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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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Dress for success

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 4, 2009, 1:52 PM Nov 4, 2009
7

A Best Buy exec is tossed off a flight for wearing a track suit in first class.

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Five at 8 – 11/4/09: The volume of the conservative voice

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 4, 2009, 7:39 AM Nov 4, 2009
25

Should Glenn Beck be on NPR, one word to describe Obama, what’s right with us, how magicians teach scientists about autism, and why crabs trade sex for protection.

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Following the money

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 3, 2009, 12:19 PM Nov 3, 2009
4

The Web site that was supposed to help us track how stimulus money is being spent does a poor job of it.

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Five at 8 – 11/3/09: The power of Microsoft

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 3, 2009, 7:21 AM Nov 3, 2009
1

Windows 7’s economic stimulus, revisiting Iowa, the middle-finger oath, hummingbird sex, and the Loch Ness Monster’s biggest fan.

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FAA smackdown

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 2, 2009, 10:06 AM Nov 2, 2009

The letters sent to the pilots of Northwest Flight 188 doesn’t mince words.

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Five at 8 – 11/2/09: Cutting in

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 2, 2009, 7:22 AM Nov 2, 2009
7

Why terror suspects are cutting in the flu vaccine line, the Lutheran split, depression and diet, how far would you go to save a dog, and when is it time to give up pay and benefits?

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Five at 8 – 10/30/09: Do old people have value?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 30, 2009, 7:48 AM Oct 30, 2009
9

Has technology made seniors irrelevant, what was your favorite recession moment, living on a boat, spending free time with dead people, and should taxpayers pay for journalism?

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General: Fighter jets should’ve been airborne over Minneapolis

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2009, 12:25 PM Oct 29, 2009
15

The ‘mea culpas’ continue in the wake of the Northwest 188 incident.

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Five at 8 – 10/29/09: The news media’s dirty little secret

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2009, 7:38 AM Oct 29, 2009
9

The news media repackages when it should report, why do kids eat lead, the Sea of Plastic, how do we know the recession is over, and the math of the World Series.

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After 188

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2009, 4:17 PM Oct 28, 2009

Some systemic problems are coming to light as a result of the Northwest Airlines incident.

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Five at 8 – 10/28/09: Congressional comics

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2009, 7:42 AM Oct 28, 2009
2

Halloween costume ideas, the guy who can almost make you root for the Yankees, why can’t people get mental health services, should Social Security recipients get another $250, and the war on terror reconsidered.

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The Unemployed: Chris Johnson

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2009, 4:11 PM Oct 27, 2009
7

The White Bear Lake woman says human resources is neither humane, nor resourceful.

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Homeland Security chief avoids Flight 188 intercept question

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2009, 12:55 PM Oct 27, 2009
5

Janet Napolitano says she’ll wait until after the NTSB completes its investigation.

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Five at 8 – 10/27/09: Religion and football

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2009, 7:31 AM Oct 27, 2009
13

Why is religion so closely tied to a violent sport, why it’s not easy being green glass, Minnesota bears and the BBC, why are we in Afghanistan, and who’s lying in the Flight 188 saga?

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Flight 188: The explanation

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2009, 2:08 PM Oct 26, 2009
30

The pilots were on their personal laptops when they should’ve been flying the airplane, the NTSB said today.

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