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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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People doing good: The bus driver

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2012, 3:56 PM Sep 20, 2012

A bus driver in Winnipeg gave a man his shoes.

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Keillor continues to walk away from retirement talk

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 19, 2012, 10:52 AM Sep 19, 2012
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It’s safe to says that we can forget all of that nonsense about Garrison Keillor retiring next year.

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Viral video of the day: The guy who doesn’t like cyclists

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 18, 2012, 12:17 PM Sep 18, 2012
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It’s not spreading as quickly as, say, a Romney fundraiser, but this video is racing around the InterTubes today.

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End of the gender-specific school event?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 18, 2012, 11:22 AM Sep 18, 2012

There is the spirit of the law, and there is the letter of the law.

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The cardboard challenge

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2012, 1:43 PM Sep 17, 2012
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There’s a part two: Other kids who learned the joy of a few cardboard boxes and some imagination.

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The same-sex marriage debate made simple

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 17, 2012, 12:58 PM Sep 17, 2012
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An online symposium on the issue of same-sex marriage before the Supreme Court.

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Twins play it safe in anti-bullying video

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2012, 3:10 PM Sep 13, 2012

The Twins avoid references to gays and lesbians in a video campaign on bullying.

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Bridge flotilla update

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2012, 11:24 AM Sep 13, 2012

MnDOT’s latest video of the great bridge move in Hastings.

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Can the emerald ash borer really be stopped?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 12, 2012, 1:58 PM Sep 12, 2012
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The efforts have been noble, but the fact is the emerald ash borer is expanding its territory.

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The cartography of 9/11 New York

Paul TostoPaul Tosto September 11, 2012, 10:50 AM Sep 11, 2012

Maps built in the days after the 9/11 attacks helped emergency personnel understand the damage, the shifting rubble and the fires that continued to burn underground.

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Picture of the day: The bridge

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2012, 4:47 PM Sep 7, 2012
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The floating of the new Hastings bridge.

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Return to the river

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2012, 2:28 PM Sep 7, 2012

The Mississippi Queen is back on the river.

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1,000 words: The tomato kiss

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 7, 2012, 12:03 PM Sep 7, 2012
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La Tomatina, the annual festival in Bunol, Spain, is a photographer’s dream, and apparently a place for lovers, too.

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The new Americans

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 6, 2012, 4:14 PM Sep 6, 2012
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There is nothing more inspiring, nothing so pride-filling, as watching people who longed to come to America becoming Americans.

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The ‘S’ word (cont’d)

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 6, 2012, 1:11 PM Sep 6, 2012

A newspaper exec wonders if more attention should be paid to suicide.

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