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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2012

Only 1 week left for the official religion of Norway

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2012, 3:07 PM Jun 5, 2012
4

As of next Friday, the Lutheran Church will no longer be the official religion of Norway.

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The mystery of same-sex polls

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2012, 1:45 PM Jun 5, 2012
8

Why do polls show same-sex marriage bans out of favor, but they keep passing on election day?

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Finishing strong

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2012, 12:37 PM Jun 5, 2012
5

At the Division III track-and-field championships over the weekend in Ohio, Meghan Vogel, a junior, was near the finish line when there was something more important that came up for her than finishing the race.

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Five by 8

St. Charles and the people who ignore basic freedoms (5×8 – 6/5/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2012, 7:14 AM Jun 5, 2012
19

A lesson in constitutional ignorance, Claire’s graduation, don’t mess with Mr. Zero, Williston residents losing their city and homes to oil, and dealing with it.

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Regional history

The young men of Midway

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2012, 2:27 PM Jun 4, 2012
1

You may have to strain to see the young man that is still probably inside these old men, who were honored today.

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Testing the limits of artistic expression

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2012, 1:32 PM Jun 4, 2012
4

A Dutch artist turns his dead cat into an RC helicopter.

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Microsoft closes the barn door

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2012, 1:01 PM Jun 4, 2012
1

When the news broke last week that the Flame computer virus was probably built by the same nation (or nations) that commissioned the worm that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010, it was only a matter of time before everything led back to the usual unwitting accomplice in these things: Microsoft.

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Studying up for The Transit

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2012, 11:48 AM Jun 4, 2012
2

Venus will make a nearly seven-hour voyage across the face of the sun tomorrow.

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Five by 8

I built an airplane (5×8 – 6/4/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2012, 7:08 AM Jun 4, 2012
23

In the footsteps of Orville and Wilbur, who helped kill Derek Boogaard, Matt’s race, a celebration at Prairie Island, and Bloomberg’s Blue Earth bumble.

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‘Dark Star’ dead at 66

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2012, 4:51 PM Jun 1, 2012
3

Over the years, some tremendously distinctive radio personalities have made a living in Twin Cities radio. Today, one of them died.

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Ads that offend

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2012, 2:33 PM Jun 1, 2012
2

Britain, bless its heart, has a watchdog agency to prevent TV commercials from offending its people.

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Surveys and trivia

Postal Service puts stamp of approval on Spandex

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2012, 1:30 PM Jun 1, 2012

The U.S. Postal Service will issue a new stamp celebrating bicycling next week, and it’s chosen Minneapolis in which to issue the ‘first day cover,’ because it is America’s #1 biking city.

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Dispatches from the pool

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2012, 12:17 PM Jun 1, 2012
5

For sheer trivia and worthlessness, nothing beats the ‘pool report’ issued to the local media when a president visits.

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An absence of passion

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2012, 10:59 AM Jun 1, 2012
9

Whenever Obama visits the state, it’s very hard not to think about one of the most amazing sights in the history of Minnesota politics.

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Five by 8

Politics at ground zero: Wisconsin (5×8 – 6/1/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2012, 7:27 AM Jun 1, 2012
3

The recall election, the picture that still won’t let us turn away, the great bubble wrap debate, the stationary kayak, and the time machine in the back of a truck.

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