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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2008

Find the falling satellite

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2008, 4:49 PM Feb 17, 2008
5

The satellite that’s falling out of orbit passes directly over the Twin Cities on Tuesday.

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The lost city of Lake Mille Lacs

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2008, 9:28 AM Feb 17, 2008
3

In less than two weeks, cities on the lakes will disappear for another year.

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Report: NWA Minnesota headquarters to be ‘operations center’

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2008, 9:30 PM Feb 15, 2008

According to sources, a framework for the merger has been given conditional approval by pilots.

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The VanderWerts’ new home

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2008, 6:10 PM Feb 15, 2008
4

Volunteers finish what a Minnesota National Guard soldier started for his family.

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A cure for economic bad news

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2008, 8:10 AM Feb 15, 2008

Make it harder to find.

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In their own words: The flood

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2008, 4:14 PM Feb 14, 2008
1

One family’s struggle to recover in Rushford.

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Radio’s passing fancy

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2008, 4:11 PM Feb 14, 2008
5

When radio legends die, a large chunk of our culture goes with them.

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Here comes US 193!

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2008, 2:24 PM Feb 14, 2008
15

The U.S. wants to shoot down a falling satellite. What are the odds it’ll hit you?

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What does it mean to be ‘business friendly’?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2008, 11:06 AM Feb 14, 2008
12

There’s no indication that Minnesota’s largest employers are suffering.

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When women have authority over boys

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2008, 8:17 AM Feb 14, 2008
1

It shouldn’t happen, at least in a basketball game, one school says.

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New media ethics

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2008, 7:56 AM Feb 14, 2008
1

Here’s your invitation to a discussion on the new journalism.

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Housekeeping item: The archives

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2008, 1:00 AM Feb 14, 2008

Because News Cut is updating with new information so often, posts scroll off the bottom of the main page pretty quickly and some of you have commented that the search function where you have to remember what day it was (that calendar over there on the right) isn’t very good. I agree, but there is Read more →

Pregnant and fired

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 13, 2008, 3:00 PM Feb 13, 2008
24

A parochial school cans a teacher who is unmarried and pregnant.

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The duck stays

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 13, 2008, 2:36 PM Feb 13, 2008
2

An Ulen woman gets to keep a duck in defiance of a city ordinance.

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What do you want your obituary to say?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 13, 2008, 2:35 PM Feb 13, 2008

Do you want it to be a truthful account of who you were? Or do you want it to gloss over your warts and tuck a little here and there? Perhaps you’ve sat at a funeral and heard the eulogy and thought, “wow, why can’t I be as good?” The eulogy is a memorial. The Read more →

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