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Keillor tells AP first that he was fired over allegations of improper behavior

By ​Jeff Baenen

Jeff Baenen, newsman, Minneapolis, who got out the first word of the dismissal of folksy humorist and radio man Garrison Keillor from Minnesota Public Radio. Keillor, the creator of “A Prairie Home Companion,” emailed Baenen with the news, “I’ve been fired.” http://bit.ly/2nHRZoJ

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By The Associated Press

DEC. 8, 2017

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