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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for September 2011

Today’s ain’t-technology-wonderful moment

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2011, 1:42 PM Sep 30, 2011
12

There’s no better way to end a week of news than the face of joy.

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Baseball and the racist umpire examined

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2011, 1:15 PM Sep 30, 2011
11

Researchers say white umpires call more strikes for white pitchers than non-whites.

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What have you done for me lately?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2011, 10:19 AM Sep 30, 2011
5

If you ever want to see the difference between the sports universe of the northeast and the Midwest, look no further than Boston.

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Five by 8

The art of the protest (5×8- 9/30/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2011, 7:38 AM Sep 30, 2011
6

Political street theater, the hilarity of science, the coming robotic takeover of orchestras, cleaning Minnesota’s water, and signs you’re spending too much time on the computer.

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The death of the debit card?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2011, 2:07 PM Sep 29, 2011
25

Are the heady days of checkbooks in the back pocket about to return?

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Surveys and trivia

Life in the small town

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2011, 12:41 PM Sep 29, 2011
2

In Abington, Massachusetts, the typical local school committee agenda reads: (I) Pledge of Allegiance (II) Magic trick and (III) New business.

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Pulling for a coach

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2011, 11:01 AM Sep 29, 2011
4

Minnesota wants a winner, but this ain’t Texas.

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Five by 8

Baseball’s best night (5×8 – 9/29/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2011, 7:30 AM Sep 29, 2011
22

Boston tear party, should college loans be forgiven, government and the booze business, Fargo’s pumpkin man, and the fastest couch in the world.

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Is an RC airplane a threat?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 4:11 PM Sep 28, 2011
6

A Massachusetts man was indicted today for conspiring to blow up the Capitol with an RC airplane. Is that even possible?

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What was in Cassie Gordon’s head?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 2:16 PM Sep 28, 2011
1

When Katherine Gordon was killed on I-394 in Golden Valley last week, it wasn’t the first time she saw the business end of a police officer’s gun, according to her brother.

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Suicides in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 12:23 PM Sep 28, 2011
11

Why don’t news organizations report suicides and when they do report suicides, how do they decide which ones are worthy?

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The Jackson trial

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 11:28 AM Sep 28, 2011

The brain can process complex things. But it will certainly struggle with the notion that the tape played in a courtroom yesterday was Michael Jackson.

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Word of job openings causes crush of applicants

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 10:57 AM Sep 28, 2011
1

We got another on-the-street glimpse of what a dying economy looks like today.

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Five by 8

Laptop blunders (5×8 – 9/28/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 7:45 AM Sep 28, 2011
17

Privacy’s weak link, decency dies in Superior, Minnesota at high speed, a lake logo a day, and the last day of Minnesota baseball.

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Just a kiss

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 27, 2011, 3:22 PM Sep 27, 2011
24

Southwest Airlines has a likely public relations nightmare on its hands after it booted a lesbian couple for kissing on the plane.

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