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Study: Video games do not turn people into misfits

Bob Collins September 16, 2008, 3:49 PM Sep 16, 2008

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If this blog post makes no sense, I blame it on too much Guitar Hero.

Surveys and trivia

I (heart) my PDA

Bob Collins September 16, 2008, 1:36 PM Sep 16, 2008

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A new survey says one of three PDA uses would choose their BlackBerry over their spouse.

Blaine setting for Palin speech highlights a difference with McCain

Bob Collins September 16, 2008, 1:09 PM Sep 16, 2008

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Sarah Palin is holding a rally Friday at a general aviation airport. She differs with Sen. John McCain on the #1 issue in general aviation.

Do a crime victim’s political beliefs matter?

Bob Collins September 16, 2008, 10:55 AM Sep 16, 2008

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A delegate to the Republican National Convention is robbed in Minneapolis, and gets skewered for his hawkish views.

The ‘we matter’ index updated

Bob Collins September 16, 2008, 8:15 AM Sep 16, 2008

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2008, however, still badly trails 2004 in candidate visits.

A link to hockey’s past

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 6:51 PM Sep 15, 2008

If Minnesota really is the state of hockey, then you’ll know the name Jack Falla.

The tight race

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 5:05 PM Sep 15, 2008

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A projection of electoral votes, based on polling, has swung John McCain’s way for the first time.

Refine, baby, refine?

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 1:01 PM Sep 15, 2008

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Gasoline priced spiked because a hurricane forced refineries to shut down. Do we need more refineries?

The end of lying as we know it

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 12:12 PM Sep 15, 2008

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India is the first country to convict someone based on a brain scan.

Black Monday?

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 11:07 AM Sep 15, 2008

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There’s nothing pretty about the U.S. financial industry at the moment. How much uglier can it get?

Live-blogging: The music of politics

Bob Collins September 15, 2008, 9:21 AM Sep 15, 2008

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I’ve been a disgruntled music fan ever since Mercedes Benz used Janis Joplin’s Mercedes Benz in an advertisement. It was just…. wrong. Today on Midmorning (starting at 10 a.m.), Kerri Miller and the Current’s Steve Seel, along with Eric Danton of the Hartford Courant, are going to talk about the music of politics. Barack Obama Read more →

What happened to democracy?

Bob Collins September 14, 2008, 9:21 AM Sep 14, 2008

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With 50 days until the presidential election, how to respond to the end of the democratic wave might be worth talking about.

After Ike

Bob Collins September 13, 2008, 8:50 AM Sep 13, 2008

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How high will gasoline prices go because of storm damage in Texas?

The week-in-review quiz

Bob Collins September 12, 2008, 3:37 PM Sep 12, 2008

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Theoretically, if you ace the News Cut Quiz, one of our show hosts should record a voicemail greeting for you. Nice theory.

Tuition goes up again

Bob Collins September 12, 2008, 1:15 PM Sep 12, 2008

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The cost of a college education is going up, even as endowments increase.