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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for August 2015

Lake Elmo residents, MAC at odds over airport plan

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2015, 9:34 AM Aug 3, 2015
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An opponent of expanding the runway length at Lake Elmo Airport probably has a point about why the Metropolitan Airports Commission wants to get the project approved now. Read more →

Economy

Smartphones ruin productivity? Oh, please!

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2015, 8:36 AM Aug 3, 2015
9

Conservative commentator Ben Stein claims the cellphone is responsible for a ‘stall’ in the growth of worker productivity.
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Education

hitchBot meets its demise at hands of ugly Americans

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2015, 6:56 AM Aug 3, 2015
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It rather figures that a whimsical ‘robot’ that captured the delight of motorists around the world couldn’t last two weeks in the United States. Read more →

Sports · Weather

Mysteries of the poncho

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 2, 2015, 8:47 AM Aug 2, 2015
3

No, as a matter of fact, we’re not at all above making fun of those high-falutin’ Boston sports fans.
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Education

In Grand Forks, some Seuss on the sidewalk

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2015, 10:32 AM Aug 1, 2015
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A week or so ago, a city official in a Massachusetts community got in big trouble for painting crosswalks where the city had neglected to keep them up.

Here’s hoping Grand Forks has a better view of Jeff Borys contribution to the pedestrian world. Read more →

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