| Good afternoon! Is this the year you finally write that novel you've always wanted to compose? Getting started can be daunting, but prompt-based writing can shake you out of a funk and help you battle the mocking abyss of the endless white page. | The Thread | Forecast |
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| President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. |
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| A group of seven friends and spouses took matters into their own hands when a bar they'd met at for decades closed last June. |
| Dec. 29 marks the anniversary of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre where dozens of Native American men, women and children were killed by the U.S. Army. | Reading list |
| In March 1964, a few months after President Kennedy's assassination, Arthur Schlesinger recorded many hours of interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy. On the 50th anniversary of JFK's presidency, the tapes were released in a book and CD collection, with daughter Caroline Kennedy writing the forward, sharing her favorite moments in a 2011 speech. | MPR News Presents |
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| After receiving a great deal of hate last season, former Vikings kicker Blair Walsh found support in the oddest of places - the first-grade class of Northpoint Elementary in Blaine, a Minneapolis suburb. | Memorable stories of 2016 |
| A suburban Twin Cities woman has bystanders to thank for coming to her rescue when she had a seizure behind the wheel of her car. |
| Authorities say the couple refused to follow flight crew instructions and became disruptive, forcing to the pilot to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. | NewsCut |
