MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
August 14, 1992 - Minnesota author Jim Dwyer talks about amateur prospecting and his book, "Lake Superior Gold: An Amateur's Guide to Prospecting in the Lake Superior Region." Dwyer details the various tools and strategies in prospecting along the North Shore and surrounding area.
August 14, 1992 - MPR’s Kate Smith reads A View from the Air: Charles Lindbergh's Earth and Sky by daughter Reeve Lindbergh.
August 14, 1992 - Robert Boughton, Randall Smith, Bill Davis, Jim Niland, Tony Miranda While a sergeant, Mike Sauro led the 1989 mistaken raid on the home of an elderly couple who were killed in a fire set off by the officers' use of a "flash bang" grenade - an incident that reinforced distrust of the police in the black community and led to the creation of the Civilian Police Review Authority (CRA).
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August 15, 1992 - Local commentator and writer Lawrence Sutin shares the travails of being on the “vacation” road with children.
August 15, 1992 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Anne Soukhanov, editor of American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Soukhanov details what words made it in…and what didn’t.
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August 17, 1992 - American writer Carol Weston shares items from revised version of her book, Girltalk. Topics include drugs, suicide, and sexually transmitted diseases.
August 17, 1992 - Local sports commentator Howard Sinker details the poor play of the reigning championship Minnesota Twins as the 1992 regular season hits the final weeks of play.