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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for October 2012

Don’t mess with NoDak

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2012, 11:21 AM Oct 11, 2012
10

North Dakotans don’t like having people make fun of their state.

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Five by 8

The yearbook and the risk of suicide (5×8 – 10/11/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2012, 7:32 AM Oct 11, 2012
9

The contagion threat, clear eyes and full hearts on the campaign trail, the joy of not having kids, ready, fire, aim, and if you can’t honor a 91-year-old waitress, who can you honor?

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Space and the singer

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2012, 1:11 PM Oct 10, 2012
11

A star of ‘Phantom of the Opera’ buys her way aboard the International Space Station.

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The problems with crosswalks

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2012, 12:12 PM Oct 10, 2012
6

Crosswalk designs seem to invite pedestrian accidents. How could they be changed?

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1,000 words: What are you looking at, kid?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2012, 10:57 AM Oct 10, 2012
2

A foolish picture becomes the political conspiracy of the day.

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Five by 8

Why is there a ‘skills gap’? (5×8 – 10/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 10, 2012, 7:20 AM Oct 10, 2012
13

Maybe you should be a welder, the lip synced debate, Livingston meets DeGeneres, stop-and-frisk caught on video, and the day in the marriage-ban debate.

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A son’s musical gift

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 9, 2012, 3:43 PM Oct 9, 2012

Spencer Wirth-Davis, aka Big Cats, debuts a musical project inspired by his mother, who died after a battle with ovarian cancer.

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Jack Welch’s thin skin

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 9, 2012, 12:44 PM Oct 9, 2012
2

The more Jack Welch talked about his unemployment rate conspiracy, the sillier he looked.

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The skydive live

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 9, 2012, 11:50 AM Oct 9, 2012
2

I’m not sure I can look, but if you can stand the possibility that skydiver Felix Baumgartner won’t survive his attempt at the highest, fastest free fall in history, then here is live coverage.

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The battle of the Bird

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 9, 2012, 11:05 AM Oct 9, 2012
5

If a presidential campaign has to roll out Big Bird, it’s got big, big problems.

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Five by 8

‘Some time the hating has to stop’ (5×8 – 10/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 9, 2012, 7:15 AM Oct 9, 2012
13

End of the line for the ‘Railway Man,’ why gays can’t march in Anoka, pills for performance in school, ‘and no religion, too,’ and a day in the life of the Minnesota mental health system.

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The homecoming

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 8, 2012, 3:33 PM Oct 8, 2012
1

Here. A Kleenex.

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People doing good

One man ran a marathon without setting foot on the course

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 8, 2012, 2:40 PM Oct 8, 2012
1

Karl Stoerzinger had only a few hours to solve a devastating problem for a wheelchair racer.

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Lynx star stopped by cops for air freshener

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 8, 2012, 12:00 PM Oct 8, 2012
23

The air freshener justification for being stopped by police has been widely cited by those who are convinced they were stopped for ‘driving while black.’

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Who doesn’t like Big Bird?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 8, 2012, 10:49 AM Oct 8, 2012
12

A new poll shows Big Bird may have some image problems.

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