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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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FAA computer outage had little impact at MSP

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 19, 2009, 12:17 PM Nov 19, 2009
2

Reports of a crippled system were vastly overstated.

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Five at 8 – 11/18/09: ‘Down in front!’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 19, 2009, 7:38 AM Nov 19, 2009
3

Obstructed seats at Target field, poor people vs. the Vikings, the life of a soldier, school phobia, and toilets.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: The things we do to ourselves

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 5:34 PM Nov 18, 2009
4

A lot of the damage to our psyche in the wake of 9/11, we’ve done to ourselves.

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Breaking: Tour bus crash in Austin

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 4:36 PM Nov 18, 2009

Several people are reportedly dead in the crash of a tour bus on I-90 in Austin, Minnesota.

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Five at 8 – 11/18/09: America’s greatest math teacher

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 7:41 AM Nov 18, 2009
13

Football as intellectual stimulus, a job to ride out the recession, should drunk driving be a felony, goofy in Greenfield, and time’s running out for an intelligent discussion about mammograms.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: Homosexuality and abuse

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2009, 5:20 PM Nov 17, 2009
1

A coming study says there’s no relationship between homosexuality and abuse among Roman Catholic priests.

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Charitable fallout

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2009, 3:04 PM Nov 17, 2009
25

Area foundations underwriting a day of charity, will be sending some of their money to a controversial ministry.

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Five at 8 -11/17/09: Our good side

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2009, 7:55 AM Nov 17, 2009
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A last look at Earth, stereotypes from the trailer park, more on publicizing kids’ test scores, Obama’s job approval numbers, and parachuting without a parachute.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: On second thought…

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 16, 2009, 4:53 PM Nov 16, 2009

Everything you thought you knew is wrong.

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Five at 8 – 11/16/09: The limits — or not — of student privacy

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 16, 2009, 7:25 AM Nov 16, 2009
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In defense of public praise, ‘meep’, the IRV poll, when your dad ran Auschwitz, and everything you always wanted to know about building a wind farm in Minnesota.

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The Larson brothers

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 14, 2009, 10:44 AM Nov 14, 2009
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Perhaps the saddest story in these parts this week was the story of a 95-year-old man from northwestern Minnesota, who suffered from hypothermia after looking for his brother who had wandered off.

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The hardest news quiz you’ll ever take

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 13, 2009, 5:15 PM Nov 13, 2009
20

Did you pay attention to the news this week?

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: Anecdotal evidence

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 13, 2009, 4:46 PM Nov 13, 2009

Should the 9/11 mastermind be tried in civilian court, water on the moon, and the stories that make you shake your head.

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FAA on NWA Flight 188: ‘We could’ve done better’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 13, 2009, 9:45 AM Nov 13, 2009
4

Officials said air defense authorities should’ve been notified about the wayward flight almost an hour earlier than they were.

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Five at 8 – 11/13/09: A political convention mulligan

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 13, 2009, 7:30 AM Nov 13, 2009

Should the Twin Cities host another political convention, when protests collide in Rochester, the flu ‘sky’ really did fall, an inside look at a foreclosure auction, and why can’t the media get the Fort Hood story right?

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