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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2011

SE Minnesota residents not digging the ‘sand rush’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2011, 9:33 PM Oct 20, 2011
11

Frac sand mining is to silica-sand rich Goodhue, Wabasha, and Winona counties, as a certain football stadium is to Ramsey County.

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Is Twitter censoring Occupy Wall Street?

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg October 20, 2011, 3:57 PM Oct 20, 2011
1

In an era of political upheaval and economic turmoil why does Twitter tell us that “Bieber” is a trending topic? Twitter execs say it is all about the algorithm.

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Carp on a stick?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto October 20, 2011, 2:53 PM Oct 20, 2011

When does an invasive species become the dominant species in an ecosystem? Or, to put it another way, when do we stop hating invasive carp and learn to love the species in that most Minnesotan of ways, dipped in batter and deep fried on a stick at the State Fair? It seems a reasonable question, Read more →

Gadhafi and the teachable moment

dgaraets October 20, 2011, 1:30 PM Oct 20, 2011
4

A lesson in how good teachers can influence lives.

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Food marketing for the subconscious

dgaraets October 20, 2011, 8:00 AM Oct 20, 2011

Where better to go nuts than in the grocery store?

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(5×8)-(5×8)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2011, 6:03 AM Oct 20, 2011
3

Eric Ringham and Hart Van Denburg will be posting later this morning

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A man without a percent

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2011, 3:26 PM Oct 19, 2011
3

Every protest movement has its budding media personalities.

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Surveys and trivia

The graying of the president

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2011, 2:45 PM Oct 19, 2011
5

In two and a half years, the guy has gone gray in a hurry.

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Weather

Chicago does the waves

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2011, 1:27 PM Oct 19, 2011
9

Twenty-five foot waves threaten Chicago’s waterfront.

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The most effective aviation security tool

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2011, 12:58 PM Oct 19, 2011
2

It’s the passengers.

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College at 11

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2011, 11:30 AM Oct 19, 2011
6

Your 11 year old isn’t almost finished with high school and already taking college classes? What’s wrong?

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Norman Corwin

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2011, 10:32 AM Oct 19, 2011
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Public Radio fans may remember him from a series of radio programs he developed in the ’90s, but his iconic status on the media landscape goes back to the Golden Age of Radio.

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Five by 8

Passion at play (5×8 – 10/19/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2011, 7:30 AM Oct 19, 2011
5

Passion changes the world around us, a public TV spat, voyage to the bottom of the pickup truck, intentionally fat, and your moment of Minnesota.

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Why don’t teens wear seat belts?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 2:58 PM Oct 18, 2011
15

One hundred teens died in Minnesota crashes between ’08 and ’10 and most were not wearing seat belts.

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A survivor’s story

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2011, 1:25 PM Oct 18, 2011
1

Evelyn Apoko tells her story of atrocities in Uganda.

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