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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2012

Five by 8

North Dakota’s short-lived legend (5×8 – 1/13/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 13, 2012, 7:20 AM Jan 13, 2012
8

We’re from Minnesota. We’re here for your women. Plus: the skyway effect, the agony of defeat at Crashed Ice, a deadly ‘whoops’ in Chicago, and a toilet-paper-folding record.

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The legends of North Dakota

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 2:15 PM Jan 12, 2012
9

North Dakota unveils its tourism campaign.

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The only Tim Tebow headline you’ll ever read without a religious pun in it

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 1:04 PM Jan 12, 2012
4

Tebow is now America’s most popular athlete.

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Who’s assassinating whom?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 12:47 PM Jan 12, 2012
5

Sen. Franken on assassinating nuclear scientists.

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Study: Few women make men spend more

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 12:45 PM Jan 12, 2012
1

It turns out we’re like animals out there!

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Saint Paul in the spotlights

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 12:09 PM Jan 12, 2012

Not since the days of the ice castle has Saint Paul had as photogenic an event in January as the Crashed Ice spectacular at the Cathedral of Saint Paul.

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Should reporters point out lies?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 10:56 AM Jan 12, 2012
13

The New York Times’ ombudsman, Arthur Brisbane, asks an interesting question today that many people will consider a slam dunk, and others will consider: Should reporters point out when someone is lying?

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Greece in the third world?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 10:40 AM Jan 12, 2012
2

For the most part, economic jargon and complicated debt restructuring stories are Greece to us.

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Five by 8

Marines who embarrass us (5×8 – 1/12/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 7:10 AM Jan 12, 2012
6

The few but not the proud, the neighborhood where Terrell died, treated like dogs, build your own president, and bottles of hope.

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Air traffic could pose challenge to Shakopee stadium

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 5:33 PM Jan 11, 2012
4

It’s probably too late for the Shakopee site for a Minnesota Vikings stadium to get serious consideration in the ongoing battle over a new stadium for the team, but if it does, there’s likely one problem that the proposal may not be considering. Airplanes.

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When political analysts make it up

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 2:23 PM Jan 11, 2012
23

Political analysts are working hard to change the laws of math to make their analysis accurate.

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Is a drive-by shooting a ‘victimless crime?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 12:29 PM Jan 11, 2012
3

The Minnesota Supreme Court today ordered a harsher sentence for a drive-by shooter.

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A desperate push for a solution

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 11:18 AM Jan 11, 2012

This image from the Associated Press is one of the most compelling news images of the week so far.

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Are the ethics of a landlord ‘our’ business?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 10:09 AM Jan 11, 2012
20

Should an employee of the House of Representatives be held to a higher standard in private business dealings?

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Five by 8

The dreams you leave behind (5×8 – 1/11/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2012, 7:02 AM Jan 11, 2012
4

When is it time to give up, the days of Gary, what Ike wouldn’t like, I can see your life from here, and 10 Minnesota bloggers you should be reading.

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