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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2010

Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Communicating with the near-dead

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2010, 4:47 PM Feb 3, 2010
5

Researchers have developed a brain scan that allows them to communicate with people in a vegetative state.

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Sports

Respect for the game

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2010, 11:02 AM Feb 3, 2010
15

The girls of Wrenshall High School have a right to be dispirited. Amazingly, they’re not.

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One giant clinical trial

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2010, 10:25 AM Feb 3, 2010
2

What if we shared more about our health issues?

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/3/10: Flying cheap

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 3, 2010, 6:57 AM Feb 3, 2010
6

Would you pay more to fly safer, curling’s every-four-years moment of fame, digital doomsday, Favre’s ankle, and why a projection may spell danger for the Twins.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: What you know can kill you

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2010, 5:36 PM Feb 2, 2010
5

A study says men have a greater risk of heart attack once they’ve been told they have prostate cancer.

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The Los Angeles Vikings?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2010, 3:19 PM Feb 2, 2010
6

A stadium design for Los Angeles has a hint of purple to it.

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The Minnesota Olympics

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2010, 1:49 PM Feb 2, 2010
4

Minnesota is sending more athletes to the Olympics than any other state.

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The Mauer story

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2010, 12:41 PM Feb 2, 2010
2

Competing media rush to say WCCO’s story is wrong, but offer little proof it is.

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Study: Abstinence education works

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2010, 9:56 AM Feb 2, 2010
2

Can a message of abstinence delay teens from having sex?

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/2/10: The myth of the American family budget

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2010, 7:05 AM Feb 2, 2010
10

Politicians say the government should budget the way families do. The problem is it already is.

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Out of control and out of options

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2010, 3:51 PM Feb 1, 2010
6

The Toyota fiasco has us wondering whether we’re prepared to deal with emergencies in our cars.

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Live-blogging: The people who would be governor

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2010, 11:03 AM Feb 1, 2010
6

MPR’s Midday with Gary Eichten is hosting a gubernatorial candidate forum from the UBS Forum

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The sex offender question

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2010, 10:27 AM Feb 1, 2010
2

Can the state afford to incarcerate so many sexually dangerous people?

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Five by 8

Five at 8 – 2/1/10: The orphan dash

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2010, 6:45 AM Feb 1, 2010
2

Human trafficking in Haiti, embracing winter, who should be on money, the reading gap, and why a coin-flip isn’t a 50-50 proposition.

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