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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for July 2012

What’s in a lipstick?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2012, 3:43 PM Jul 11, 2012
9

The color of Dessa.

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SD’s driver’s license crisis

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2012, 3:20 PM Jul 11, 2012
15

Minnesota has a lot of problems, but at least our citizens can get a driver’s license, right, South Dakota?

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Romney’s NAACP speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2012, 2:19 PM Jul 11, 2012
3

The pressure was on Mitt Romney’s speechwriter today when the Republican presidential candidate appeared before the NAACP.

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In the ‘sleepy suburbs,’ a rainbow flag grows

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2012, 12:41 PM Jul 11, 2012
5

Though it plays a little loose with a description of Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District, The Atlantic is giving some recognition to an effort in Twin Cities suburbs to organize opposition to the same-sex marriage ban on November’s ballot.

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The case of the lawyer and the gun in his briefcase

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2012, 12:15 PM Jul 11, 2012
3

Sometimes, not knowing you have a gun in your possession is a good defense.

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Five by 8

The acceptable risk of isolation (5×8 – 7/11/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 11, 2012, 7:20 AM Jul 11, 2012
6

The Boundary Waters way, shrugging at corruption, two ‘shades of grey’ in library conundrum, the most famous knee in Minnesota, and return of a Fargo TV personality.

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Is this man the next Garrison Keillor?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 1:15 PM Jul 10, 2012
23

I won’t keep you in suspense; I don’t know. But a news release from American Public Media today, coupled with the occasional remark from Garrison Keillor that he might retire will certainly lead to speculation that John Moe, pictured, might be the answer to a question that media observers have been asking for years: What’s Read more →

Goodbye, Session Weekly

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 12:18 PM Jul 10, 2012
8

The Legislature shutters an icon of public information at the Capitol.

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Senser stepdaughter: ‘She’s there because of the crime she committed’

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 12:02 PM Jul 10, 2012
4

Amy Senser’s stepdaughter, who forced her stepdaughter to admit her role in the crash that killed Anousone Phanthavong, hit the morning talk show circuit today.

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Smartphone etiquette and the rest room

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 11:52 AM Jul 10, 2012
5

Oh dear, it had to get to this point sooner or later. What is the proper etiquette of using smartphones in the bathroom?

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Five by 8

The declining behavior at town ball (5×8 – 7/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 7:37 AM Jul 10, 2012
15

Foul territory in rural Minnesota, misleading presidential polls, prisoners of our own culture, battle of the naked Wisconsinites, and skipping stones in Sun Valley.

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Where fiction meets reality

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 4:54 PM Jul 9, 2012
6

More than 5,000 fans attend the annual convention for fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

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An Olympic alternative?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 2:17 PM Jul 9, 2012
6

Various controversies swirl around the London Olympics. The Chap Olympics, meanwhile, was held on just one day — last Saturday — and Britain finally won something.

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How the Senser sentence compares

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 12:17 PM Jul 9, 2012
6

How does Amy Senser’s sentence stack up against other hit and run sentences?

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The judging of Toni Medrano

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 11:18 AM Jul 9, 2012
15

There may not be a sadder story than the one today from Cottage Grove, where — the Star Tribune reports — a 29 year old woman set fire to herself, a month after being charged in last November’s death of her infant son.

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