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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2012

What is this ‘stealing’ of which you speak?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 1:29 PM Jun 19, 2012
32

An intern for NPR’s All Songs Considered might be learning a valuable lesson: If you’re going to steal the creative work of others, it’s probably best not to broadcast it on your company’s website.

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O(bese), Canada!

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 12:24 PM Jun 19, 2012
1

Today’s question in the news: Can obese people be good parents?

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Weather

The siren debate redux

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 10:47 AM Jun 19, 2012
21

Do you always seek shelter when a weather siren is sounded?

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Five by 8

Happy Juneteenth (5×8 – 6/19/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 19, 2012, 7:11 AM Jun 19, 2012
10

Freedom Day, living the buddy-system way, encounter with a homeless man, Minds Interrupted, a question of priorities in West Fargo, and how a bucket list can kill you.

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Cops filming cops

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2012, 3:42 PM Jun 18, 2012
1

The Minneapolis Police Department’s experiment with filming police officers at large public events to counter the online offerings of those who take exception is getting a little national attention.

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Weather

It’s not the heat, it’s the haboob

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2012, 2:04 PM Jun 18, 2012
11

Sure, it’s a little muggy today , last night’s storms weren’t conducive to a good night’s sleep, and the rare June sandbagging effort has been underway at a few homes along the Cannon and Little Cannon Rivers. But it could be worse; you could live in Phoenix.

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Hockey needs more moms on the ice

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2012, 1:01 PM Jun 18, 2012
2

Maybe what hockey needs is a few more mothers doing the work referees should be doing…

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Court: Carrying a gun in private yard not illegal

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2012, 12:17 PM Jun 18, 2012
15

Police officers in Minnesota cannot detain someone on the front yard of a private residence solely on the report that he might have a gun, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today.

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Should banks pay for the cost of foreclosure upkeep?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2012, 11:14 AM Jun 18, 2012
5

Many cities charge mortgage owners to register vacant properties. Could the idea spread to the suburbs in Minnesota?

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Five by 8

Busted? (5×8 – 6/18/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2012, 7:00 AM Jun 18, 2012
7

A union struggle begins to fizzle, the answer to Rodney King, find yourself in the Rock the Garden crowd, the birdman of the U.S. Open, and what’s underneath the water you spent all weekend on top of?

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Pictures of father

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2012, 7:45 AM Jun 16, 2012
1

There’s a scene in Field of Dreams, a movie more about fathers than baseball, in which Ray Kinsella’s long-ago father appears and his world changes when he sees his father as a young man.

That is not how we see parents.

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The search for #607

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 15, 2012, 3:44 PM Jun 15, 2012
1

The Twins reported today they’ve found Thome’s 607th career homer that disappeared into a flower bed last night.

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Reporter v. president

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 15, 2012, 3:00 PM Jun 15, 2012
4

It’s been awhile since there’s been a dust-up between the White House and reporters over the decorum surrounding attempts to question the president, but we got one today.

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For the Upper Midwest, lower gas prices were fleeting

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 15, 2012, 2:35 PM Jun 15, 2012
7

Economists had hoped lower gasoline prices — other than California, Minnesota has some of the highest gas prices in the country — would get people to spend more.

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Weather

The Cannon River valley by air

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 15, 2012, 12:17 PM Jun 15, 2012
1

An aerial view of flash flooding in the the Northfield-Cannon Falls area.

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