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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.

Why are people so chipper about the economy?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2009, 11:22 AM May 19, 2009
9

Consumer confidence has reached a high for 2009. Why?

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Live-blogging Midmorning: Taxes

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2009, 9:00 AM May 19, 2009
12

Now that we’ve heard from lawmakers for the past five months, it’s your turn.

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Five at 8: May 19, 2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2009, 7:48 AM May 19, 2009
3

Short attention spans, photography blogs, a refusal to procreate, the first Little League punch of the season, the Legislature sets a record and how to make a cat yodel.

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Gays in the pulpit

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2009, 3:23 PM May 18, 2009
6

The Evangelical Luthern Church in America is heading for a decision when it meets in Minneapolis this summer.

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Taking women’s heart attacks seriously

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2009, 1:56 PM May 18, 2009
1

A study today suggests emergency medical crews are less likely to give women with chest pains the same treatment as men.

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Live-blogging: Midday at the Capitol

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2009, 10:44 AM May 18, 2009
1

So here we are, hours away from the end of a legislative session that appears to be ending in chaos.

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Five at 8: May 18, 2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2009, 7:23 AM May 18, 2009
3

A new approach to civil rights, the Pawlenty health care plan, Maureen Dowd’s plagiarism, Don Rumsfeld’s crusade, and gazebos.

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Obama at Notre Dame

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2009, 7:39 PM May 17, 2009
3

He came. He spoke. He got heckled.

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Overcoming the cult

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2009, 7:31 PM May 17, 2009
2

A North Dakota woman graduated from college Sunday, several years after being abducted by a cult.

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Fly me

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2009, 9:13 AM May 17, 2009
1

Everything old is new again at the airlines.

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One war. One image.

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2009, 8:59 AM May 16, 2009
4

Is there just one picture that can describe a war best?

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The cockpit view

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2009, 8:14 AM May 16, 2009

Another look at the air crash in Buffalo.

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Warfare at the Capitol

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2009, 10:05 PM May 14, 2009
8

Let’s talk about this but let’s do it a little differently. Let’s put aside the political sniping for a second and let’s come up with a way to solve this problem.

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The shame of ‘Slumdog’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2009, 4:57 PM May 14, 2009
1

The tragic life of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail is the kind of story that justice-seeking Hollywood stars could embrace.

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End of the ash?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 14, 2009, 3:52 PM May 14, 2009
4

The emerald ash borer has arrived in St. Paul.

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