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NewsCut

MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2010

Twitter: Gets more attention than it deserves?

David CazaresDavid Cazares December 9, 2010, 12:56 PM Dec 9, 2010
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Mr. News Cut is under the weather and not blogging today but to make him feel a little better we’ll tackle one of his favorite mediums: Twitter. You do follow him on Twitter, right? Twitter looms large in the public imagination, yet only eight percent of Americans who are online use Twitter, according to a Read more →

Regional history

Johnny Cash and the Iron Range

Nate Minor December 9, 2010, 11:05 AM Dec 9, 2010

The Beatles in Bloomington. Buddy Holly in Duluth. Johnny Cash in Eveleth?

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Google unveils Chrome-powered netbook – Should you care?

David CazaresDavid Cazares December 8, 2010, 2:23 PM Dec 8, 2010
4

One of the top stories in the tech blogosphere today: Google is planning to send to a select group of guinea pigs a netbook computer powered by its Chrome operating system. Seventeen months ago Google announced it would build a lightweight OS based on its Chrome browser as an alternative to machines powered by Windows Read more →

Fargo’s odor problem

Nate Minor December 8, 2010, 2:00 PM Dec 8, 2010
2

Fargo’s landfill has lately been, shall we say, more odorous than usual.

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Wednesday mourning rouser

dgaraets December 8, 2010, 10:33 AM Dec 8, 2010
1

For some, a sad day.

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Elizabeth Edwards, gone too soon

dgaraets December 7, 2010, 5:18 PM Dec 7, 2010

“Estranged wife” hardly seems to do her justice.

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Felon loses bid to get his guns back

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 7, 2010, 10:25 AM Dec 7, 2010

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the teeth of Minnesota’s lifetime ban on felons possessing guns, by ruling a Ramsey County Court was correct in considering whether restoring a felon’s gun rights threatens the public’s safety.

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Five by 8

A day that will live in…? (5×8 – 12/7/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 7, 2010, 7:35 AM Dec 7, 2010
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Pearl Harbor and vanishing memories, Sputnik and school testing, what does God have to do with religion, inequalities in the metro bus system, and the death of Rudolph.

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March of the diabetics

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2010, 3:22 PM Dec 6, 2010
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Compared to the South, Minnesota gets off pretty easy. But it’s not too hard to see why diabetes is going to cost the U.S. over $3.4 trillion.

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Fight for money in Central Corridor project

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2010, 12:20 PM Dec 6, 2010

The director of a business association on University Avenue says she’s quitting because of the reality of the non-profit world.

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Six degrees of Monday Night Football

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2010, 10:50 AM Dec 6, 2010

It’s an odd day when news events link back to Monday Night Football.

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Five by 8

What a war looks like (5×8 – 12/6/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2010, 7:26 AM Dec 6, 2010
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You are the editor, authorities targeting gay kids, drinking yourself to death, Wait Wait’s most requested guest, and the Brainerd woman who just wanted to do something good.

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How to survive a Comcast outage

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2010, 9:37 PM Dec 5, 2010
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A work-around for the Comcast outage that will get you back on the Internet.

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CoffeeShop Chronicles: Bicycle power

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 3, 2010, 8:45 PM Dec 3, 2010

The Sibley Bike Depot has a mission to develop community through bikes.

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CoffeeShop Chronicles: The fighter for the kids nobody wants

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 3, 2010, 8:26 PM Dec 3, 2010

Good luck trying to label Dane Jorento. He’s got a fair number of abbreviations after his name, none of which means ‘writer of children’s books.’

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