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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for December 2011

Five by 8

The message from Boogie’s brain (5×8 – 11/6/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2011, 6:58 AM Dec 6, 2011
6

Punch drunk on the ice, searching for our non-earthly sister, is a casino in Arden Hills’ future, why your paper shredder stinks, and can workers ever get ahead while cutting costs?

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Surveys and trivia

Black Friday comedy

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2011, 3:06 PM Dec 5, 2011
9

Remember when everyone was concerned about the Target employees who had to work overnight on Thanksgiving?

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Terrorism, old ladies, and strip searches

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2011, 2:01 PM Dec 5, 2011
3

Are old ladies given to fibbing about their experience at airport security?

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Minnesota court upholds gun ban

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2011, 12:16 PM Dec 5, 2011
4

A lifetime ban on handgun ownership by people who have committed a crime of violence does not violate the Constitution, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled.

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The Gingrich divorce

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2011, 10:50 AM Dec 5, 2011
5

Now that Newt Gingrich is the frontrunner du jour in the Republican presidential contest, the story about his divorce from his first wife is, again, fodder for his opponents.

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Five by 8

A day in the life of Occupy (5×8 – 12/5/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 5, 2011, 7:05 AM Dec 5, 2011
14

Occupy around the nation, the things we don’t have, dying to please in the NHL, why people crash, and NPR’s new boss.

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People doing good

The Current helps build a home

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 3, 2011, 5:38 PM Dec 3, 2011
6

What do the bigshots at The Current do when they get a day off? Today, they helped out at a Habitat for Humanity townhome project on Third Avenue NE in Minneapolis.

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The power of the penny

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 4:06 PM Dec 2, 2011
2

What if we eliminated the penny?

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The ‘processing fee’ money grab

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 1:48 PM Dec 2, 2011
7

Ticketmaster settles a lawsuit, but can continue to add a ‘processing fee’ to ticket orders.

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Reporting a suicide in the media

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 12:49 PM Dec 2, 2011
2

This week, we got a glimpse into what happens when it’s a member of the media who takes his own life.

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A look at the foreign-born

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 12:18 PM Dec 2, 2011
2

A look at the Census bureau release of statistics of people who are foreign-born, now living in the United States.

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The digital crunch

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 11:15 AM Dec 2, 2011
4

It’s a common saying that the ‘public owns the airwaves.’ But it really doesn’t.

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Five by 8

State of barbarism (5×8 – 12/2/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 7:30 AM Dec 2, 2011
5

What happens when we look away, the people who make us root for their success, voter fraud in Duluth, the shadow banking government, and when should you stop sitting on Santa’s lap?

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Sex and the teenage brain

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 1, 2011, 3:37 PM Dec 1, 2011
9

Ohio State University has released research claiming that teenagers who have sex may be at a greater risk of depression and weaker brain development. Maybe

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The tiny things that cause big disasters

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 1, 2011, 1:59 PM Dec 1, 2011
7

What caused an airliner to land gear-up last month? A $30 part.

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