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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2011

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Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2011, 7:21 PM Dec 30, 2011
1

Don’t let the screen door hit you, 2011.

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The last hero of WWII

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2011, 2:03 PM Dec 30, 2011

Michael Colalillo, 86, a Hibbing native, was the last living World War II veteran from Minnesota to receive the Medal of Honor. He died today.

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The price of convenience

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2011, 1:31 PM Dec 30, 2011
1

The FCC reportedly will investigate Verizon’s plan to start charging $2 to some people to pay their bills.

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The jobs we do

Asking for the holiday tip

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2011, 12:40 PM Dec 30, 2011
5

This is the time of the year when the newspaper carrier tries to tell you to give him/her a tip without actually asking for a tip.

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A hero’s last day

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2011, 10:50 AM Dec 30, 2011
16

An innovative program to help the most vulnerable among us closes today.

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Wait!

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2011, 10:21 AM Dec 30, 2011
1

One of these days, I will set up a NewsCut category, ‘Public Radio references in popular culture.’

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Five by 8

In praise of young people (5×8 – 12/30/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 30, 2011, 7:03 AM Dec 30, 2011
4

The brilliance among us, the issues of Iowa, staying home with the kids, the church of the gay nativity, the oil patch isn’t for everyone, and Minneapolis by air.

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Whatever happened to that kid?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 3:00 PM Dec 29, 2011
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The last week of the year is a challenge for anyone in the news business; there’s simply very little news going on. So it’s a good time to waste time — cleaning out the e-mail for example.

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Christine Rosholt and the music she loved

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 2:48 PM Dec 29, 2011

Longtime Minneapolis singer Christine Rosholt died unexpectedly this week, just a week before her 47th birthday.

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‘The khaki season’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 1:07 PM Dec 29, 2011

It’s no surprise at all that Leif Enger has coined the perfect name for the winter we’re having:

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Canoeing Bemidji

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 12:11 PM Dec 29, 2011

We interrupt this not-really-any-season in Minnesota for a flashback to when nature had a clue.

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Regional history

Vanishing icons

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 11:34 AM Dec 29, 2011
3

What will happen to the Swany White flour mill smokestack.

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Five by 8

Words and phrases that should die in 2012 (5×8 – 12/29/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 29, 2011, 7:35 AM Dec 29, 2011
21

Tidying up the language, the winter that wasn’t, faceless, breastfeeding backlash, and last call for a polar bear.

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Trio hopes squirrels will lead to Super Bowl

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 28, 2011, 1:41 PM Dec 28, 2011
5

Some pictures just scream,’What’s the story here?’. This one qualifies.

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Supreme Court: Challenge to Red Wing rental law is appropriate

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 28, 2011, 11:41 AM Dec 28, 2011
5

The Minnesota Supreme Court today cleared the way for a constitutional challenge to a Red Wing ordinance that requires the inspection of rental properties.

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