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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2012

Weather

Snow day fun in Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 5:28 PM Feb 29, 2012

Snow skiing while being towed by a Jeep.

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Should Minnesota give citizens the ability to put measures on the ballot?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 3:27 PM Feb 29, 2012
12

A bill at the Legislature would bring initiative and referendum to Minnesota.

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Presenting polarizing points of view

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 1:30 PM Feb 29, 2012
17

A speech on MPR by Grover Norquist elicits a critical response.

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KG v. KL

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 12:48 PM Feb 29, 2012
2

If you want to start a good argument, experience tells me, a good topic would be: Who was more involved in the community while a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves — Kevin Garnett or Kevin Love?

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There’s less to Spirit Airlines in MSP than meets the eye

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 10:04 AM Feb 29, 2012
7

The new airline has already lowered fares on other carriers, but will that be a long-term benefit?

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All’s quiet in the student section

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 9:45 AM Feb 29, 2012

Warnings from University of Minnesota Duluth administrators to the student section at UMD hockey games appear to have worked.

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Five by 8

The nature of forgiveness (5×8 – 2/29/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 29, 2012, 7:02 AM Feb 29, 2012
10

A culture of forgiving, Legacy money for school art programs, a death in Easy Company, end of the door-to-door sale, and embracing winter again.

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Troops in the landfill

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 2:47 PM Feb 28, 2012
1

An investigation into why the remains of some war dead was met mostly with a shrug today until someone determined that the unidentified remains of victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon were sent there, too.

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Nothing screams ‘success’ like a burning wreck

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 1:48 PM Feb 28, 2012
2

Is there anything better for your company than having your vehicle burn on national TV?

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How should parents be held accountable?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 12:17 PM Feb 28, 2012
3

Two vastly different items in the news in locations 800 miles apart have both led to the same question: Where does parental responsibility start and stop in matters of school life?

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All about Leap Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 10:56 AM Feb 28, 2012
1

We haven’t had any cases of white death from an overblown storm yet, so let’s refocus our attention to something that actually is going to occur.

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Want to build a school?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 9:30 AM Feb 28, 2012
1

A proposal for state taxpayers to build a school in a southeast Minnesota community could spawn some of the most cantankerous debate we’ve seen in awhile.

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Five by 8

Why you react to gas prices the way you do (5×8 – 2/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2012, 7:25 AM Feb 28, 2012
6

Why the outrage, racism and rallies, the Amish up close, a pill to erase bad memories, and lessons from the slang of teenage girls.

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Death of a homeless boy

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 3:02 PM Feb 27, 2012
9

A homeless 17-year-old with leukemia has died.

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Guess the airline

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 27, 2012, 12:55 PM Feb 27, 2012
18

Will JetBlue or Spirit Airlines be the newest airline to fly into MSP?

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