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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for September 2009

Surveys and trivia

Health care debate has been polite for some, survey says

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2009, 3:42 PM Sep 17, 2009
5

Surveys tend to reveal more about us than we’d like

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After the fire

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2009, 3:11 PM Sep 17, 2009

After a wildfire, only a moonscape is left.

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Perils of the photo op

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2009, 2:01 PM Sep 17, 2009
8

‘Photo opportunities’ are always risky business for a president.

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Is Keillor coming or going?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2009, 11:28 AM Sep 17, 2009
2

After a stroke, is Keillor considering retirement? It depends.

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The Unemployed: Moira Webster-Larranaga

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2009, 11:03 AM Sep 17, 2009

A director of human resources has seen layoffs from both sides.

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Duluth’s off the hook

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2009, 9:15 AM Sep 17, 2009

A bizarre story about an incorrect phone call telling a family their son was killed no longer has a Minnesota connection.

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Five at 8 – 9/17/09: Broken trust

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2009, 7:40 AM Sep 17, 2009
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Is there a reason to trust Congress, what’s wrong with us, what’s right with us, why are color-blind monkeys a big deal, and is Deuce ready for prime time?

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Too late for ACORN?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2009, 1:47 PM Sep 16, 2009
27

The ACORN scandal is mushrooming.

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The right way to pray?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2009, 1:35 PM Sep 16, 2009
11

If you pay a computer to say your prayers for you, are you still praying?

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Five at 8 – 9/16/09

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2009, 7:37 AM Sep 16, 2009
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A health care lab rat, how you know you’re meant to be a father, racism and Obama, birds on a wire, and counties hold the line on taxes.

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The white-paint index

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2009, 2:47 PM Sep 15, 2009
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The falling price of a white paint ingredient signals the economic recovery may stall.

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Political lightning round

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2009, 1:01 PM Sep 15, 2009
4

The speeches congresspeople give to an empty chamber.

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The call from Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2009, 11:22 AM Sep 15, 2009

A phone call from Duluth led a New York family to believe their son was dead. He wasn’t.

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Five at 8 – 9/15/09: Which rights would you defend?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2009, 7:33 AM Sep 15, 2009
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Defending part of the Constitution, critters on the shower head, on a paw and a prayer, a Boxelder Bug tribute to Bill Holm, and Patrick Swayze’s best video.

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Green shoots – Part 1

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 14, 2009, 5:08 PM Sep 14, 2009
2

The first person profiled in News Cut’s ‘The Unemployed’ series has a new job.

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