Bob Collins“It’ll probably be gone in six months on crack cocaine,” Rice County deputy Tom McBroom tweeted after hearing that the woman who was with Philando Castile, the man shot to death by a St. Anthony police officer, received an $800,000 settlement. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for October 2018
Jeremy Scott and Lori Rogers had nothing but their dog under the Highway 10 overpass. They’d been left nearby by ‘fellow travelers’ and were trying to figure out a way to get out of the cold before winter sets in. Time is running out. Read more →
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Alberta got hammered by an early-season snowstorm. Calgary is paralyzed. For over 10 hours, people were huddled in vehicles stuck in ditches and on Highway 1, impassable because of the snow.
Professional trumpeter Jens Lindemann did what he could to pass the time . Read more →
John Nolley Jr. walked out of a courtroom in Texas today with his good name restored. Read more →
Not since the blue dress debate of 2015 has social media been so torn — and America been momentarily distracted from reality — by a question: is it a cougar or a dog? Read more →
Jackson McKie, 8, of Prince Edward Island, was having some surgery last week to replace a shunt as part of his treatment for hydrocephalus. So he had his stuffed animal along because you know how 8-year-olds are about having an operation, right?
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In Gilbert, Minn., so many birds are flying into windows that people are calling the cops. Read more →
CK Food & Fuel, at 48th and Nicollet is a frequent stop for Washburn High School students in Minneapolis, KARE 11 says. They’re pretty big fans of Martin Onuh, too.
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President Trump has made his wealth a big story for his entire life. It’s the very underpinning of his popularity. Now the New York Times has published a blockbuster story about how he got rich, and it seems to be lost in the usual noise that surrounds this president.
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Garrison Keillor will remain persona non grata in Vermont after a book festival where he was scheduled to appear pulled the plug on a fundraiser. Read more →
Talk is cheap and nowhere is it more inexpensive than La Crosse, Wis., where neighbors say they support veterans of the military. Read more →
It took longer than it should have for Dunkin’ Donuts to spring into action after what its employees did to a homeless man in upstate New York on Sunday night. Read more →
Duluth is learning what other cities have learned in recent years: it’s really hard to fire people who shouldn’t be cops. Even when cities fire the cops, an arbitrator usually reinstates them.
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