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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2011

You Should Meet...

You Should Meet: Patrick Moore

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 31, 2011, 3:05 PM Oct 31, 2011
7

A booster of the Upper Minnesota River Watershed, Moore has shown residents how to disagree and get things done.

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Arts & Culture

The passing of Tom Keith

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 31, 2011, 11:07 AM Oct 31, 2011
21

If you were a regular listener of The Morning Show, you knew the real Tom Keith.

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Five by 8

How the ‘haves’ have (5×8 – 10/31/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 31, 2011, 7:01 AM Oct 31, 2011
2

Is it work or luck, if you ruin it they won’t come, 7 billion and counting, the making of the Google doodle, and would you jump out of a plane?

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The worthy people

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 4:56 PM Oct 28, 2011
3

I couldn’t let the week end on the sad story of the elephant and the dog, and, fortunately, CBS News bailed me out by providing some good news. On The Road, the series that Charles Kuralt started, is back.

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Best friends no more

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 3:09 PM Oct 28, 2011
5

Bella the dog and Tarra the elephant were best friends, to the point that the elephant even held a vigil for the dog at one point.

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When journalists protest

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 12:15 PM Oct 28, 2011
5

If a journalist writes the words that are then used in a protest, does he become part of the protest?

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Like father….

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 11:46 AM Oct 28, 2011
8

It’s hard to fathom why there’s a bit of a backlash against Fox broadcaster Joe Buck’s call of the homerun that ended last night’s game six of the World Series.

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Gov. Dayton’s higher education mystery

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 11:15 AM Oct 28, 2011
1

As the governor names a Minneapolis politician to a top higher education job, there are still questions about the person being replaced.

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Why do people love Duluth?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 10:48 AM Oct 28, 2011
5

As political ads go, Duluth City Council candidate Emily Larson has hit on a great formula: No political talk, just person after person extolling the virtues of Duluth.

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Five by 8

A billion here. A billion there (5×8 – 10/28/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2011, 7:10 AM Oct 28, 2011
6

Squeeze in, people; one at a time in Duluth, the old ways in the woods, the face of Occupy, and Polar BearCam

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You Should Meet...

You Should Meet: Pam Whitfield

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2011, 4:48 PM Oct 27, 2011
7

There’s more to Pam Whitfield than being one of the best college professors Minnesota has to offer.

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Pry this guitar from my cold, dead fingers

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2011, 3:35 PM Oct 27, 2011

Of the many problems facing America, it’s hard to say where ‘a guitarless society’ ranks on the list.

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It was 20 years ago tonight…

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2011, 11:11 AM Oct 27, 2011
7

The Twins won the World Series 20 years ago tonight in one of the greatest games every played.

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Five by 8

Meeting Montevideo (5×8- 10/27/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2011, 7:09 AM Oct 27, 2011
12

The road taken, requiem for the cabin, adult contemporary and the indie artists, South Dakota’s shame, and Dale and Jim together again.

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Reporting from Cosmos

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2011, 3:46 PM Oct 26, 2011
8

The town proclaims that about 3,000 cars a day pass through Cosmos on Highway 7. As near as I can tell, only one pulled over to research its history based on its water tower.

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