Bob Collins
A performer for Cirque Cirque du Soleil threw out the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
There’s another countdown going on in Minnesota besides the one for the state shutdown. Bill Kling’s last day as the only president Minnesota Public Radio ever had expires at the same moment the state descends into planned chaos. Pure coincidence, perhaps.
There was a close call aboard the International Space Station today when a piece of space junk came within 800 feet of the ISS. The astronauts were told to scramble into the Soyuz capsule and prepare to return to earth if the junk hit and crippled the space station.
Reporter apologizes for smoking
You’ve probably heard that we’re going to have a state shutdown, the economy stinks, little kids are turning their drunk mothers in, and the rivers are flooding homes all over the Upper Midwest. Uplifting stuff.
The serial killer’s spirit?
It’s not often anymore than a meteorologist can last at one station for 30 years. Mike Fairbourne might be the last of them in the Twin Cities. Fairbourne is retiring from WCCO this week.
Festival diversity, the energy pig near your TV, a preference for boys over girls, Joe Mauer’s descent, and a midsummer night in Poland.
The I-35W bridge in Minneapolis may be the most photographed structure in Minnesota this weekend.