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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Uncategorized

Five at 8 – 7/13/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 13, 2009, 7:50 AM Jul 13, 2009

The moon’s reluctant hero, a house of hay, can video gaming slow our brain’s decline, what do you do when you feel helpless, and can Joe Mauer survive the Home Run Derby?

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The week that was

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2009, 2:39 PM Jul 10, 2009
11

Do you think you know the news? Then the News Cut weekly quiz should be easy.

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Five at 8 – 7/10/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2009, 7:57 AM Jul 10, 2009
14

Duck and cover, timewasting with online calculators, new technology reveals the Twins need a secondbaseman, Family Dependency Court’s first grad, and why do Scandinavians write great crime novels?

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Five at 8 – 7/9/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2009, 7:40 AM Jul 9, 2009
7

Defending the Defense of Marriage Act, the biggest ethical question we face, the hatred among us, blogging Iran, and environmental myths.

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Logic missing from Twin Cities airport signs

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2009, 4:53 PM Jul 8, 2009
39

Critics of improved signs at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport must never have needed directions.

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Five at 8 – 7/8/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 8, 2009, 7:51 AM Jul 8, 2009
2

Terrorists with a paint brush, ethnic clashes in China, a cancer patient decides to live through his art, is marijuana the answer to state economic woes, and camping horror stories.

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The shrinking hub

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2009, 4:01 PM Jul 7, 2009
2

Minneapolis remains a Delta-Northwest hub, but one hub that officials said would stay open is shrinking fast.

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Five at 8 – 7/7/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2009, 7:25 AM Jul 7, 2009

The editorial battles, skateboarding to glory, hard times stories from hard times past, Prairie Home Companion in Avon, and researchers find it’s easy to guess your Social Security number.

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The bridge reconsidered

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2009, 5:32 PM Jul 6, 2009
2

Now that the I-35W bridge has been open for almost a year, do we love it yet?

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Mailbag: Flag follow-up

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2009, 11:13 AM Jul 6, 2009

Scenes from a flag desecration.

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Five at 8 – 7/6/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2009, 7:31 AM Jul 6, 2009
4

The moon hoax theories, what’s up with Minnesota politics, why has the number of homeless female vets doubled, payday at the ATM, and the joy and pain of running the family funeral home business.

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We the purple…

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2009, 2:28 PM Jul 3, 2009
1

The annual posting of the official News Cut July 4th observation.

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Flag daze

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2009, 7:27 AM Jul 3, 2009
1

Perhaps the best way to respect the American flag and what it represents is to recognize when we’re not.

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Lost in translation

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2009, 3:32 PM Jul 2, 2009
4

Does Michael Jackson translate well to the church organ? You decide.

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Five at 8 – 7/2/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2009, 7:15 AM Jul 2, 2009
1

The blowdown, why you probably won’t survive a heart attack in a hospital, where student debt is a worse problem than cocaine possession, the ‘superpod’ of dolphins, and how to photograph fireworks.

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