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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: cats

This or That

The plight of the homeless pet

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 29, 2018, 7:04 AM Aug 29, 2018
5

We need to give some equal time to cats in this space so here’s the story of Nighty, the black cat owned by Corey Jacob, who lives out of a van, the
Rochester Post Bulletin writes today.
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This or That

A cat from Mankato befriends a bullied boy in Oklahoma

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2018, 3:38 PM Apr 3, 2018
4

Madden Humphreys was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. He also has complete heterochromia iridum, which gives him two different colored eyes.

That makes him a target for the most vicious animal on earth: kids at school. Read more →

Arts & Culture

The ‘keyboard cat’ is dead

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 20, 2018, 8:30 AM Mar 20, 2018
6

The cat that did as much as any feline to usher in the era of cat videos on YouTube has expired. Read more →

Politics

Faribault considers how to herd cats

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2017, 6:51 AM Apr 19, 2017
12

Faribault has a big cat problem. The city has too many feral cats. That’s setting up a debate over whether the problem goes away by killing them or capturing them. Read more →

Health

What’s a cat worth? In Rochester, at least $20,000

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 11, 2016, 8:43 AM Aug 11, 2016
6

Sure, they might hack up a hairball on the carpet every now and again, but cats won’t disappoint you the way a human can from time to time.

That might explain why a Rochester woman has spent $20,000 on her cancer-stricken cat. Read more →

War

New weapon in fight against terrorists: Kittens

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 23, 2015, 6:06 AM Nov 23, 2015
2

The police in Brussels didn’t find what they were looking for when they staged a series of raids looking for Salah Abdeslam, suspected to be one of the gunmen in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks. Read more →

Politics

Pol pines for cosmic cat disaster, gets earthly response

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2015, 7:59 AM Aug 13, 2015
22

Rep. Pat Garofalo has tweeted his way into another controversy. Read more →

An inglorious end for Peat the Cat

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 10, 2014, 9:08 AM Sep 10, 2014
6

It was a short run in the spotlight for Peat the cat, the star of NPR reporter Ari Shapiro’s piece on All Things Considered last night about cats as ‘mousers’ in distilleries.
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Sports

Cat throws out first pitch at baseball game

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2014, 8:04 AM May 21, 2014
1

You’ve probably seen this video — 21 million have — of Tara the cat chasing a dog away from attacking a little boy. Last night, the cat threw out the first pitch at the Bakersfield Blaze game in California. Well, I gave it my best shot, but my humans really got in the way. Everyone Read more →

Five by 8 · Weather

Roses are red, violets are blue, it’s Valentine’s Day, the rest’s up to you (5×8 — 2/14/14)

Bruce MacDonald February 14, 2014, 8:16 AM Feb 14, 2014
3

Valentine’s Day, ice dams, long winters and bad cats. It’s all part of 5X8. Read more →

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