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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2009

Live-blogging: The Gang Strike Force hearing

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 26, 2009, 5:15 PM Aug 26, 2009
5

A Minnesota House and Senate committee probes apparent corruption in the Metro Gang Strike Force.

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Are haycations the answer to struggling farms

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 26, 2009, 11:53 AM Aug 26, 2009
2

Another dismal outlook for Minnesota farmers, but maybe the solution lies with city-slickers.

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Verdict is in on Cash for Clunkers

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 26, 2009, 11:11 AM Aug 26, 2009
7

The Secretary of Transporation appears to be predicting the Cash for Clunkers program will end the recession.

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Five at 8 – 8/26/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 26, 2009, 7:42 AM Aug 26, 2009

Getting to the heart of the gang strike force scandal, Ms. Missouri Nursing Home 2009, beware the cold snap, how Britney Spears can diagnose Alzheimer’s, and the goat story redux.

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Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 26, 2009, 6:14 AM Aug 26, 2009
1

It will be a day of old newsreels and Kennedy quips.

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H1N1’s big numbers

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2009, 7:00 PM Aug 25, 2009
2

After last spring’s build-up and resulting backlash, who’s left who’s still listening to the warnings and advice?

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The health care debate: Marginal treatments

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2009, 2:00 PM Aug 25, 2009
11

Should there be a national discussion on whether anyone — public or private — should pay for treatments that have marginal value?

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The business of 9/11

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2009, 12:28 PM Aug 25, 2009
3

The eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks are an opportunity to for some people to make a buck.

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Housing prices on the upswing in Twin Cities

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2009, 10:48 AM Aug 25, 2009
1

Only two cities beat the Minneapolis area for the rate of rising home resale prices

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Five at 8 – 8/25/09: The Rochester debacle

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 25, 2009, 7:31 AM Aug 25, 2009
6

Would a passenger bill of rights have made a difference in Rochester, the myth of multitasking, selling Bob Dylan, watching grass grow, and where do the rights of parents begin and end?

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The last beam

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2009, 3:44 PM Aug 24, 2009

Things are rising at the site of the World Trade Center attacks.

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Transportation funding: How much do you need?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2009, 3:40 PM Aug 24, 2009
3

Transportation got a big increase in spending money last year. Apparently, it’s not enough.

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The children of divorce

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2009, 12:34 PM Aug 24, 2009
32

It’s been 30 years since the ‘divorce boom.’ How has it affected the children?

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Five at 8 – 8/24/09:

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2009, 7:29 AM Aug 24, 2009
4

When the shoe’s on the other foot, disappearing Monarchs, what now in Afghanistan, barroom innovations, and the school for lousy teachers.

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Surveys and trivia

Sign of the times

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2009, 12:58 PM Aug 23, 2009
5

A prayer against divine interception.

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