Tag: commentary
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August 19, 2009 04:04 PM EDT --
MPR NewsQ is reporting a tornado touchdown north of downtown Minneapolis , and numerous warnings for other parts of the Twin Cities, including: Anoka, northeastern Hennepin County, and western Ramsey . . .
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August 05, 2009 04:25 PM EDT --
Thursday in the 10 o'clock hour of Midmorning, Kerri Miller talks to experts Sharon Meers (author of Getting to 50/50 ) and Judy Rosener (professor emerita at the UC Irvine School of Business and author . . .
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July 20, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
Gangs have been popular topics of conversation recently, especially since January and the release of Clint Eastwood's flick Gran Torino. In the film, Eastwood plays a man who stands up to the gang members . . .
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July 22, 2009 12:36 PM EDT --
We've all been guilty of distracted driving at one time or another, whether it be because we were talking on the phone, texting, looking at our directions to an unfamiliar place, playing around with the . . .
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August 04, 2009 01:06 PM EDT --
MPR's Melanie Sommer just reported that Sparky V, the fifth sea lion to play the role of Sparky at the Como Zoo, has died. He was 31, and the expected life-span for a sea lion is up to 25 years. Read . . .
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July 14, 2009 10:26 AM EDT --
Today MPR commentator chose to write about what he thinks should be the Minnesota motto, holding prime real estate on our license plates: "Stuff it and seethe."
He says that in a world where there are . . .
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August 18, 2009 12:01 PM EDT --
It's official: Brett Favre is the newest Minnesota Viking. This after the recent news that Favre had turned down the Vikes and Head Coach Brad Childress in favor of staying retired. After meeting . . .
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August 11, 2009 04:32 PM EDT --
By now we've all seen the news reports across various news media warning us about the threats of H1N1 flu (formerly known as "swine flu") this fall, the new controversial vaccines, and those suggested . . .
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August 18, 2009 10:24 AM EDT --
Lots of people have money worries these days, no matter how up the economic indicators are starting to look. What are your biggest financial concerns?
This morning on Midmorning, Kerri Miller talks . . .
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August 19, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
Flying at half-staff, wearing it as clothes (not looked well-upon by flag rule followers, but hey! meet rockstars), making desserts that look like it...there are lots of ways we can express ourselves . . .
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July 22, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
MPR's Madeleine Baran reported this morning on the St. Paul domestic partner ordinance that is to be adopted today . According to her story:
Under the ordinance, same-sex or opposite-sex couples could . . .
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July 24, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
MPR's Lorna Benson reported this morning on a conference to take place in Minneapolis next month at which researchers will share data ideas on the most effective ways to treat patients with Obsessive . . .
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August 05, 2009 10:19 AM EDT --
St. Paul native Joe Chisholm is part of the crew responsible for masterminding the filming of the new film The Cove , a documentary about the mass slaughter of dolphins in Japan, MPR's Euan Kerr reported . . .
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July 30, 2009 11:28 AM EDT --
Most everyone knows by now about the "Beer Summit" that is scheduled to happen at the White House a President Obama makes an effort to smooth over relations with Harvard Professor Henry Gates and Cambridge . . .
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July 31, 2009 10:20 AM EDT --
This morning in the 10 o'clock hour of Midmorning, Kerri talks couples and money with finance expert Ruth Hayden. Listen at 10 a.m. CDT and add your comments here.
The slug from the Midmorning page . . .
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August 17, 2009 10:32 AM EDT --
The St. Paul man suspected in the shooting deaths of 3 Wisconsin men after a party in Menomonie this weekend died in the hospital, MPR reports this morning on MPR NewsQ.
Between this new tragedy, . . .
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July 30, 2009 10:31 AM EDT --
The AP reported this morning that Twin Cities Metro Transit has been awarded $1.3 million to hire 5 police officers. Read the whole story at mprnewsq.org , and add your comments here.
According to . . .
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July 23, 2009 10:17 AM EDT --
This morning in the 10 o'clock hour of Midmorning, Kerri Miller talks to Richard Weindruch , gerontologist and researcher, who studies aging at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and leads the study . . .
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August 13, 2009 10:26 AM EDT --
Most of us read Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl in school, or at least on our own - it holds an important place in our literary canon. With the 65-year anniversary of the Franks' capture this . . .
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