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Kerri Miller interviews author John Irving
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- Kerri Miller interviews author John Irving
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- 1:53:58
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Talking Volumes host Kerri Miller and author John Irving talked about his new book, Avenue of Mysteries, and the life of a writer on November 6, 2015 at the Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota.
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- A view of the camp set up outside the 4th Precinct
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A view of the camp Wednesday morning that Black Lives Matter protesters set up outside the 4th Precinct after the shooting of Jamar Clark by a Minneapolis police officer.
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- Conversations on the Creative Economy: Nancy Lyons
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- 57:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Innovation is critical for corporations and non-profits to survive, thrive and grow in the global economy. But what does that really mean? What does it take to nurture innovative thinking?
Join Marketplace Senior Economics Contributor Chris Farrell for Conversations on the Creative Economy; a breakfast-networking series featuring engaging discussions with entrepreneurs, founders and Chief Executive Officers on how they nurture and encourage creativity. Learn the tricks of the trade to help you nurture creativity and innovation in your organization, start-up, or entrepreneurial venture.
On Wednesday, November 18, Farrell will be joined by Nancy Lyons, CEO and President of Clockwork – a social media company adroit at connecting people and developing networks through interactive media and emerging information technologies.
Conversations on the Creative Economy are held at Minnesota Public Radio’s UBS Forum located at 480 Cedar Street, Saint Paul,...
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- A steam plume + spoken word = art
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- 0:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Listen to how the vapor plume rising from the District Energy St Paul power plant will become a brightly lit repository of poetry, information and eventually pictures..
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- Protesters decry police shooting death
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Demonstrators marched through north Minneapolis on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 after police shot Jamar Clark, a young black man. Clark's father, James Hill, said the shooting had left his son "brain dead."
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- Author John Irving on writing characters
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- 3:48
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- John Irving joined MPR News' Kerri Miller for Talking Volumes at the University of Minnesota. Irving broke on to the literary scene in the 1970s with "The World According to Garp." His newest novel, his fourteenth, is "Avenue of Mysteries."
In this excerpt, Irving discusses how he crafts empathetic characters.
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- Author John Irving on fear
- Runtime
- 3:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- John Irving joined MPR News' Kerri Miller for Talking Volumes at the University of Minnesota. Irving broke on to the literary scene in the 1970s with "The World According to Garp." His newest novel, his fourteenth, is "Avenue of Mysteries."
In this excerpt, Irving discusses the unknown origins of fear.
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- Adja Gildersleve talks about the relief of having the case dismissed
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- After a Hennepin County judge on Tuesday dismissed all remaining charges against 11 organizers of a Black Lives Matter protest at Mall of America last December, organizer Adja Gildersleve talked with photojournalist Angela Jimenez about the significance.
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- Mall of America unveils new expansion
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A new 5,000 square foot atrium is the highlight of the new $350 million expansion of the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. It is flanked by a new 342-room JW Marriot and a new office building.
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- Juvenile bald eagle on a rehab flight
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- 0:20
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Volunteers for the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center take a juvenile bald eagle out for flights to help it get ready to be released into the wild.
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- Taiko drumming combines musicality with athleticism
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Members of St Paul-based Mu Daiko practiced in their warehouse rehearsal space for an upcoming series of concerts at Concordia University.
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- Kerri Miller interviews "Welcome to Night Vale" authors Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
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- 1:31:29
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Kerri Miller of MPR News interviewed Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor — the creators of the hit podcast Welcome To Night Vale. Watch the lively evening's discussion.
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- Finding the right tone, and finding some invisible pie
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- 3:23
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, creators of the hit podcast, "Welcome To Night Vale," talked with Kerri Miller of MPR News about developing the tone of the book, and why it's worth eating at a mediocre restaurant to get invisible pie. Or invisible coffee.
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- The passionate podcast audience for "Welcome to Night Vale"
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, the creators of the hit podcast "Welcome To Night Vale," talked with Kerri Miller about the podcast's audience and their attachment to the series. The podcast has been described as Lake Wobegon meets "The X-Files."
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- Joseph Fink talks about the balance of work and art as a working artist
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Joseph Fink talks with MPR News' Kerri Miller about the balance of work and art as a working artist in creating "Welcome to NIghtvale."
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- Police cadets learn to take down suspects
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- 0:08
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Reporter Brandt Williams has been following the newest class of Minneapolis police cadets through their training. They graduated this week, and Williams talks about that process in a reporter's notebook today. Here, cadet Krystle Boland practiced a takedown move on cadet Jacob Skowronek at the Strategic Operations Center in north Minneapolis in April, 2015.
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- Sep 20, 2012: Unanswered questions about the St. Paul crime lab
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- MPR News' Madeleine Baran walks us through the lab and the questions that remain. This video was republished from Sep 20, 2012. Read the story here: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/09/20/law/video-st-paul-crime-lab
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- Watch woman rescued from fall by helicopter crew
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- After a woman was injured while hiking near Split Rock, the Minnesota Aviation Rescue Team flew in, picked her up and brought her to a waiting ambulance. Watch the rescue in two minutes.
