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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for July 2012

Sexting is a healthy part of dating?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 24, 2012, 3:15 PM Jul 24, 2012
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Sending sexually explicit photos of yourself apparently is not the aberrant behavior we thought it was. University of Michigan researchers say it may just part of our crazy modern mating ritual!

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Alaska’s brown bears, live

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 24, 2012, 11:48 AM Jul 24, 2012

I’ve been a little bear-fixated since last year when I happened to be in Yellowstone National Park the same week a hiker was killed by a grizzly So I’m fascinated this morning watching a new web cam at the Brooks River in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Running on wind and solar power, the cam came Read more →

Minnesota best place to live — in 20 years

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 24, 2012, 8:42 AM Jul 24, 2012

You may love Minnesota right now. But just wait until 2032!

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The dog ate my speedometer

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 23, 2012, 3:31 PM Jul 23, 2012
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I’m kind of enjoying the new Minnesota Department of Public Safety ads about the creative excuses people use for speeding. I’m learning a valuable lesson, too, of course.

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How unready are we for retirement?

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 23, 2012, 1:07 PM Jul 23, 2012
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It’s quite a day. The market’s tanking because it’s expensive for Spain to borrow. The New York Times is launching a new project digging into middle class decline. It’s only a short stroll, then, to some grim, newly published data showing many of the folks near retirement have little savings beyond Social Security. The Schwartz Read more →

Frac sand mining benefits below the radar

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 23, 2012, 9:14 AM Jul 23, 2012
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It’s hard to have a discussion about long term stability when there are needed jobs being created and big money to be made in the short-term.

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One piece at a time

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 21, 2012, 8:40 AM Jul 21, 2012

Back to our theme on the nature of passion.

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In aftermath of Colorado shootings, religious perspectives are hard to find

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2012, 3:28 PM Jul 20, 2012
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On a day in which the fundamental underpinnings of faith could be challenged, religious leaders and writers have mostly left it to the politicians.

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The father who won’t let his daughter go to Disney World

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2012, 2:16 PM Jul 20, 2012
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A father denies his daughter a promised trip because her cancer is in remission.

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Solution by technicality

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2012, 12:05 PM Jul 20, 2012
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MnDOT tries to defuse a growing public relations problem over the American flag.

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What one man can do in a big media company

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2012, 12:00 PM Jul 20, 2012
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Good people have come and good people have gone but there’s one person — and only one person — who’s been a part of MPR.org since the day he started.

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1,000 Words: The parents

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2012, 11:39 AM Jul 20, 2012
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There isn’t a good parent in the world who doesn’t understand the pain of Tom Sullivan, center, who is shown in this AP photo embraces family members outside Gateway High School in Aurora.

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Five by 8

The Colorado shootings (5×8 – 7/20/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 20, 2012, 7:04 AM Jul 20, 2012
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Did life imitate art, Franken and Davis minus Davis, reporters in campaign ads, remembering the Hjemkomst voyage, and the Airstream mentality.

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How will the government tax zombies?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 19, 2012, 4:42 PM Jul 19, 2012
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The U.S. stands on the precipice of a financial disaster, and Congress has done nothing but bicker.

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When Gov. Dayton doesn’t compute

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 19, 2012, 12:16 PM Jul 19, 2012
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Anyone who’s ever watched politicians get questions they didn’t have answers for had to know that Gov. Mark Dayton was heading for the rocks almost immediately after he got a question on MPR’s Daily Circuit the other day about a subject that has little to do with politics or policy.

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