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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2013

Auto review sparks journalism debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2013, 11:38 AM Feb 14, 2013
8

It’s certainly unusual that the CEO’s blog is able to provide such a scathing rebuttal to the review. It’s even more unusual to have a journalism ethics debate break out in the usually dull auto section.

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The scourge of public wedding proposals

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2013, 11:05 AM Feb 14, 2013
7

Here’s my theory: The bigger public spectacle you make of your wedding proposal, the shorter your marriage.

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Five by 8

Love, luck, and fate (5×8 – 2/14/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2013, 7:19 AM Feb 14, 2013
8

Love stories, a tribute to a musician, hockey politics in Farmington, the people who stop to help, and finger guns.

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What’s that on your forehead?

Eric Ringham February 13, 2013, 11:52 AM Feb 13, 2013
2

Let’s try not to do double takes this afternoon.

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Surfing Lake Superior: How our photographer got those shots

Nate Minor February 13, 2013, 10:45 AM Feb 13, 2013
2

Photographer Derek Montgomery captured some great images of surfers on Lake Superior. Here’s how he got them.

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Weather

The key to Minnesota Nice: snow

Nate Minor February 12, 2013, 3:32 PM Feb 12, 2013
2

If you’re unlucky enough not to live in an area that got blasted with snow last weekend, you probably missed out on some good stories.

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No children smoked in this ad

Eric Ringham February 12, 2013, 2:55 PM Feb 12, 2013
2

ClearWay Minnesota ads fight dirty, and effectively.

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A giant leap

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2013, 10:58 AM Feb 12, 2013
5

Who won the space race?

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Five by 8

The iceman of Big Lake (5×8 – 2/12/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2013, 7:14 AM Feb 12, 2013
5

Embracing winter with sculpture, the day in violence, is there a link between violence and video games, where are the Minnesota philanthropists, and no arms…no problem.

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Clint Romesha’s day

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2013, 3:41 PM Feb 11, 2013
0

One day you’re working in the oil fields of North Dakota. The next day the president of the United States is putting a medal around your neck, telling you you’re one of the very few recipients of the nation’s highest honor.

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People doing good

Make-A-Charger

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2013, 3:10 PM Feb 11, 2013
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Matthew, a 16 year old from northern Minnesota, is battling cancer and his Make-A-Wish is the restoration of his car — a Dodge Charger.

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Weather

Snow emergency in rhyme

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2013, 1:40 PM Feb 11, 2013
5

You’ve got to give Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak a little credit for resorting to prose to try to explain the rules.

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Weather

The myth of the named winter storm

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2013, 11:45 AM Feb 11, 2013
3

While a fair bit of nonsense, the naming of a winter storm was no more a danger to the public not taking the storm seriously than an endless parade of inaccurate forecasts.

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Weather

The Mississippi tornado up close

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2013, 10:55 AM Feb 11, 2013
0

When you hear the tornado sirens, it means ‘grab the video camera and go have a look.’

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Five by 8

When we want to be uninformed (5×8 – 2/11/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2013, 7:18 AM Feb 11, 2013
11

We see nothing, the search for Sgt. Baker, the right to privacy and the taxpayer’s dime, in the name of property values, and tales from prom season.

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