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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2010

A rare moment of Washington honesty

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2010, 2:48 PM Aug 10, 2010
4

Robert Gibbs’, President Obama’s spokesman, complained to The Hill that the far left of the Democratic Party has been unfair in its criticism.

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An end to tarmac delays

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2010, 2:23 PM Aug 10, 2010
1

Here’s something you don’t hear about every day: A government solution to a problem appears to have worked.

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Three words the media can’t say

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2010, 1:00 PM Aug 10, 2010

Everything that’s wrong with the ‘get it first’ attitude of news organizations is on display in the Ted Stevens plane crash.

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Sturgis

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2010, 12:02 PM Aug 10, 2010
2

Times change at the giant motorcycle rally.

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KSTP loses absentee ballot case

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2010, 11:21 AM Aug 10, 2010
1

On primary election day, the Court of Appeals today rejected KSTP’s request that rejected absentee ballots in the Al Franken-Norm Coleman recount be made public.

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Five by 8

America’s newest folk hero (Five by 8 – 8/10/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2010, 7:31 AM Aug 10, 2010
7

Who hasn’t wanted to be Steve Slater, the Ground Zero sacred ground nobody cares about, voting the Dark Ages way, Winona’s 12-year-old drunk driver, and reconsidering horseshoes.

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The living victims of 9/11

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2010, 2:50 PM Aug 9, 2010
1

While a planned mosque near the World Trade Center site is getting all of the attention, the people who paid a big price for their heroism on 9/11 are quietly getting stiffed, some of them say.

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The cop and the nurse

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2010, 12:24 PM Aug 9, 2010
9

At last night’s DFL gubernatorial debate, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher tried to pin former Sen. Mark Dayton on his plan to ‘tax the wealthy’ by saying a Minnesota cop married to a Minnesota nurse would be subject to Dayton’s tax increase plan. Would they?

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Afghanistan: A voice from the grave

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2010, 11:13 AM Aug 9, 2010

Tom Little was an optometrist who was among 10 members of a medical aid group found shot to death in Afghanistan on Friday by suspected Taliban members.

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Five by 8

The new Austin (Five by 8: 8/9/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2010, 7:18 AM Aug 9, 2010
4

Twenty-five years after the Hormel strike, mosque wars, escaping the heat, summer camp bullies, and who’s got storm chasers in the ‘death pool’?

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Live-blogging: The DFL debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 8, 2010, 6:48 PM Aug 8, 2010
2

I’ll be live-blogging the Sunday night debate with the DFL candidates for governor in Tuesday’s primary election.

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Take the News Cut Challenge!

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2010, 2:03 PM Aug 6, 2010
18

It was an abnormally busy week for news in a normally slow news period of the year. You paid attention, right?

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Are the unemployed to blame for high unemployment?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2010, 11:02 AM Aug 6, 2010
13

A Minneapolis-based investment company makes a weak case for the argument.

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Five by 8

Five by 8 – 8/6/10: When a system doesn’t work

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2010, 7:25 AM Aug 6, 2010
9

Back-patting after the Koua Fong Lee tragedy, new allegations of anti-gay actions by Target, your personality is set by first grade, get your junk out of my basement, and the mermaid’s new top.

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If you see something, say nothing

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2010, 3:11 PM Aug 5, 2010
1

While airport officials call for the public to be on the watch for suspicious behavior, there’s a price to be paid if you do.

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