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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for March 2012

Sunday liquor sales dies again at Capitol

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 1:52 PM Mar 30, 2012
34

The amendment went down and went down hard on a 97-27 vote.

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Early retirement is a quick route to an early death

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 1:29 PM Mar 30, 2012
3

Dream all you want about winning a lottery and quitting work but be glad you’ll be a loser.

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The science of blaming the media

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 12:44 PM Mar 30, 2012
3

Memo: If you want to keep your job in the world of science, don’t release a report that appears to prove Einstein was wrong.

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A penny dies a quiet death

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 12:08 PM Mar 30, 2012
5

Canada made a sound decision to dump the penny. Why can’t the U.S.?

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Packaging: The art of giving you less than you think

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 11:01 AM Mar 30, 2012
5

Packaging designers and marketers are smarter than the rest of us.

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Five by 8

Douglas: It’s OK for Republicans to believe in climate change (5×8 – 3/30/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 7:34 AM Mar 30, 2012
15

The politics and religion of Paul Douglas, storytelling v. news, your global salary, why the Vikings-to-Los Angeles claim is hot air, and Supreme Court style.

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In bankruptcy data, signs of better economy

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 29, 2012, 4:15 PM Mar 29, 2012

Have we turned the corner on bankruptcies in Minnesota?

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Live by the ranking …

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 29, 2012, 2:20 PM Mar 29, 2012
1

There’s long been a love-hate relationship between law schools and U.S. News rankings.

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A hero’s ‘noncombat’ death

Eric Ringham March 29, 2012, 11:27 AM Mar 29, 2012
4

Guardsman dies saving a little girl in Afghanistan.

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Best Buy’s woes show up in their numbers

Paul TostoPaul Tosto March 29, 2012, 10:12 AM Mar 29, 2012

Best Buy’s problems go deeper than quarterly losses.

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Today’s Supreme Court audio

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2012, 2:54 PM Mar 28, 2012
2

In this afternoon’s arguments it appeared the majority of the nine justices do not favor striking down the part of the law that expands Medicaid.

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A hoodie in Congress

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2012, 1:13 PM Mar 28, 2012
6

What does it take to get a somnambulating Congress upset? A hoodie.

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Supreme Court: No new trial in long-BNSF case

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2012, 10:48 AM Mar 28, 2012
9

It’s hard to believe it’s been nine years since four people met their end at the front of a Burlington Northern train that wiped out their car at the railroad crossing on Ferry Street in Anoka. The guard gate never came down, the lights never illuminated and the four young people never had a chance.

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Five by 8

Social activism and the black athlete (5×8 – 3/28/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 28, 2012, 7:39 AM Mar 28, 2012
21

Ali, Russell, and LeBron; the hot air surrounding high prices; the journalism ethics of getting involved; the mysterious squid of Alexandria; and a doggie homecoming.

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A predictable failure in Saint Peter

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 27, 2012, 2:41 PM Mar 27, 2012
4

David Proffitt’s failure as head of the state’s security hospital in Saint Peter was predictable.

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