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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2012

Home ownership no longer defines ‘middle class’

Paul TostoPaul Tosto August 31, 2012, 3:31 PM Aug 31, 2012

No doubt that people in their 20s and 30s don’t view home ownership like the generations before them — as the symbol of making it in middle class America.

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Our historically bad economy in 2 charts

Paul TostoPaul Tosto August 31, 2012, 12:47 PM Aug 31, 2012
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Two charts offer a sobering view on just how historically bad the economy’s been and continues to be.

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Five by 8

Rape and the college campus (5×8 – 8/31/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 31, 2012, 6:49 AM Aug 31, 2012
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Why isn’t sexual assault reported, did Eastwood upstage Romney, raising the proposal bar, in defense of North Dakota, and the real meaning of ‘blue moon.’

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‘What would you do if you lost your job right now?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2012, 2:54 PM Aug 30, 2012
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This latest in a series of short interviews with Americans by CBS pretty well peels through all the politics of a president campaign and gets right to the real issue facing millions of Americans: Nobody seems to have a good answer to one person’s question.

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Farewell to the Coke bottle

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2012, 1:40 PM Aug 30, 2012
1

A Winona bottler, the last to put Coke in 6 oz., bottles, gives up.

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The art of taking a chance on people

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2012, 12:51 PM Aug 30, 2012

Sometimes we need a good reminder that it pays to set aside first impressions and preconceived notions.

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Politics

If not halftime in America, then what?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2012, 12:04 PM Aug 30, 2012
4

Does the Clint Eastwood Super Bowl commercial stand the test of time?

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Enter the world of ‘behavior officers’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2012, 10:29 AM Aug 30, 2012
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We’ve gotten a little glimpse of how much getting through security lines at the nation’s airports are going to change with the posting of ‘behavior officers.’

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Five by 8

Cops and cameras. Again. (5×8 – 8/30/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 30, 2012, 7:22 AM Aug 30, 2012
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The Conway incident, things not to say to your public defender, the SEAL interview, cow dung and the drought in Wisconsin, and return of the eagle in Spooner.

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This image brought to you by Saint Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2012, 2:15 PM Aug 29, 2012
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Saint Paul’s 2008 experience guides Tampa through a political convention.

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Weather

Isaac from space

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2012, 1:40 PM Aug 29, 2012

A space video of terra firma’s hurricane.

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Choppers

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2012, 12:54 PM Aug 29, 2012
6

A few more answers to this week’s urban assault training in Minneapolis.

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The kid and the sign-language name that looks like a gun

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2012, 11:57 AM Aug 29, 2012
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One of the more bizarre stories to come out of Nebraska in awhile has been settled.

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A farewell to ‘Oats’ Legrand

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2012, 10:26 AM Aug 29, 2012
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He broadcast more than 4,000 football games and Sports Illustrated once referred to him as ‘the voice of small town America.’

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Five by 8

Hurricane myths (5×8 – 8/29/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2012, 7:39 AM Aug 29, 2012
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The inland dangers of hurricanes, the ugly side of charity, the art of the family video, Smokey the Liar, and the entertainers who strike out at Wrigley Field.

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