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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2008

Friday follies

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2008, 9:57 AM Jun 6, 2008
5

During a recession, every day is Monday.

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The power of positive images

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 6, 2008, 9:49 AM Jun 6, 2008
3

Some people learn by seeing, some people learn by listening. Which one are you? The prescription drug companies are betting you’re the former.

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Weather

Blogging the weather

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2008, 4:39 PM Jun 5, 2008
9

Thursday’s storm didn’t live up to its 48-hour hype.

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The Winona bridge: Minnesota’s problem

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2008, 12:03 PM Jun 5, 2008
3

Why doesn’t Wisconsin have some responsibility for fixing a bridge that connects the two states? Because it doesn’t connect the two states.

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Another flag flap

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2008, 10:09 AM Jun 5, 2008
14

Three kids will miss graduation exercises because they waved a Confederate flag.

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Picture of the Hugo tornado

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2008, 9:39 AM Jun 5, 2008

A 12-year-old took a picture of the tornado that heavily damaged sections of Hugo.

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Clinton’s exit

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 7:18 PM Jun 4, 2008
15

Did the media sink Hillary Clinton’s campaign with sexist coverage? Or did she lose the nomination because she wasn’t the candidate of choice?

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Winona’s bridge closing causing serious problems

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 2:36 PM Jun 4, 2008

When other bridges over the Mississippi have been closed, an alternate has been close by. That’s not the case in Winona.

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The question that must be answered

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 10:57 AM Jun 4, 2008
66

Tim Pawlenty’s smackdown of Barack Obama as presidential timber casts the spotlight again on Tim Pawlenty’s credentials for a spot on a national ticket.

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The Line redux

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2008, 9:44 AM Jun 4, 2008
2

The audience has submitted their own pix and video while waiting in line for the Barack Obama rally.

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Live-blogging Obama

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 9:08 PM Jun 3, 2008
5

News Cut’s account of Barack Obama’s speech in St. Paul.

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Just get in line

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 7:49 PM Jun 3, 2008
32

Blogging the search for the end of the line to see Barack Obama.

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Bridges or Barack?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 7:47 PM Jun 3, 2008
5

MnDOT announces another bridge closing over the Mississippi River

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The Obama rally

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 5:14 PM Jun 3, 2008
1

If Marion Gaborik could’ve remembered how to score goals, tonight’s Obama rally might be held in Rockford, Illinois instead of St. Paul.

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Arts & Culture

Diddley dead

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2008, 9:00 AM Jun 3, 2008

He gave the music world a beat.

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