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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.

Word of the day: Pig

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 2:08 PM Sep 24, 2008
3

Pigs in the news.

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Why polls don’t tell us anything

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 1:50 PM Sep 24, 2008
2

Polls in swing states today are about as clear as mud.

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A look at the Petters Group

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 12:11 PM Sep 24, 2008
4

The offices of the Petters Group are being raided by the FBI. Here’s a glimpse of the private company and the man who runs it.

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Financial reform from top to bottom

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 9:04 AM Sep 24, 2008
4

What changes should be made in how homeowners make decisions about their money in the wake of the financial crisis.

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The way girls dress

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 12:57 AM Sep 24, 2008
7

A school board in southwest Minnesota considers what to do about skimpy clothing at football games.

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How much is $700 billion?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2008, 5:41 PM Sep 23, 2008
8

The proposed bailout would require over 7 tons of cash.

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Abandoning teens

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2008, 4:53 PM Sep 23, 2008
1

A law in Nebraska allows parents to abandon their teenagers. And a few are.

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Let ’em fail?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2008, 1:38 PM Sep 23, 2008
17

What would happen if the big financial institutions were allowed to fail? And what do you think should be done?

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The state plane

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2008, 12:02 PM Sep 23, 2008
13

The governor is flying around the state today, pushing education reforms. How much does it cost to fly around the state?

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Surveys and trivia

Minnesota: Get to know it

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2008, 12:11 AM Sep 23, 2008
2

The Census Bureau released its American Community Survey this morning. Here’s some insight into Minnesota.

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Live-blogging: Journalists and cops: What’s next?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2008, 5:06 PM Sep 22, 2008
17

Two sides deconstruct the events of the Republican National Convention.

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State of the blogosphere

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2008, 4:37 PM Sep 22, 2008

Among the key findings: There’s a distinct difference between bloggers in the U.S. and overseas.

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The reddest red state

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2008, 2:30 PM Sep 22, 2008
10

Barack Obama has pulled his operation out of North Dakota. Why was it there in the first place?

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Treating depression

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2008, 1:51 PM Sep 22, 2008
2

Two interesting — and unrelated — stories about treating depression are in the news today.

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UFOs

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2008, 1:43 PM Sep 22, 2008
12

How come we don’t hear many UFO stories anymore?

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