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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2008

A weekend in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 13, 2008, 8:14 AM Jun 13, 2008
12

Contribute one picture documenting your weekend in Minnesota.

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Housing waiting list: Fail!

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 13, 2008, 8:00 AM Jun 13, 2008
1

Officials used an online system to take applications for the waiting list for Section 8 housing in Minneapolis. It crashed.

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Flying fares

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 9:07 PM Jun 12, 2008
4

How much will you be paying for an airline flight by the end of the year?

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Crime and Justice

Obscenity trial halted over judge’s porn

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 4:58 PM Jun 12, 2008
3

Maybe the take-away here is if a person has been on The Dating Game, he ought not be a judge.

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Weather

Flood images

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 2:50 PM Jun 12, 2008
2

Up to now, images from the flooding in SE Minnesota have been hard to come by.

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Section 8 crunch

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 1:47 PM Jun 12, 2008

Minneapolis’ computer system struggles to keep up with the demand for housing.

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Winona bridge to reopen, but not to bikes or pedestrians

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 1:01 PM Jun 12, 2008
3

Sidewalks across the bridge will be closed during repairs to gusset plates.

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Political courage?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 12:24 PM Jun 12, 2008
4

The U.S. secretary of transportation lauds Minnesota’s ‘political courage’ on the transportation bill vetoed by Gov. Pawlenty.

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Politics and the homeless

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 11:06 AM Jun 12, 2008
3

Lots of people just assumed the homeless would be swept off the streets before the Republicans arrived in St. Paul this summer. Surprise.

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The power of the pulpit

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 12, 2008, 7:21 AM Jun 12, 2008
22

Should pastors be allowed to preach politics?

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Weather

Blogging the weather

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2008, 9:33 PM Jun 11, 2008
2

The region is running out of places to put the water.

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On taxes

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2008, 3:00 PM Jun 11, 2008
17

A profile in a Dallas newspaper about an intern at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, provides a springboard for discussing the role of taxes in higher education.

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Too many people; too few apartments

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2008, 2:02 PM Jun 11, 2008
10

For a low-income person in the Twin Cities, it can take up to 12 years to get federal rental assistance.

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Flying cows?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2008, 11:48 AM Jun 11, 2008
1

High winds in North Dakota reportedly sent the heifers flying. But nobody’s got pictures.

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The ethics of genetic testing/screening

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2008, 10:46 AM Jun 11, 2008
3

If there were a test to reveal your chances for developing a fatal disease, would you take it?

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