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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Goodbye, Session Weekly

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 12:18 PM Jul 10, 2012
8

The Legislature shutters an icon of public information at the Capitol.

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Senser stepdaughter: ‘She’s there because of the crime she committed’

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 12:02 PM Jul 10, 2012
4

Amy Senser’s stepdaughter, who forced her stepdaughter to admit her role in the crash that killed Anousone Phanthavong, hit the morning talk show circuit today.

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Smartphone etiquette and the rest room

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 11:52 AM Jul 10, 2012
5

Oh dear, it had to get to this point sooner or later. What is the proper etiquette of using smartphones in the bathroom?

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Five by 8

The declining behavior at town ball (5×8 – 7/10/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2012, 7:37 AM Jul 10, 2012
15

Foul territory in rural Minnesota, misleading presidential polls, prisoners of our own culture, battle of the naked Wisconsinites, and skipping stones in Sun Valley.

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Where fiction meets reality

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 4:54 PM Jul 9, 2012
6

More than 5,000 fans attend the annual convention for fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

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An Olympic alternative?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 2:17 PM Jul 9, 2012
6

Various controversies swirl around the London Olympics. The Chap Olympics, meanwhile, was held on just one day — last Saturday — and Britain finally won something.

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How the Senser sentence compares

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 12:17 PM Jul 9, 2012
6

How does Amy Senser’s sentence stack up against other hit and run sentences?

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The judging of Toni Medrano

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 11:18 AM Jul 9, 2012
15

There may not be a sadder story than the one today from Cottage Grove, where — the Star Tribune reports — a 29 year old woman set fire to herself, a month after being charged in last November’s death of her infant son.

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Sports

The myth of the thrown-back baseball

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 10:50 AM Jul 9, 2012
3

Of all the ridiculous traditions in all of sports, throwing a homerun ball back because it was hit by the opposition is the worst

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Five by 8

Hazel’s perspective (5×8 – 7/9/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 9, 2012, 7:03 AM Jul 9, 2012
2

When a 100-year-old-woman loses her home, laid down and wiped away, the passion of Monday-Friday, hunters and their deer-stand mansions, and a light approach to suicide.

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Regional history

Happy industrial park day!

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2012, 3:15 PM Jul 7, 2012
3

The big doings today are in Lakeville, which is holdings its annual Pan-O-Prog celebration. The event, a local told me, started as a celebration years ago of the opening of the city’s industrial park south of the main drag.

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Weather

Heat wave bonus

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2012, 7:03 PM Jul 6, 2012
2

Clearly, the lone benefit of an oppressive heat wave is just before it ends, you get a chance to take some pictures of some amazing cloud formations.

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This or That

Flugtag moments

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2012, 5:13 PM Jul 6, 2012

Red Bull picked a bad year to skip Saint Paul for Flugtag.

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How bad do things have to be to drive this?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2012, 12:57 PM Jul 6, 2012
14

The State Patrol/Department of Public Safety has posted details of the seizure of this car in Koochiching County this week.

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A penny saved

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2012, 12:53 PM Jul 6, 2012
1

A lot of people are too good to bother bending over to pick up a penny.

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