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January 20, 2009 09:54 AM EST --
Obama steps into history as first black president
the buzz is alive.
During the Presidential Inauguration ceremony, we'll keep this as an open discussion for your resource or discussion links . . .
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November 02, 2007 11:20 AM EDT --
Well November's musical forecast seems very mix & match, smidge o'this, smatter of that. Sort of a doldrums of seasonal shift? Theories abound. So here's what I'm sorta listening . . .
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May 12, 2008 09:33 AM EDT --
Tick tock! From One week to adjournment, legislators push budget bills :
Pawlenty and legislative leaders met briefly Sunday, but did not agree on how to erase the state's $935 million projected . . .
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November 25, 2007 02:27 PM EST --
This is a chat transcript.
Actress & author Amy Sedaris joined us here Monday November 26 @ 11 a.m. CT / 12 noon ET for a live chat!
She’ll kick off this highly social season . . .
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December 03, 2007 03:31 PM EST --
Not all of can assemble the perfect wintry weather music but I expect some of you will be inspired by recent weather and will share suggestions here. November was a strange listening month, . . .
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January 11, 2008 09:52 AM EST --
Do we drink too much? Do we have a flawed attitude about drinking? Do we have personal responsibility when someone in a bar - our party - at our house drinks too much? Do we give our kids the tools to . . .
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January 12, 2009 11:40 AM EST --
Ah, a fresh year. So many of us are caught between past and present. I've got a bit of both in my recent playlists:
Introducing... The Beatles
Musicheads focus so much effort and ink on their . . .
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February 03, 2009 11:37 AM EST --
Would you support slot machines in your state if it meant serious revenue? From MPR News Slot machines, tax exemptions among state revenue suggestions :
DFL Representative Phyllis Kahn has introduced . . .
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May 26, 2009 04:17 PM EDT --
Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker is back with his second solo outing, "Further Complications," and the Musicheads contemplate whether or not it's funny, sexy, offensive, or all of the above on . . .
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June 02, 2009 12:13 PM EDT --
There's something delicious and vaguely decadent about reading in the warmer months, as if we're actually letting time spin away. This month's reads:
The family book lately is "Forever . . .
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March 03, 2008 12:48 PM EST --
To celebrate 150 years of statehood, Minnesota Public Radio wants to tell the story of the people who make up our state. It's a daunting task, and we'd like your help. Using the tools here at Gather.com, . . .
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November 14, 2007 10:26 AM EST --
From MPR's Midday 11/14/2007
How should the state help the bridge disaster victims?
It is estimated that some 180 people were on the 35W bridge when it collapsed. Thirteen of them . . .
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April 24, 2008 09:17 AM EDT --
This is a chat transcript.
Author Siri Hustvedt joined us for a chat after her appearance on MPR's Midmorning today April 24th. From the show description:
Siri Hustvedt talks about her . . .
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March 20, 2008 02:37 PM EDT --
MPR's Midmorning hosts a classic book club. This time we're sitting down with Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird .
This is a big book in the way it occupies our imagination and ranks . . .
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July 02, 2007 09:53 AM EDT --
As of last week I now have a cell phone. More accurately, we have one cell phone for the family. I hope we only use it to cut long distance costs but I've already observed some strange, addict-like . . .
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October 05, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
We met online at 11:00 am ET on Monday, October 8th for an interactive interview with Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor and Anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrerand author. We discussed his recently released . . .
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November 26, 2007 03:27 PM EST --
MPR's Midday: Brokaw struggles to sum up the '60s . From the program description:
Retired NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw dubbed the Americans who fought and won World War II the "Greatest . . .
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June 12, 2007 11:08 AM EDT --
We all need advice now and then. Sometimes it appears in the form of persuasion, other times it is just plain bossy. We even like to peep in on the advice other people seek*.
It made me think about what . . .
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June 14, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
Minnesota Public Radio's site tells me More than 9,000 motorists ticketed for not buckling up. From the article:
Officers issued at least 9,324 tickets to motorists for not wearing seat belts during . . .
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August 01, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
I drove to the scene – or more accurately, as close as I could get to the scene, which happened to be Bohemian Flats on the Minneapolis side of the River - to try to get photos for the MPR Web site . . .
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