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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for January 2013

When your childhood hero dies

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 10:38 AM Jan 10, 2013
4

Rex Trailer died last night and Minnesotans probably don’t know who he was. But every kid in America had a Rex Trailer in his/her life.

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Five by 8

The Grandma Brigade (5×8 – 1/10/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2013, 7:15 AM Jan 10, 2013
10

What the ‘nosy old ladies’ know about you, who cares about sewers, what snow teaches us about roads, the icons among us, and how an accident connected two people forever.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 1/9/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 4:53 PM Jan 9, 2013
1

Here’s your vaccine against ignorance: The daily news discussion with Mary Lucia on the Current.

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No smoking on the bus

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 3:02 PM Jan 9, 2013
4

What’s the deal with having kids smoke in a TV ad to discourage kids from smoking?

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Follow-up: Tig Notaro

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 12:51 PM Jan 9, 2013
2

Coincidence is an odd thing.

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The end of Brian Burke

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 11:52 AM Jan 9, 2013
0

But in firing Burke, the Maple Leafs also got rid of an important voice for gay athletes.

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A foolproof way to stop the spread of the flu

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 10:55 AM Jan 9, 2013
20

Get a flu shot, wash your hands regularly, and remind your boss today to change the culture of the American workplace.

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Five by 8

The story behind the AIG ad (5×8 – 1/9/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 9, 2013, 7:13 AM Jan 9, 2013
34

‘A’ is for ‘chutzpuh,’ lipstick on Saint Paul’s pig, the right to videotape police, Kluwe on Kluwe, and the day on Planet Creepy.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 1/8/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 4:38 PM Jan 8, 2013
4

The first day of the Legislature, the horror of Aurora, the future of Afghanistan troops, an anniversary in Tucson, an evacuation in Chaska, two months for killing a woman in Apple Valley, and why people who dismiss social media expose themselves as ignorant fools.

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Who is Michelle Rhee and why do we care what she thinks about Minnesota schools?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 1:20 PM Jan 8, 2013
9

A failing grade for Minnesota schools has more to it than meets the eye.

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People doing good

One man’s decency

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 12:05 PM Jan 8, 2013
2

Despite the coverage of his on-field performance, Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings may still be on of the best-kept secrets in Minnesota sports in one area: pure decency.

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All she does is win

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 11:31 AM Jan 8, 2013
3

Where did Lindsay Whalen of the Minnesota Lynx go after the WNBA season ended here? Turkey, where her team won the championship this week.

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A room with the homeless: $10

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 10:45 AM Jan 8, 2013
4

Maybe it’s time to take a marketing page from Sweden, where a campaign has launched to allow people to ‘book’ rooms where the homeless sleep.

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Five by 8

The problem below (5×8 – 1/8/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 7:29 AM Jan 8, 2013
6

The land of the rotting pipe, an annoying tax, a man and his dog, depending on the dump, and when you’re confronted by the unexpected.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (audio) – 1/7/13

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2013, 4:33 PM Jan 7, 2013
3

A hearing for the alleged mass shooter in Colorado, a new secretary of defense, the Minneapolis water main break update, sinking homes in southern Minnesota and cancer rates: still going down. Except.

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