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Doc in the house

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 12:36 PM Jul 13, 2009

Regina Benjamin, the apparent new surgeon general, has a story that is decidedly non-Washington.

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Surveys and trivia

The pot question

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 12:21 PM Jul 13, 2009

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Polls on the question of legalization of marijuana can vary significantly over just a few months.

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The choking game

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 11:39 AM Jul 13, 2009

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Growing up in the ’60s in Massachusetts, one of the most frightening summers was spent watching a group of kids (we had no idea who they were; back then your mother turned you loose and you met up with whomever you met up with) play this game in which one would get behind the other, Read more →

Klobuchar on Sotomayor

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 10:49 AM Jul 13, 2009

Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s opening statement at the Sotomayor hearings.

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Inclusion

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 10:30 AM Jul 13, 2009

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There’s a documentary coming to Public Television in October that has the ability to change and amplify the debate over special needs in public schools, a debate that is now mostly faceless.

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Five at 8 – 7/13/09

Bob Collins July 13, 2009, 7:50 AM Jul 13, 2009

The moon’s reluctant hero, a house of hay, can video gaming slow our brain’s decline, what do you do when you feel helpless, and can Joe Mauer survive the Home Run Derby?

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Who’s in charge?

Bob Collins July 11, 2009, 7:04 PM Jul 11, 2009

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If there’s one story that’s yet to strike a significant nerve with folks outside of Washington, it’s the revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency had a secret counterterrorism program that it didn’t tell Congress about.

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Fact-checking Bachmann

Bob Collins July 10, 2009, 5:15 PM Jul 10, 2009

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The brouhaha over the coming census.

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The week that was

Bob Collins July 10, 2009, 2:39 PM Jul 10, 2009

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Do you think you know the news? Then the News Cut weekly quiz should be easy.

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Window closing on new state park, Pawlenty says

Bob Collins July 10, 2009, 11:22 AM Jul 10, 2009

Is the time still right for Minnesota to try to buy land for a park around Lake Vermilion?

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Five at 8 – 7/10/09

Bob Collins July 10, 2009, 7:57 AM Jul 10, 2009

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Duck and cover, timewasting with online calculators, new technology reveals the Twins need a secondbaseman, Family Dependency Court’s first grad, and why do Scandinavians write great crime novels?

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