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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for March 2009

The Southwest Effect

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2009, 5:38 AM Mar 4, 2009
6

The runways are littered with the carcasses of airlines that challenged Northwest on its home turf. Will Southwest be different?

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Fluke or future?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 2:53 PM Mar 3, 2009
5

The Minnesota Timberwolves point to a January stretch as a sign of their future. What if it was just a fluke?

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End of the road for nuclear storage?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 2:42 PM Mar 3, 2009
3

Nuclear waste in Minnesota has been piling up in anticipation of having a federal facility to take it off the state’s hands. That doesn’t appear likely anytime soon.

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Is Saberi caught in the middle?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 2:01 PM Mar 3, 2009

Roxana Saberi isn’t the first female American journalist to be arrested for ‘illegal activities.’

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Are high school sports a luxury?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 11:48 AM Mar 3, 2009
14

The Minnesota State High School league has taken no action on a request to allow districts to hold fewer sports games. Should schools rethink the role of sports?

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Surveys and trivia

One small step for mathematics

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 11:36 AM Mar 3, 2009
1

It’s Square Root Day.

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Surveys and trivia

Satiating the armadillo paparazzi

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 11:17 AM Mar 3, 2009
2

The Minnesota Zoo today announced the birth of an armadillo, but no pictures, please!

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The deficit

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 9:59 AM Mar 3, 2009
2

Highlights of the budget forecast:

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Lifting secrecy

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 8:20 AM Mar 3, 2009
1

In the last 24 hours, there have been three major revelations as a result of lifting the ‘cone of silence.’

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The budget turnaround

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2009, 5:30 AM Mar 3, 2009
3

Two years ago, Gov. Pawlenty said he presided over ‘the biggest financial turnaround in state history.’ If the budget deficit reaches the expected levels, he’s just done it again.

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Things you may have missed

smullis March 2, 2009, 6:54 PM Mar 2, 2009
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While Bob is away, News Cut is on a pseudo vacation as well. But, that doesn’t mean we’re gonna let you News Cut readers go without a fix, so I thought I’d share some interesting reading with you. Here’s a quick smattering of things you may have missed during your hectic day, both on Minnesota Read more →

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