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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2014

Five by 8

Maybe the NFL is ready for a gay player (5×8 – 2/13/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 13, 2014, 7:40 AM Feb 13, 2014
9

Upon further review, the NFL may be more enlightened than the media portrays. Is racially offensive material more acceptable if it’s art? Behind the caucus night fights in Minneapolis. The viral cop photo in Saint Paul. And how to see the ice caves of Lake Superior. Read more →

Report: Phishing email started Target data breach

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 1:41 PM Feb 12, 2014
1

A phishing email to an HVAC contractor opened the door to the massive Target hack. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Supreme Court: Hennepin cop who ran red light immune from lawsuit

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 1:39 PM Feb 12, 2014
0

A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today tossed out a lawsuit against a Hennepin County sheriff’s deputy, who smashed into a car while responding to an emergency. Read more →

Surveys and trivia

The great yoga pants rebellion of 2014

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 12:48 PM Feb 12, 2014
5

We do love us a good high school fashion controversy.
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Weather

Today is not the day you want to fly

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 11:58 AM Feb 12, 2014
0

A look at the national air traffic today reveals one wide-ranging impact of the ice storm in the Southeast. Read more →

People doing good

Facebook outpouring can’t mask shunning of special needs children

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 10:58 AM Feb 12, 2014
2

How bad can we be at shunning? This is the second mother in a week who’s had to turn to strangers for what people in the community should be providing. Read more →

Five by 8

Out of money, out of time, and in a coma (5×8 – 2/12/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2014, 6:50 AM Feb 12, 2014
9

Out of money, out of time, and in a coma. Plus: hockey parents who fight, when journalists have opinions, should a parent have parental rights, and the people who are about an animal. Read more →

Sports

For Olympic spirit, Canada takes home the gold

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2014, 1:20 PM Feb 11, 2014
2

The Canadians show us that the Olympics can be a place of dignity and goodwill. Read more →

Sports

Psst, hey, buddy! Got a Metrodome picture?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2014, 12:45 PM Feb 11, 2014
3

The guy leading the VIkings stadium construction has been tweeting cool pictures of the Metrodome destruction. He says the team and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission have asked him to stop. Read more →

Sports

Olympic media coverage can be short-attention-span theater

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2014, 11:55 AM Feb 11, 2014
2

People on the Canadian border can access CBC coverage, which is much more robust — almost three times the number of hours of coverage as the U.S. side. Read more →

Faced with incorrect gas price, drivers toss their honesty – again

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2014, 11:09 AM Feb 11, 2014
3

We have another case of the lack of ethics by drivers faced with an obvious mistake that allows them to take advantage of a low price for gasoline. It happened in Woodstock, Illinois Sunday night when either human or computer error put gasoline on sale for 1 cent. Faced with this, what would you do? Read more →

Five by 8

Does the health care law work? Who knows? (5×8 – 2/11/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2014, 7:19 AM Feb 11, 2014
6

Why does it take six years to get the health care law into effect? Hudson, home of heroin. A Duluthian has emerged as a breakout star of the Olympics, and he’s not even an athlete. Should Columbus Day be eliminated? And four things you can do while waiting for warmer weather. Read more →

Sports

Behind the scenes of Michael Sams’ story

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2014, 3:34 PM Feb 10, 2014
1

It turns out that if you might be drafted in the NFL, you don’t just call up a reporter and say you’re gay. There’s a little more information about the lengths to which his agents had to go in an article on Outsports.com. Among the nuggets: Former Viking Chris Kluwe, currently embroiled in a legal Read more →

Weather

The amazing, frozen Lake Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2014, 2:54 PM Feb 10, 2014
0

In 1994, 94 percent of the Lake Superior was frozen. That’s a record that may fall in the next few days. Read more →

Sports

When terrorism backfires

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2014, 1:04 PM Feb 10, 2014
0

The Boston Marathon is a fairly soft target for terrorists. Twenty-six miles of city streets can’t be locked down, especially with the carnival atmosphere that accompanies the event. “We are never going to reduce the risk to zero in any event, especially ones that attract hundreds of thousands of people, but we have to do Read more →

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