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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: Presidential campaign tension

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2009, 4:27 PM Nov 12, 2009

More flu-related deaths in the state, who held Palin hostage, the tragedy of the 90-year-old brothers, and why old veterans are cool.

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Five at 8 – 11/12/09: The mysteries of Anoka County

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2009, 7:31 AM Nov 12, 2009

Tales from the coroner, high-tech holy water, powerline blues, peeping on the neighbors, and what popular culture can teach us about math.

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Five at 8 – 11/11/09: Embracing winter

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 11, 2009, 7:09 AM Nov 11, 2009
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Minnesota’s oldest hunter, answer the question and win a grenade, Simon’s secret, the decade (so far) in 7 minutes, and from TV to Twitter.

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Five at 8 – 11/10/09: Stinkin’ drunk

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 10, 2009, 7:38 AM Nov 10, 2009
8

When booze rules, hunting ethics, why are kids so fat, ripping the home buyer’s tax credit, and what’s wrong with Tweeting from a courtroom?

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Books: The final chapter?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2009, 12:10 PM Nov 9, 2009
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If the book business is dying, how come it seems like everyone is writing one?

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Five at 8 – 11/9/09: Hacking up the Internet

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2009, 7:00 AM Nov 9, 2009

Putting the Internet back in the bottle, the perils of political promises, the joy of the surprise visit from your soldier-child, the clash of the pierced-nose culture, and Taylor Swift’s monologue song.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: The clues

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 6, 2009, 5:57 PM Nov 6, 2009
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Clues always look obvious after the fact. The daily conversation with Bob Collins and Mary Lucia.

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What is the TSA thinking?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 6, 2009, 3:01 PM Nov 6, 2009
2

A government report questions the procedures we have to go through at the airport.

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Five at 8 – 11/6/09: Why are we so murderous?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 6, 2009, 7:23 AM Nov 6, 2009
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The freedom to kill each other, the military and its goats, what babies learn in the womb, the house always wins in the credit card business, and how does Jello work?

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: What we know and what we think

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 5, 2009, 5:00 PM Nov 5, 2009
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When you heard the initial reports of the Fort Hood shootings, what scenario did you envision?

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Was Flight 188 out of radio contact for three hours? Probably not.

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 5, 2009, 12:11 PM Nov 5, 2009
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A Fox News report

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Hip-hop Hamilton

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 5, 2009, 11:10 AM Nov 5, 2009
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Lin-Manuel Miranda performs ‘The Hamilton Mixtape’ at the White House.

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Five at 8 – 11/5/09: No time for Blom

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 5, 2009, 7:28 AM Nov 5, 2009
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Should others dictate what you see on the news, newsroom fights, glasses that translate foreign languages, the bunny soldier, and what do orchestra conductors do with all that waving?

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: Clunkers, cats, and credit

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 4, 2009, 5:05 PM Nov 4, 2009
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Bob’s daily conversation about the news with The Current’s Mary Lucia.

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Kathryn Koob then and now

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 4, 2009, 4:07 PM Nov 4, 2009
2

An interview with the former American hostage in Iran on the 30th anniversary of their capture.

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