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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2012

Bus monitor update

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2012, 1:53 PM Jun 21, 2012
5

Officials round up the most dangerous mammal on the planet — the 13-year old human.

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Weather

The river retreats

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2012, 12:53 PM Jun 21, 2012
2

The St. Louis River in Duluth is finally starting to drop.

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Duluth’s ‘unfair’ campaign tackles white privilege

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2012, 11:38 AM Jun 21, 2012
22

The controversial campaign takes on the issue of white privilege.

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The ‘I’ ‘R’ and ‘S’ words

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2012, 11:21 AM Jun 21, 2012
4

Political ads this year may hide the fact a candidate is an elected politician.

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Weather

The Minnesota drought

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2012, 10:30 AM Jun 21, 2012

There are mild drought conditions in sections of Minnesota.

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Five by 8

Nobody died (5×8 – 6/21/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 21, 2012, 7:25 AM Jun 21, 2012
20

Picking up in Duluth, the jobless recovery, the jobs we do, the Neiman-Lanpher snit remembered, and 21 images to restore your faith in humanity.

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U of M student’s Facebook posts can lead to punishment, court says

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 5:45 PM Jun 20, 2012
2

The First Amendment does not give you the right to be free from punishment for engaging in unethical conduct, the Minnesota Supreme Court said today.

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Court: Man who got bad legal advice, can’t withdraw plea leading to deportation

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 4:13 PM Jun 20, 2012
1

There are new rules and there are old rules and sometimes people have to leave the country because of old rules no longer in effect. An example comes today from the Minnesota Supreme Court, which has handed defeat to a man who wanted the right to withdraw a guilty plea, because he hadn’t been told it would mean he likely would be deported.

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More video from Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 2:21 PM Jun 20, 2012
1

Another round of videos from the Northland.

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A migraine by any other name

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 2:12 PM Jun 20, 2012
4

There should be another term for a migraine headache, because ‘migraine headache’ doesn’t come close to conveying the severity of one. Just ask anyone who’s called in sick with a migraine headache.

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Twitter’s — and Dave’s — big day

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 12:17 PM Jun 20, 2012
13

The social network shows its news chops on a breaking story.

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In the big scheme, it’s a drop in the bucket

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 11:07 AM Jun 20, 2012
10

How much water would it take to increase Lake Superior by one inch?

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Five by 8

Flooding: Is it corn’s fault? (5×8 – 6/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2012, 7:27 AM Jun 20, 2012
19

Do Minnesota’s weather woes come from Nebraska, hockey backtracks on its efforts to make the sport safer, the impact of the government worker, buying black, and the lights over Lapland.

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Southern Baptists break color barrier

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 3:09 PM Jun 19, 2012
1

An African American is elected to lead the religious group that historically was solidly white.

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1,000 Words: The storm pictures

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 2:50 PM Jun 19, 2012
2

Clearly, there’s more to the art of photojournalism than point-and-shoot.

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