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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Than Tibbetts

ttibbetts@mpr.org

11 (5×8 – 11/11/11)

Than Tibbetts November 11, 2011, 7:26 AM Nov 11, 2011
4

Good morning class, Mr. Collins is out today. 0) ELEVEN I’ll spare you the jokes about 11/11/11 — that’s 11/11/11 for our friends across the pond — and just point you to The Current’s Music Blog, where they’re celebrating Nigel Tufnel Day. 1) VETS Today is Veteran’s Day. The Department of Veteran’s Affairs has more Read more →

Putting the storm in perspective

Than Tibbetts December 14, 2010, 5:04 AM Dec 14, 2010
1

See last weekend’s snow storm from a whole new vantage point: space.

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SCOTUS upholds civil commitments for ‘sexually dangerous’

Than Tibbetts May 17, 2010, 3:24 PM May 17, 2010

In a 7-2 decision today, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law allowing the government to hold “sexually dangerous” persons in civil commitment after they have served the length of their criminal sentences.

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A sense of scale

Than Tibbetts May 14, 2010, 11:25 AM May 14, 2010
1

Put the Gulf oil spill in your backyard. Or, more precisely, everybody’s backyard.

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Out of touch? Or out of context?

Than Tibbetts April 21, 2010, 3:39 PM Apr 21, 2010
6

“Maybe everybody else knows this, but what is the difference between the pager and the e-mail?”

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Sid the Kid

Than Tibbetts March 15, 2010, 4:28 PM Mar 15, 2010

A happy 90th birthday to our close, personal friend Sid Hartman.

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FAA makes a deal with NWA Flight 188 pilots

Than Tibbetts March 15, 2010, 3:33 PM Mar 15, 2010

The two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past MSP have agreed not to fight the revocations of the licenses.

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Bake. Off.

Than Tibbetts March 12, 2010, 3:21 PM Mar 12, 2010
9

See which Minnesota recipes made the cut in Pillbury’s Bake-Off competition.

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Tiger Woods’ Minnesota connection

Than Tibbetts March 11, 2010, 6:33 PM Mar 11, 2010
1

A Bemidji woman steps out in support of her former college boyfriend. Some guy named “Tiger Woods.”

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The Great Internet Wasteland

Than Tibbetts February 19, 2010, 3:55 PM Feb 19, 2010
2

What do you get when you combine public radio and Chatroulette? A strange, fascinating interview.

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Souls crushed, Vikings fans pick up the pieces

Than Tibbetts January 25, 2010, 4:13 PM Jan 25, 2010
7

Sure, the Super Bowl is in a couple of weeks, but you, Vikings fan, have been relegated to the role of impartial observer.

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The birth of a bear

Than Tibbetts January 22, 2010, 1:42 PM Jan 22, 2010

The North American Bear Center in Ely captured a first today, the birth of a live black bear cub, and streamed it across the Internet to tens of thousands of viewers.

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A Tale of Two Late Nights

Than Tibbetts January 15, 2010, 2:26 PM Jan 15, 2010

History repeats itself at 11:35 p.m. Eastern Time.

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St. John’s big tree

Than Tibbetts December 9, 2009, 3:52 PM Dec 9, 2009
3

The folks at St. John’s in Collegeville have provided a video proof to the age-old question: How do you fit a 15-foot-wide Christmas tree through a 10-foot-wide door?

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The Champlin Cougar video

Than Tibbetts December 7, 2009, 3:44 PM Dec 7, 2009
10

See the video of the cougar caught on a Champlin police officer’s dashboard camera.

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