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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2012

The MPR News Hall of Fame

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 2:42 PM Jan 20, 2012
5

After today’s final broadcast, the employees of MPR held a gathering in his honor in the UBS Forum.

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Theft of the Blog: The way we drive

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 11:34 AM Jan 20, 2012
2

All of the accidents in Minnesota today overshadow two that should get more attention.

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Hastings newspaper changes policy on suicide coverage

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 8:50 AM Jan 20, 2012
2

The pleas of mental health professionals in Minnesota to change the way newspapers and news organizations cover suicides has apparently not fallen on deaf ears.

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Five by 8

The death of SOPA (5×8 – 1/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2012, 6:54 AM Jan 20, 2012
11

Avatar power, why don’t you know your tax bracket; lights, camera, outrage; how a political party went broke; and what’s in the Cougar name?

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Politics

A day of Gary

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 3:25 PM Jan 19, 2012
4

It’s over, then. Gary Eichten has hosted his last Midday call-in program, this one with guest Gov. Mark Dayton.

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The Kodak picture

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 1:08 PM Jan 19, 2012
5

It was a Kodak moment today when the company filed for bankruptcy and there’s a pretty good chance few people get the pun.

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Weather

When normal is news

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 10:56 AM Jan 19, 2012
16

Our top story today is that the weather is perfectly normal.

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Five by 8

If there were no Internet (5×8 – 1/19/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2012, 7:10 AM Jan 19, 2012
10

The next move in the SOPA debate, Packer proud, just deserts, who should own Nell the dog, and your daily Ricky.

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Report: Somali cabbies learn price of protest

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 3:29 PM Jan 18, 2012
5

Two-hundred cab drivers were reportedly fired by airport taxi.

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Rubio fever spreading

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 3:18 PM Jan 18, 2012

If the rumors of his reluctance to play basketball in Minnesota are/were accurate, Ricky Rubio thought the bright lights of the big city wouldn’t shine on him if he was stuck in flyover country.

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Vanity Fair on NPR

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 2:22 PM Jan 18, 2012

No doubt, the execs at NPR can exhale now that Vanity Fair’s long piece on NPR is out.

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The cruise ship from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 2:20 PM Jan 18, 2012

A look at the Costa Concordia via satellite.

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Behind every great host

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 12:28 PM Jan 18, 2012
16

… there is a great producer.

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Crashed Ice in 3D

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 10:49 AM Jan 18, 2012

The rollout of videos from last weekend’s Crashed Ice event in Saint Paul continues today with this 3D video.

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Five by 8

Desperation and a death on I-694 (5×8 – 1/18/2012)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2012, 7:39 AM Jan 18, 2012
13

Suicide and shameful secrets, the changed soldiers of Iraq and Afghanistan, where do you get your news, the old gang at Target Center, and embracing winter.

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