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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Tim Nelson

Tim Nelson
timnelson@mpr.org • 651-290-1393

Tim Nelson is a general assignment reporter for Minnesota Public Radio News, and a 20-year veteran of local news. He’s been covering the Vikings stadium issue since 2011.

The 8th grade “menace”

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 14, 2008, 11:13 PM May 14, 2008
3

A lesson in junior high civics we could probably do without.

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At the Capitol: Put a fork in it

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 14, 2008, 12:24 PM May 14, 2008
3

Budget impasse? Maybe try filling the Capitol with white chocolate.

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Potty break

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 13, 2008, 10:55 PM May 13, 2008

You soon may no longer have to flush every time you use the bathroom in Minnesota, no matter what your mom told you. Well, sort of.

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Our man in Shanghai

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 12, 2008, 10:41 PM May 12, 2008
3

Minnesota native Adam Minter lives and works 1,000 miles from the earthquake’s epicenter in China, but still felt its shock.

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The other pledge week

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 12, 2008, 11:57 AM May 12, 2008
1

Some people stand on principle. Eighth grader Bishop Edens sits on his.

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This blog is child labor-free

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 12, 2008, 9:05 AM May 12, 2008
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It pays to be good, it turns out. Just not too good.

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Wagons Ho!

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 9, 2008, 1:53 PM May 9, 2008
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For most of Minnesota’s 150 years, transportation had emissions much more tangible, and pungent, than greenhouse gasses. A wagon train is celebrating that history.

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And now, a prescription from our sponsor…

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 9, 2008, 5:02 AM May 9, 2008
3

Tivo two episodes of Desperate Housewives and call me in the morning.

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Major League Bummer?

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 8, 2008, 1:41 PM May 8, 2008
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Not even Carlos Gomez’s white-hot bat can get the Twins out of the Fox Sports cellar.

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Still going for broke

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 8, 2008, 11:37 AM May 8, 2008
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Robins sing. Snow melts. St. Paul has a budget deficit.

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A few other self-evident truths

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 7, 2008, 4:11 PM May 7, 2008
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It isn’t just the blood of patriots and tyrants that refresh the tree of liberty. Happy tears and a splash of lemonade helped the cause in St. Paul today.

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File this under irony — on April 15th

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 7, 2008, 2:08 PM May 7, 2008
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It turns out that the complexity of Al Franken’s income taxes isn’t a recent phenomenon. It may date back to the Al Franken Decade — comedically speaking.

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It’s a bird. A plane. It’s…Super Spike!

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 7, 2008, 8:28 AM May 7, 2008
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What will $200-a-barrel oil look like in your tank? Probably very much like it does right now.

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The politics of hurricanes

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 6, 2008, 2:13 PM May 6, 2008

The only disaster bigger than a hurricane is being a rebel group in a hurricane, as Burmese Christians fear they’re about to find out.

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The Newspaper(s) of the Twin Cities

Tim NelsonTim Nelson May 6, 2008, 12:21 PM May 6, 2008
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Will the Twin Cities always be a two newspaper city?

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