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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for May 2010

Memorial Day flight

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2010, 4:36 PM May 31, 2010
1

A warbird returns home after a Memorial Day flight.

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The ‘big mix’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2010, 7:02 AM May 31, 2010
12

The Mississippi and St. Croix by air.

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Washington: 12 square miles surrounded by reality

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 31, 2010, 6:44 AM May 31, 2010

After listening to James Fallows this weekend on NPR and reading his column on The Atlantic’s Web site, one wonders how America achieved its greatness while the U.S. Senate existed.

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Delayed casualties

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2010, 3:15 PM May 29, 2010
2

An iconic image from Iraq.

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Quiz: Too clever for easy answers

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2010, 4:39 PM May 28, 2010
11

The weekly News Quiz, now with more fun and easier answers. Or maybe not.

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Memorial Day and the flag

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2010, 12:37 PM May 28, 2010
1

Memorial Day is the only holiday with a specific directive for how the flag is to be displayed.

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Registering reporters

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2010, 11:36 AM May 28, 2010
7

What would happen if a state required reporters to be certified?

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Another near-miss reported

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2010, 11:30 AM May 28, 2010
3

The NTSB is investigating the third near-miss incident involving a passenger airliner this year.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 5/28/10: The names we don’t know

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2010, 7:57 AM May 28, 2010
6

Share your remembrances of people who served.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: We love our bears

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 27, 2010, 4:42 PM May 27, 2010
6

On a make-it-or-break-it day for the future of the earth’s environment, it was a bear in Ely that got our attention this week.

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Court: Sister can sue brother for sexual assault

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 27, 2010, 2:09 PM May 27, 2010

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled the a state law preventing family members from suing other family members does not prevent a Walnut Grove woman from suing her brother for sexually assaulting her as a child.

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Is the crime problem in Minneapolis a ‘white people’ thing?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 27, 2010, 10:09 AM May 27, 2010
24

The problem of crime in the city is likely more complex than white people buying marijuana.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 5/27/10: Blood on the iPad

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 27, 2010, 7:34 AM May 27, 2010
6

How do we decide what’s worth protesting? Why polls are useless. A brisk business in flag-burning. The smoking two-year-old. And peeking in Northfield’s window.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Oil in our pores

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2010, 4:35 PM May 26, 2010

What’s in the news today? The same thing that’s been in the news for more than a month — only worse.

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‘Top kill’ coverage

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2010, 1:44 PM May 26, 2010
2

BP reports (via Twitter) that it has started the attempt to cap the oil well on the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico.

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