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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

Minnesota’s suicide epidemic (5×8 – 4/19/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2011, 7:06 AM Apr 19, 2011
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Minnesota has a problem, should drop-outs drive, struggles on both ends of stadium picture, the official state pipe band, and bicycle polo.

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A one-newspaper town? (5×8 – 4/18/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2011, 7:10 AM Apr 18, 2011
8

Can the Twin Cities support two papers, Nick’s autism, disasters up close, the beauty of the mountain, and evaporating clouds of video.

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Prom controversy season begins (5×8 – 4/15/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2011, 7:30 AM Apr 15, 2011
9

Too old for the prom, the life of Walter, the lasting injury of child abuse, nothing can save a kid like a pony, and the curse of the long-distance runner.

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Year of the water balloon (5×8 – 4/14/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 14, 2011, 7:10 AM Apr 14, 2011
4

A day to Thai one on, defending Dylan, the creative process explored, slave trade in the classroom, and Patton Oswalt Radio.

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Nobility and the foul ball (5×8 – 4/13/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 13, 2011, 7:12 AM Apr 13, 2011
6

The kid and the ball, Band Aid art, you are the jury, whose flood is it, and what happens on the farm stays on the farm.

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Should the small town be saved? (5×8 – 4/12/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 12, 2011, 7:13 AM Apr 12, 2011
3

When is it time to give up, the Civil War 150, pulling Planned Parenthood, Iman’s rape, and misunderstood melodies.

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Whack-a-flood (5×8 – 4/11/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2011, 6:52 AM Apr 11, 2011
4

Whack-a-flood, a cost-benefit analysis of religion, life on a string, the final haircut, and saving the world with video games.

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In search of our character (5×8 – 4/7/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 7, 2011, 7:30 AM Apr 7, 2011
13

Have we changed? The floods will tells us. Why our airport is unfair. St. Paul’s statue controversy. Comical jazz. And racing a bus… on a Big Wheels bike.

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The vaccine crisis (5×8 – 4/6/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 6, 2011, 7:02 AM Apr 6, 2011
16

Why are diseases once thought eradicated making a comeback, PBS vs. NPR, city turkeys, complacency on the Red River, and Rickrolling Oregon

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Memories from the mountain top (5×8 – 4/5/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 5, 2011, 7:05 AM Apr 5, 2011
7

It was 43 years ago today, the airport cart capital of the world, the presidential intersect, the music man of Grand Rapids, and can boomers retire?

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Pillowless in the Twin Cities (5×8 – 4/4/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 4, 2011, 6:55 AM Apr 4, 2011
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How did we miss International Pillow Fight Day, the housing debate three years later, flooding: second verse, worse than the first; men vs. women in Bangladesh, and Porky’s last burnout.

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Kids today (5×8 – 4/1/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 1, 2011, 7:06 AM Apr 1, 2011
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No baby, the love is on for Rachel, the nuns of summer, the nearly naked run, and watering plants made hard.

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The joy of watching water (5×8 – 3/31/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 31, 2011, 7:22 AM Mar 31, 2011
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Pondering Minnesota, stadium proponents hit the line, when people do good, the great abandoned bike mystery, the new American dream, and wearing a hijab for a day.

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Which state parks should close? (5×8 – 3/30/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2011, 7:20 AM Mar 30, 2011
33

Pick a park, vulnerability and joy, reporters standing in water, are WWII aircraft leaving Minnesota, and March sadness.

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Who’s ready for a little sacrifice? (5×8 – 3/29/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 29, 2011, 7:01 AM Mar 29, 2011
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Will everyone share, reporters standing in water, Car Talk in three acts, a man and his goose, and marrying your iPad.

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