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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for September 2009

Saving Pvt. Hafterson: A mother’s story

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2009, 3:22 PM Sep 30, 2009
8

A mother tries to save her Marine son from himself and the military

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Saving Pvt. Hafterson

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2009, 12:04 PM Sep 30, 2009
12

A Circle Pines soldier needs treatment for PTSD. Instead, he’s in a jail cell.

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The amazing shrinking airline business

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2009, 10:22 AM Sep 30, 2009

Legacy carriers are turning more of their business over to smaller airlines.

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Five at 8 – 9/30/09: A nation of heroes?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2009, 7:16 AM Sep 30, 2009

What if we ignored politics and publicized heroes instead? The Internet at the speed of time. First-person tsunami stories. Was the Jackman video a fake? 101 historic moments on YouTube.

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Did money talk?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2009, 2:04 PM Sep 29, 2009
7

The people deciding health care legislation make plenty of money from industries most affected by the proposals.

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Creative writing, politics style

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2009, 1:19 PM Sep 29, 2009
1

Politicians try to pry money loose from supporters as the quarter ends.

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Billboards as art

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2009, 10:37 AM Sep 29, 2009

Today’s eyesores might be tomorrow’s art.

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When is good news bad news?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2009, 8:54 AM Sep 29, 2009
1

The resale price of homes in the Minneapolis area has recorded its biggest jump ever.

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Five at 8 – 9/29/09: Running on your dime?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2009, 7:13 AM Sep 29, 2009
5

Gubernatorial candidates don’t do as they say, Nixon’s advice to Reagan, why does baseball lend itself to warm stories, 44 days in Iran, and a new guilt trip for mothers who work.

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Bottom-of-the-barrel news

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2009, 4:05 PM Sep 28, 2009
1

Dispatches that make us question… everything.

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A tax to love?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2009, 2:17 PM Sep 28, 2009
9

Gov. Pawlenty applauds the fruit of a tax bill he hated.

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The Unemployed: Aja Halvorson

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2009, 12:59 PM Sep 28, 2009

She says she once wondered what it would be like to lose everything, and now has lost much of it.

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Dying ‘doo wop’

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2009, 12:52 PM Sep 28, 2009

How many groups who had hit records in the ’60s have no surviving members?

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The speech Nixon didn’t give

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2009, 10:22 AM Sep 28, 2009

Among William Safire’s finest work, was a speech the president didn’t have to make.

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Five at 8 – 9/28/09: Health care’s lab rat

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2009, 7:47 AM Sep 28, 2009
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Why does Massachusetts love its health care? A musician’s struggle back. The Star Tribune’s struggle back. Safire on ‘Wait, Wait!’ And what would you say in a letter to your 18-year-old self?

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