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- Talking Volumes: Kerri Miller interviews Jonathan Franzen
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- 1:02:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Jonathan Franzen, who was hailed as the "Great American Novelist" by Time Magazine in 2009, joined MPR News' Kerri Miller on stage to kick off the 2015 Talking Volumes series on Sept. 15, 2015. Franzen's latest book, "Purity," debuted in early September to glowing reviews.
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- Jonathan Franzen reads a (NSFW) excerpt from "Purity"
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- 5:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Jonathan Franzen joined MPR News' Kerri Miller on stage to kick off the 2015 Talking Volumes series on Sept. 15, 2015. During the evening, he read a (NSFW) excerpt from "Purity."
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- Jonathan Franzen talks about rage -- road and other
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Jonathan Franzen, author of "Purity," joined MPR News' Kerri Miller on stage to kick off the 2015 Talking Volumes series on Sept. 15, 2015. During the evening, he talked about going to traffic school, and dealing with road rage.
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- Why #BLM St. Paul is disrupting the Twin Cities marathon
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Rashad Turner, an organizer with Black Lives Matter St. Paul, talks about why the group is planning to disrupt next weekend's Twin Cities Marathon.
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- Never a Muslim president? Minnesota boy, 12, tells Ben Carson he's wrong
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Listening to Ben Carson's comments on YouTube troubled Yusuf Dayur enough that he asked his mother to grab her smartphone and record him.
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- Behind the scenes at the old Fort Snelling buildings
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The Minnesota Historical Society is hoping to renovate two buildings next to the historic fort as a new visitor's center. MPR New's Tom Weber got a look at the buildings as they are now.
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- Battling the youth sports arms race
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- University of St. Thomas basketball coach and psychology professor John Tauer has a new book out, asking parents to take a thoughtful look at their own role in the youth sports arms race.
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- 'Our past experience should not get in the way'
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Abdisalam Adam, director and teacher at the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Minneapolis, spoke at a press conference and directly addressed Somali community concerns about working with the government. The press conference announced the experiment to make young people in their community more resilient to extremist ideology. It includes mentorships through Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities and a new so-called Opportunity Hub, which will provide young Somalis with job training.
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- The Minnesota State Fair in 60 seconds
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Can't get enough of the fair -- or can't make it this year? MPR News' Tim Post takes you through the sights and sounds of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, with 22 timelapse scenes in one minute.
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- Mini donuts in slow motion
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Watching the mini-donut machine at the Minnesota State Fair is strangely mesmerizing, as MPR reporter Tim Post found. Strangely mesmerizing. Strangely...
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- Get up close and personal with Minnesota's native fish
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ fish pond at the Minnesota State Fair gives the public a chance to see 45 Minnesota native fish species up close. The pond is located on the south side of the DNR building. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Post worked with the Minnesota DNR to record a really, really close view of the fish with a waterproof GoPro camera.
Music: "Hidden Agenda" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons.
Here are the nine fish you’ll spot in the video:
Lake Sturgeon
Muskellunge (muskie)
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
White sucker
Walleye
Smallmouth buffalo
Longnose gar
Flathead catfish
Fathead minnows
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- Chris Farrell on why you can relax as global markets panic
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- 3:03
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The week began with the stock market taking a steep plunge. Chris Farrell talks about how you can respond to the market and all the debate about what has caused the fall. Find more perspective on the market at: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/08/24/bcst-stock-market-plunge-explained
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- Davy Crockett camp has cannons, rubber band guns and frontier life
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- 5:44
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Davy Crockett -- frontiersman, soldier, self-promoter -- is the inspiration for a Minneapolis summer camp. Clad in coonskin caps, preteen participants at Historic Fort Snelling’s Davy Crockett Camp step into the life and times of the 19th-century American folk hero.
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- Art on a gigantic scale
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Artist Stan Herd is recreating Vincent van Gogh's "Olive Trees" on a site in Eagan, Minn., where this drone video provides a look at the evolving -- and growing -- artwork. The project is part of the Minneapolis Institute of Art's 100th birthday celebration. Video courtesy Thomson Reuters, which owns the site where the art is being created.
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- U.S. Bank Stadium construction update
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Minnesota Public Radio News reporter Tim Nelson gives an update on the construction of U.S. Bank Stadium after a media tour of the future home of the Vikings.
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- Carver County storm damage aerials
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Storms overnight in Carver County took down trees and buildings, and knocked out power to large areas, but no one was injured. Video courtesy our partners at KARE 11 News.
