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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2009

Are you seeing tighter security at airports?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 26, 2009, 11:09 AM Dec 26, 2009

If you’re traveling in the next week, please let us know what your experience is going through airport security.

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Weather

Douglas takes latest leg of Golden Snowball Challenge

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 26, 2009, 11:00 AM Dec 26, 2009

But KSTP’s Patrick Hammer stays atop the season standings for snowball predictions.

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Man attempts to blow up NWA flight

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 25, 2009, 8:11 PM Dec 25, 2009

A man with reported links to al Qaida tried to blow up the plane on approach to Detroit

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What’s right with us?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 25, 2009, 9:04 AM Dec 25, 2009

Decency ripped from the headlines.

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A Capitol Christmas

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2009, 6:01 PM Dec 24, 2009
2

There is a daily moment of beauty in downtown St. Paul, when the lights of the day give way to the light of the night.

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The Christmas lights

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2009, 5:30 PM Dec 24, 2009
2

Highlights of Minnesota’s techno-lights extravaganzas.

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Weather

The real story of the ‘crippling’ snowstorm

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2009, 11:43 AM Dec 24, 2009
9

Being inconvenienced isn’t a tragedy.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 12/24/09: Racing against time

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 24, 2009, 7:25 AM Dec 24, 2009

Time runs out for veterans to visit a memorial to their WWII service, the Christmas quizzes, the pictures that say ‘family,’ life lessons for an 11-year-old, and the man who tracked Santa.

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Weather

Golden Snowball Challenge: Let it begin

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2009, 7:06 PM Dec 23, 2009
5

The final estimates for the this round of the Challenge are in.

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Presidential election shows little impact on gun registrations in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2009, 2:20 PM Dec 23, 2009
1

There was a large jump in 2009 gun permits in the state, but the increase is not out of line with historical trends.

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Weather

Golden Snowball Challenge: Current snow estimates

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2009, 12:01 PM Dec 23, 2009
6

Here are the current estimates from area meteorologists on the total snowfall from the Christmas storm.

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Tarmac delay rules could make things worse

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2009, 9:43 AM Dec 23, 2009
4

In the big scheme of thing, the new rules may be a solution in search of a problem.

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 12/23/09: A thousand words

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2009, 6:40 AM Dec 23, 2009
2

It’s a good day to let the pictures do the talking.

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Weather

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Mysteries of the impound lot

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2009, 4:51 PM Dec 22, 2009
5

No matter how many ways cities try to alert residents about snow emergencies, hundreds of people get caught and get towed.

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Weather

Snowjob

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2009, 2:46 PM Dec 22, 2009
8

Only stories about a lack of snow rival the hysteria of an approaching snowstorm.

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