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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Five by 8

Five by 8

Pat down or scan? (5×8 – 10/29/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 29, 2010, 7:15 AM Oct 29, 2010
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How do you want to reveal yourself, the ‘what’ is easy but the ‘how’ is hard, fear the pumpkin, how biased are you, and when dreams come true.

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Barely true (5×8 – 10/28/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 28, 2010, 7:45 AM Oct 28, 2010
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A heavy dose of ‘false,’ should teachers be allowed to discuss homosexuality, when government is private business’ best friend, flight attendants on food stamps, and ideas for calling in sick.

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Wind woes (5×8 – 10/27/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2010, 7:05 AM Oct 27, 2010
3

Football is the only way to tell the wind story, the bones of Lowertown, calling all nukes, it gets better at Facebook, and is it too soon to talk about after the election?

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Daily Show on NPR (5×8 – 10/26/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2010, 7:22 AM Oct 26, 2010
5

The policy against saying something interesting, the hidden life of guns, will we have pen pals in the next generation, what we can learn from Death of a Salesman, and the death of Paul the octopus.

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It was 8 years ago today (5×8 – 10/25/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 25, 2010, 7:17 AM Oct 25, 2010
2

Opening the Wellstone file, to have and have not for retirees, even more Juan Williams fallout, the common thread of the world, and puppies!

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The brighter side of a bad economy (5×8 – 10/22/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2010, 7:25 AM Oct 22, 2010
6

Does a bad economy keep more kids alive, learning landlording, the face of the construction sector, verdict reached in Juan Williams case, and mysteries of the back seat.

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He touched me (5×8 – 10/21/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 21, 2010, 7:15 AM Oct 21, 2010
8

Should a hockey fan sue over being grabbed by a player, little change likely in Minnesota congressional races, dispatches from the Department of Life’s Not Fair, mail on Mt. Everest, and Juan Williams has been fired from NPR.

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Anita Hill v. Clarence Thomas… again (5×8 – 10/20/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2010, 7:17 AM Oct 20, 2010
3

A phone call from the ’90s, cookie-cutter politics, an absence of hope, a marathon a day for dead soldiers, and the number-one sign you’re too connected.

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Power play (Five by 8 – 10/19/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 19, 2010, 7:01 AM Oct 19, 2010
1

The power of power, the power of cookies, the power of Eyedea, the power of contacts, and the power of canasta.

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Built-in goodness (5×8 – 10/18/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 18, 2010, 7:28 AM Oct 18, 2010
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How we’re wired to be moral, the influence of music in our lives, why so many people aren’t interested in voting. gleefully Moorhead, and why the house always wins.

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Are you in this picture? (5×8 – 10/15/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 15, 2010, 7:34 AM Oct 15, 2010
4

Peeking at Twins fans, when people do good, the house that started the foreclosure freeze, an artist swept up in a graffiti crackdown, and cartoon wars.

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Lessons from Luis (5×8 – 10/14/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2010, 7:02 AM Oct 14, 2010
4

Leadership is all in the mine, take a hike and save your brain, the cows of politics, Fort Worth steps up, and caution: slow barista ahead.

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Faces (Five by 8 -10/13/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 13, 2010, 7:20 AM Oct 13, 2010
4

What joy looks like, tracking your kid, the robot in your den, why we can’t solve homelessness, and the mystery of the gyrating man in Duluth.

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Remember Zumbro Falls (5×8 – 10/12/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2010, 7:06 AM Oct 12, 2010
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Why have flood-ravaged communities been forgotten? Also: The ‘gift’ of cancer, the joy of work examined, shiny weather objects, and a new player but old results for the Vikings.

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What now, Twinkies? (Five by 8 – 10/11/10)

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2010, 7:05 AM Oct 11, 2010
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Will the Twins spend to stay competitive, how a woman saved a baby 10 years after she died, downloading Dylan, do you know judicial candidates, and can politicians play nice?

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