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- A quick sample of the drum corps competition
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The Drum Corps International Tour arrived in Minnesota on Saturday at TCF Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. Twenty drum corps teams from around the U.S., including three from Minnesota, featured elite brass musicians, percussionists and color guard performers. Judy Griesedieck caught some of the action. See more photos here: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/07/12/photos-drum-corps-bring-the-show
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- Talking with Archbishop Hebda about issues facing the church
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- 10:41
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- MPR News reporter Madeleine Baran sat down for a 10-minute interview with Archbishop Bernard Hebda, apostolic administrator for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, to talk about issues facing the church after the allegations of sexual abuse by priests.
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- SubText Books opens in downtown St. Paul
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The independent bookstore is the first in downtown St. Paul in more than 20 years.
The full story: http://ow.ly/OPZwA
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- Time lapse: Summer aurora borealis lights up Duluth
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Geomagnetic storms are triggering big displays of the Northern Lights. Photographer Derek Montgomery got a look at the display over Duluth Monday night into Tuesday, June 22-23, 2015.
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- Choo Choo Bob explains 'More Trouble for Southwest Light Rail'
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- 4:05
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- For a while, things were looking up for Southwest Light Rail. Minneapolis had grudgingly accepted plans to send trains through a tunnel and over a bridge as they passed between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles. But now planners are scrambling to salvage the project after discovering they drastically underestimated its price tag. To help explain the complicated conundrum facing the most expensive transit project in Minnesota history, MPR News has turned once again to our friends at the Choo Choo Bob Show.
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- Statement on the resignation of Archbishop John Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee Piche
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- 3:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Twin Cities Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Cozzens read a statement about the resignation of Archbishop John Nienstedt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee Piche during a news conference in St. Paul, Minn.
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- Mohamed Omar says most was "a big misunderstanding"
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Mohamed Ali Omar, who was convicted of threatening FBI agents and an interpreter who came to his house went home Tuesday, saying he is looking forward to new trial.
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- The last days of the Upper St. Anthony Falls lock
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- After more than 50 years of operation, the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam is closing to all navigation. The spread of invasive carp is forcing the closure, but the site will be maintained and used for flood control when needed. Those that work on the river remember the past and look to a future without the lock.
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- Where carnies go on their last ride
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Every year on Memorial Day, a crowd gathers at the Showman's Rest memorial to honor those circus performers, race car drivers, wrestlers and amusement ride operators who have passed away. Tucked inside Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Showmen's Rest was established in 1960 as a final resting place for those who made their career in the amusement industry.
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- Vanska talks to Cuban conducting students
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Osmo Vanska spoke to conducting students at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba, on his philosophy of conducting.
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- Minneapolis: Domestic fight over child custody
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- MPR News and KARE-11 requested police body camera video recorded on the evening of March 14 from the Minneapolis Police Department. The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would restrict access to most body camera videos, arguing that releasing them to the public would invade the privacy of innocent citizens. Transparency advocates argue the bill undermines the very purpose of the cameras – increasing public oversight of the police. Note: This video has been edited to protect the privacy of the parents arguing in the video, and for length and intelligibility.
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- Burnsville: Missing woman with Alzheimer's Disease
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- MPR News and KARE-11 requested police body camera video recorded on the evening of March 14 from the Burnsville Police Department. The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would restrict access to most body camera videos, arguing that releasing them to the public would invade the privacy of innocent citizens. Transparency advocates argue the bill undermines the very purpose of the cameras – increasing public oversight of the police. Note: This video has been edited to protect the privacy of the family in the video, and for length and intelligibility.
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- Duluth: A woman in distress at group home
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MPR News and KARE-11 requested police body camera video recorded on the evening of March 14 from the Duluth Police Department. The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would restrict access to most body camera videos, arguing that releasing them to the public would invade the privacy of innocent citizens. Transparency advocates argue the bill undermines the very purpose of the cameras – increasing public oversight of the police. Note: This video has been edited to protect the privacy of the woman in the video.
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- Arrest that led to suspension of Mpls. police officer
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A Minneapolis police officer has been suspended with pay after this video of a traffic stop appeared on social media. In it, the officer can be heard threatening to break a suspect's legs. NOTE: This video contains language that may offend some. It has been edited so that it is always oriented up.
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- El Grito: Starting Cinco De Mayo with a scream
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- At the 2015 Cinco De Mayo festival on St. Paul’s West Side, many celebrated their history with a long, loud scream. “El Grito” is common in Mexican culture. It’s both an exclamation of victory and a reminder of the challenges of battle. On this day, El Grito took the form of a contest, with the best competitors expressing feelings of passion and pride in their calls.
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- How to make a gimlet inspired by spring flavors
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Erik Eastman, from the bitters kit makers Easy & Oskey, shows us how to make a gimlet using bright, spring flavors. He uses mint and pink peppercorns to flavor his simple syrup. He suggests, if you want to show off for your friends, whisking powdered egg whites into the lime juice to add a pleasant frothiness to the gimlet.
