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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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What’s next in Iran?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2009, 6:22 PM Jun 20, 2009

What happened on Saturday, an Iran scholar says, goes beyond a dispute between factions.

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The Quiz is back!

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2009, 3:25 PM Jun 19, 2009
24

How much attention did you pay to this week’s news?

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Minnesota’s airports

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2009, 10:29 AM Jun 19, 2009
1

A good use of YouTube by a Minnesota agency. The Metropolitan Airports Commission has produced a series of videos about each of the six “reliever” airports in the Twin Cities. Here’s the feature on Crystal, for example.

Five at 8 – 6/19/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2009, 7:37 AM Jun 19, 2009
2

Somali bombings, losing Uncle Walter, the unfunny comedian, the funny comedian, and why rats gamble.

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Iran protests

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2009, 12:09 PM Jun 18, 2009

Coverage of a giant protest rally in Tehran today.

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Dead pilot in the cockpit

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2009, 10:45 AM Jun 18, 2009

The story of a dead airline pilot isn’t the big deal — safetywise — that people are making it out to be.

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Five at 8 – 6/18/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2009, 7:47 AM Jun 18, 2009
5

The joy of watching Midwest weather, killing house flies, another day in Iran, who would use solipsistic in a sentence, and can you cure Alzheimer’s by drilling a hole in your head.

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Scenes from a revolution

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2009, 2:15 PM Jun 17, 2009

Some images are getting out of Tehran, despite the ban on foreign journalists being allowed to cover demonstrations.

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Follow-up: Single-payer health care

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2009, 1:18 PM Jun 17, 2009
9

Another installment in the quest to find out exactly how much waste is in the U.S. health care system.

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Crowd-sourcing: Photoshopping Iran

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2009, 10:37 AM Jun 17, 2009
2

New ways to spread information can also be new ways to spread misinformation.

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Five at 8 – 6/17/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 17, 2009, 7:40 AM Jun 17, 2009
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Tweeting Iran, monitoring your e-mail, when you get a wrong number, Pawlenty’s unallotments, and the worst ideas ever.

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Iranian protesters using new media to fight back

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2009, 1:52 PM Jun 16, 2009

Twitter users are helping to crash pro-Iranian Web sites.

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Five at 8 – 6/16/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2009, 7:33 AM Jun 16, 2009
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Weak airplane parts, a state-by-state firearms revolt, fibbing about terrorism, taking a slide rule to Iran’s election results, and noise from the Minneapolis St. Paul airport.

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One guy and a crowd

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 15, 2009, 12:31 PM Jun 15, 2009
7

The images arriving out of Tehran this afternoon are stunning.

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Five at 8 – 6/15/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 15, 2009, 7:33 AM Jun 15, 2009

The truth about Roswell, exploring gay Iowa, let’s hear it for the boys, whatever happened to Daniel Hauser and more obsessing over the plight of graduating seniors.

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