Next to the weather, Minnesota likes to talk about road construction. This year, we’ll have a lot to talk about.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

As a baby boomer, Vietnam still seems like only yesterday to me. Maybe that’s why I’m one of the few people in this newsroom of mostly younger people who still finds the images of a former Navy pilot standing at Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi, where he was shot down in the war, so stunning, Read more →
University of Minnesota researchers are on a bit of a roll. Last month, they got some international attention with research showing an inexpensive and common substance could halt the spread of the HIV virus in monkeys. Today neuroscientists at the U have tackled a more common problem : the itch. They report both the itch Read more →
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