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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.

An energy tale of two states

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 18, 2008, 7:46 AM Jan 18, 2008

Suddenly, Minnesota finds itself at the front of the clean-energy parade.

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Video gaming is now a sport

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2008, 10:19 PM Jan 17, 2008
4

ESPN to provide live coverage of people playing their video games.

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Pawlenty to schools: ‘We are SO not BFF’

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2008, 4:28 PM Jan 17, 2008
1

If the teacher starts piling on the homework, Mara Pawlenty, blame your dad.

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Psst! Want to buy some wheat?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2008, 12:35 PM Jan 17, 2008
1

If you want to know what’s going on in the commodities markets, the best indicators are what people are rioting over and what thieves are stealing.

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Select A Candidate explained

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2008, 11:51 AM Jan 17, 2008
17

A batch of online political quizzes give different results. Why?

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Media smackdown

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 17, 2008, 10:04 AM Jan 17, 2008
5

Matt Taibbi wonders why political news contains so much ‘mind numbing trivia?’

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Death by Taser

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2008, 3:49 PM Jan 16, 2008
11

Is the stun gun misused … or misunderstood?

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Blo & Go

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2008, 3:02 PM Jan 16, 2008
1

Laurie Coleman’s new business.

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Black is back

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2008, 2:22 PM Jan 16, 2008
3

Scientists have developed the darkest thing ever built by mankind.

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Bridges beyond Minnesota’s borders

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2008, 1:34 PM Jan 16, 2008
2

Other states react to the I-35 bridge gusset fault.

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The Randy factor

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2008, 12:44 PM Jan 16, 2008

It was only a matter of time before Moss became a distraction to his team.

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What? You worry?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 16, 2008, 11:06 AM Jan 16, 2008
1

Minnesota’s state economist says we’re in a recession. Inflation is the highest in nearly two decades. Does that worry you?

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With love from the media

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2008, 3:57 PM Jan 15, 2008

A toddler gets a new life thanks in part to the work of an Owatonna reporter.

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Hospitals in serious condition

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2008, 1:40 PM Jan 15, 2008
3

A new study proves why the ER has a waiting room.

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Bridge collapse cause will send states scurrying

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2008, 12:46 PM Jan 15, 2008

The I-35W bridge collapsed because of weakened gusset plates, the NTSB said today.

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