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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for May 2013

A prom delayed

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2013, 11:04 AM May 20, 2013
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The surviving members of the Class of 1943 at a high school in Connecticut finally had their senior prom last night.

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Cancer claims music icons

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2013, 10:42 AM May 20, 2013
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Cancer did a number on music in the Twin Cities this weekend

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Five by 8

Pumping the earth dry (5×8 – 5/20/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2013, 7:35 AM May 20, 2013
3

The new Dust Bowl, when people care for people, comedy and the era of same-sex weddings, the best part of going to a Twins game is watching an old movie, and the land of Tonka.

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A Marine and his dog

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2013, 4:36 PM May 17, 2013
1

Ross Gundlach didn’t have to bother with the hearing in Des Moines on his request to adopt a dog.

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News blackout in Saint Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2013, 3:55 PM May 17, 2013
6

Sometimes we forget that the simplicity of basic — somewhat outdated — methods of communication are still pretty important.

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Who remembers Watergate?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2013, 1:21 PM May 17, 2013
7

If the scandals — real or imagined — this week have done nothing else, they’ve properly set up the summer of 2013 as a time to observe the 40th anniversary of the Watergate hearings

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Runup in gas prices exceeds price impact of ’73 oil embargo

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2013, 11:22 AM May 17, 2013
15

There was another big jump in gasoline prices overnight in Minnesota when gas stations raised the price of gasoline by another 20 cents a gallon, to $4.39 at most major outlets.

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Five by 8

Threat to soldiers: lenders (5×8 – 5/17/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2013, 6:55 AM May 17, 2013
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The loan racket, race and mass shootings, sharing the road, a welcome home, and haircuts for hugs.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/16/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2013, 4:47 PM May 16, 2013
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Using smokers to pay for a stadium for the Vikings, forget an increasing in the minimum wage, another head rolls in the IRS scandal, the twisters in Texas, and the mother who wouldn’t let a man abduct her daughter.

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Bad 2011 tobacco deal leads to 2013 stadium deal

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2013, 12:48 PM May 16, 2013
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The Dayton administration released its heretofore secret plan to fix its botched Vikings stadium funding scheme today.

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Colbert v. Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2013, 12:36 PM May 16, 2013
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Any joke goes over better if you include Wisconsin in it somewhere. Or Congress.

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Tales from off the road

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2013, 11:50 AM May 16, 2013
6

Sorry, big oil. This might stick.

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Five by 8

Can time pass history by? (5×8 – 5/16/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2013, 7:35 AM May 16, 2013
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History is a young person’s game, the gas price game, the Texas tornadoes, the poop detectives, and opening day for the Saints.

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Mary and Bob

Mary and Bob (5/15/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2013, 4:49 PM May 15, 2013
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Minneapolis police reveal more — but not much more — about a crash that killed a motorcyclist, firefighters make headway on wildfires here, people locked out of jobs could get more unemployment.

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The scandal of returning soldiers

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2013, 12:54 PM May 15, 2013
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If the nation wants a scandal, this one is it.

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