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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for September 2008

Bungee investing

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2008, 6:23 PM Sep 30, 2008
3

Big one-day swings in the stock market, are usually followed by big swings in the other direction.

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Is student debt a coming economic crisis?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2008, 2:59 PM Sep 30, 2008
2

The credit crunch, higher tuition, and poor job prospects are conspiring against college seniors.

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The gas tax

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2008, 1:23 PM Sep 30, 2008
4

Gasoline prices have jumped so much, that the cost of the the gas tax seems like small potatoes.

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What to expect from economic apocalypse

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2008, 11:21 AM Sep 30, 2008
22

How would life be different if we all paid in cash?

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It’s Election Day, sort of

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2008, 8:46 AM Sep 30, 2008

In Ohio. they’re already voting in the November election.

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The bailout bill

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2008, 10:24 PM Sep 29, 2008
3

What do volunteer firefighters and Peace Corps volunteers have to do with the $700 billion bailout bill?

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Web sites crash for most reps who voted ‘no’

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2008, 3:57 PM Sep 29, 2008
12

The Web sites for Minnesota representatives who voted ‘no’ on the bailout bill aren’t working. The ones for those who voted ‘yes’ are.

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Bailout goes belly up

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2008, 3:22 PM Sep 29, 2008
4

Somewhere it’s still ‘the way it used to be.’

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Should pastors be allowed to preach politics?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2008, 12:22 PM Sep 29, 2008
22

A Warroad pastor challenges the IRS by preaching and endorsing a presidential candidate.

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Johnson for Coleman?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2008, 11:49 AM Sep 29, 2008
3

What’s behind a former powerful DFLer endorsing a Republican?

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Policy, the presidential debate, and the bailout

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2008, 5:00 AM Sep 29, 2008
49

You’ve had a few days to think about it, and this morning I’ll be live-blogging Kerri Miller’s first hour of Midmorning.

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The tipping point

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2008, 6:34 PM Sep 28, 2008
3

A video suggests we’re closer to the ‘tipping point’ of climate change than previously thought.

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Live-blogging the first debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 26, 2008, 6:40 PM Sep 26, 2008
34

Tell us how you think both candidates did in Friday’s debate.

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A quiz for the elite

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 26, 2008, 6:10 PM Sep 26, 2008
4

Bloggers are human. We hate hate mail. So we’ve taken the Twins’ questions out of this week’s quiz. By the way, let’s go Twins!

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Petters and Fingerhut

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 26, 2008, 5:11 PM Sep 26, 2008
1

The controlling investors in Fingerhut is the venture capital firm founded by Mitt Romney.

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