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NewsCut

MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for July 2012

We the purple

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 4, 2012, 8:08 AM Jul 4, 2012
5

The annual posting of the official News Cut July 4th observation.

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E pluribus ignorantia

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2012, 4:15 PM Jul 3, 2012
4

Unless something has changed in the last year, on July 4th this year, we’ll learn that one in four Americans doesn’t know much about July 4th.

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What Andy left behind

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2012, 1:10 PM Jul 3, 2012
1

In ‘A Face in the Crowd,’ Andy Griffith left a film that makes us pause and consider what political punditry has done to us all.

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Weather

10 facts about the heat that won’t make you feel any cooler

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2012, 12:39 PM Jul 3, 2012
6

All things considered, the heat wave could be worse.

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Five by 8

A day in the life of a warming planet (5×8 – 7/23/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2012, 7:30 AM Jul 3, 2012
20

A postcard from winter, word of the day: Derecho, the gay anchor, the drive-in, and the worst in workplace jargon.

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Weather

The climate outside the window

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 2:14 PM Jul 2, 2012
5

Today, the Bad Astronomy blog asks, ‘when does weather become climate?’ And then answers, ‘now.’

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The car that flies

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 1:43 PM Jul 2, 2012

The Terrafugia is the closest anyone has come to marketing the car/plane.

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Surveys and trivia

The July 4th spending spree

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 1:03 PM Jul 2, 2012
14

Dear American Business: Why does it always have to be about you?

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Lunch break with the orchestra

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 12:06 PM Jul 2, 2012
3

This is actually produced by a bank, but it serves as a good suggestion to any Twin Cities-based orchestras that might want to gin up a little interest some lunch hour.

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Colorado fires from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 10:45 AM Jul 2, 2012
1

Unseen from space, however, is the breathtaking randomness of what burned and what didn’t.

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Five by 8

Billboard backlash (5×8 – 7/2/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2012, 7:10 AM Jul 2, 2012
13

Another look at the Un-Fair campaign, a quick jog around the world, the flood runner of Duluth, are family vacations worth it, the end of the AC throttle.

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