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NewsCut

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.

Politicians and the pastors

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2008, 6:29 AM Jan 30, 2008
6

One of the most intriguing stories in Washington is getting little attention: an Iowa Republican tries to get to the heart of why some televangelists get so rich.

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There’s no crying in baseball

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2008, 6:33 PM Jan 29, 2008
1

Santana’s traded. Now stop fussing.

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Coming back from the brink in southeast Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2008, 4:37 PM Jan 29, 2008

A look at the flood recovery, five months later.

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A reward? For what?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2008, 12:38 PM Jan 29, 2008
1

Two former feds say nobody should be getting a reward in the Zacarias Moussaoui case.

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Should you sign your credit card?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2008, 12:30 PM Jan 29, 2008
3

A case in Apple Valley this week puts the question to the test.

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Mailbag: The cost of war

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 29, 2008, 8:02 AM Jan 29, 2008
3

Minnesota soldiers in the Middle East are forced to pay for Internet service, and then get little in return.

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Toxic trailers

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2008, 6:07 PM Jan 28, 2008
3

A congressional panel criticizes FEMA for not monitoring health effects from disaster-relief trailers.

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The final speech?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2008, 2:11 PM Jan 28, 2008
3

The Washington Post says this is President Bush’s “probable” final State of the Union speech. How can that be?

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Squatting at the Capitol

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2008, 1:22 PM Jan 28, 2008
1

Lawmakers camp out early.

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Hesham Hussein

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2008, 9:34 AM Jan 28, 2008
10

The head of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota died in a car crash in Saudi Arabia.

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Pollyanna

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2008, 8:15 AM Jan 28, 2008

Is there any place for her in real life?

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Ethics at the checkout

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2008, 11:15 AM Jan 27, 2008
6

Here’s another one of those cases that lead me to ask: what would you do?

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The medical marketplace

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2008, 9:51 AM Jan 27, 2008

A consumer-driven health care model is taking root.

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What’s your story?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2008, 9:14 AM Jan 27, 2008

Now that we’ve got News Cut’s maiden voyage just about finished, it’s time to tell the story that usually doesn’t get told: the one about you.

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Viewer discretion advised

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 26, 2008, 7:53 AM Jan 26, 2008
13

Area TV stations are ordered to pay the second-largest FCC fine ever for violating decency standards.

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