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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2012

Cruise ship photo: Fake or real?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 4:13 PM Jan 17, 2012
8

Questioning an image makings its way around the Internet.

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No clarification in anti-bullying constitutional question

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 4:12 PM Jan 17, 2012
1

How far reaching can schools be in policing the behavior of students?

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Mitt Romney’s tax bracket

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 1:15 PM Jan 17, 2012
7

How does a rich guy like Romney pull off paying taxes like a working stiff?

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Wanted: A fence around a prison

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 12:20 PM Jan 17, 2012

The governor seeks to build a fence around a prison in Shakopee.

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Eichten, my Eichten

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 11:13 AM Jan 17, 2012
2

Gary Eichten’s retirement has brought out the literary genius in his audience.

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Risk and the perfect picture

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 10:53 AM Jan 17, 2012
12

Did a pilot violate aviation rules to help a photographer get a perfect picture?

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Five by 8

Chivalry is dead (5×8 – 1/17/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2012, 7:15 AM Jan 17, 2012
6

Whatever happened to ‘women and children first,’ tough times in the wild; an orchestra, a viola, and a woman; how it’s all connected to the weather, and how the world might end.

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Five by 8

Dreaming dreams (5×8 – 1/16/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2012, 7:19 AM Jan 16, 2012
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Does ‘the speech’ pass the test of time, putting the ‘awe’ in ‘awesome,’ the human side of scorn, delaying dreams, and the last week of Gary Eichten.

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Marv Davidov dead at 80

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2012, 10:53 PM Jan 14, 2012

Davidov was the dean of the Minnesota peace movement.

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Weather

Watching the people watching Crashed Ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2012, 12:14 PM Jan 14, 2012
4

When it comes to winter, Saint Paul knows how to make it a verb.

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Red tails and black actors

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2012, 5:10 PM Jan 13, 2012
5

Is George Lucas using a racial guilt trip to get people to see his latest movie?

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Death of a fact-checker

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2012, 2:38 PM Jan 13, 2012
2

Richard Threlkeld made fact-checking a standard for political advertising.

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The world of the teenage cooks

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2012, 12:47 PM Jan 13, 2012

Two separate stories in the news today link teenagers and cooked meat. Has that ever happened before?

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Worst tourism campaigns ever?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto January 13, 2012, 11:44 AM Jan 13, 2012
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North Dakota, I sympathize with your tourism anguish. I come from a state where “Better Yet Connecticut” was the best we could come up with to draw tourists away from New York and Boston. Might as well have made it: “Connecticut: Hey, we’re over here!” Yes, that North Dakota “Legendary” ad with the two goofy Read more →

That jerk on Facebook is probably a jerk in real life

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg January 13, 2012, 10:20 AM Jan 13, 2012

Researchers in Texas say the you on Facebook is the real you.

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