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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for May 2017

This or That

Kids throw out first pitch at baseball game. Catcher is their deployed dad

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2017, 2:58 PM May 1, 2017
6

It happened last Wednesday evening at a Carolina Mudcats game.
Air Force Sgt. Lance Daigle returned from deployment in Kuwait. His children, Cameron, 11, and Karley, 13, were to throw out the first pitch, believing they’d won an online raffle.
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Science

SpaceX launches a rocket and it’s still cool

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2017, 9:13 AM May 1, 2017
12

Someday this will be generally ignored, as the space program was once it became routine. Today is not that day, however. Read more →

People doing good · Weather

After Texas tornadoes, strangers rescue a family

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2017, 8:17 AM May 1, 2017
1

When a pickup truck flipped over when tornadoes struck Texas on Saturday, there were plenty of reasons for strangers to think of themselves first.

But they didn’t. Read more →

Sports

Canadians show true patriot love when microphone malfunctions

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2017, 6:44 AM May 1, 2017
10

The online reaction to an otherwise sweet moment is quite the barometer for the divisions in America.

A typical response has been “would Americans do this?”

Maybe it was just a nice moment and leave it at that, America. Read more →

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