, and a few weeks ago, the Social Security Administration sent them the letter agreeing. Read more →
Throw a black robe on a person and we’ve been conditioned to elevate our opinion of him/her. But recently we’ve seen proof that the unfit and potentially corrupt get jobs as judges, too.
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